It’s official: The panini press is my personal “rocket stove” for the prepper apocalypse. Someone’s going to have a generator. (There were a troubling number of website choices for that link to a rocket stove, so I went with one from “Backdoor Survival,” because why not.)
I actually brought a rocket stove on this trip, a loaner from a friendly prepper I met just before I left. If you aren’t familiar, the rocket stove is a small metal stove that creates a great deal of heat despite using only kindling size wood. They range from simple to pretty tricked out:
Bruntmor Camping Rocket Stove $118
Small sticks are inserted through the feed tube at the front, which is angled so the small, fast-burning sticks ideally slide down via gravity, though it’s my understanding they often need some help. As the fire develops, a strong flame (reminiscent of a rocket) shoots out of the chimney. The X supports a pan and creates the necessary space to allow the air to continue to flow under the pan.
But I digress, which seems to be one of the chief (and possibly only) luxuries of bloggery. But back to the panini press and the bumpy omelette of leftovers!
Leftover butter and yard chives 
It’s amazing how fast this grills. 
The spinach had plenty of water on it, and steamed. 
I added a bit of parmesan and chili flakes
from takeout pizza packets.
Did I WANT this to be a brown-butter omelette? 
Let’s just say not all choices are ones we make.
