[CobaltBlue]

Well, I wasn't planning on cooking, period, during the storm. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are nourishment enough, why take a chance with an open flame?

[cajungirl]

after the storm when you have no power for days is when you cook on the outdoor grill or gas cooker. Down here everything in the freezer goes into gumbo and everyone has parties. A nice big ole roast is appreciated, takes about two days to thaw iin the freezer and voila, another party.

[PJ-Comix]

Well, I wasn't planning on cooking, period, during the storm. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are nourishment enough, why take a chance with an open flame?

That's why they invented STERNO. It's safe to burn it indoors. Only a few bucks for a sterno stove and a few cans of sterno. Besides it's FUN to cook on a sterno stove during hurricanes. I used to love doing this when I was a kid during hurricanes. Plus Spam actually does taste good in such situations. Cold food will get BORING after a day. Plus the jelly will spoil without refrigeration.

[djf]

I'm set with enough propane for a month. About twenty of the small camp size bottles, a 5 gallon, an eight gallon, stoves and about 5 of those small, single mantle propane lights that screw on the tops of the bottles. In fact when I stir fry, I always cook with gas, my electric range is no good for good stir fry!

But I would recommend against open flame cooking if there is a possibility of things getting shook up, and that goes for using candles for lighting as well.