A wonderful Yuletide gift - Thanks Mum and Dad !
Kelly has been a godsend ,as we havent had the use of the Yurts stove since we had to take it down for the winter.
Kelly will boil water very rapidly depending on the fuel you're using. She is made from aluminium it is essentially a double-walled chinmney with the water contained in the chimney wall. And is very light to carry.
Once the kettle is filled with water, and a very small fire is started in the base, on which kelly is set. Drop additional fuel (twigs, leaves, grass, paper, etc.) down the chimney and the large internal surface area of the chimney heats the water very quickly.
When the water boils, you just hold the handle at an angle of 90° to the Kettle - then lift the Kettle clear of the base.
To pour, lift it by the handle and tilt it using the cork chain
In about 5 minutes you will have a couple of pints of boiling water for brews all round, or to refill my hot water bottle which is invariably stuffed down my trousers now-a-days, to keep my back muscles relaxed!
The tradition of using the kettle as a method of boiling water at lunchtime goes back over a hundred years and the design has changed little since it was first introduced. The shores of the lake provided ample fuel for use in the kettle, where washed up twigs, sticks and dried grass were easily available. Visiting anglers are as amazed today as they were some hundred years ago with the speed at which the water could be boiled and through word of mouth, these anglers have spread word about the kettles worldwide.
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