Ramblinactivist 2022/15, 28th April 2022 In English, ‘kettle’ comes from the Saxon ‘ketel’ – a rare ‘loan word’ into Germanic languages from the Latin ‘catallus’, a deep pan for cooking. Why think about the origin of this word? Metal containers for boiling water are ‘ancient’; but what do you think ancient Greek (their word, ‘kotyle’) or Roman people used to heat their pans? Electricity? Kerosine? Compressed petroleum gas? Heating water is foundational to human society – a technology that defines us. How do we maintain that skill in an increasingly uncertain world? To view the referenced text of this post, or download PDF version, goto: www.fraw.org.uk/lwap/posts/06/index.shtml You can find out more about ‘Long Walks & Anarcho-Primitivism’ at: www.fraw.org.uk/lwap/index.shtml Finally, it would really help to promote this work if you could follow, subscribe, or like my social media presence -- which can be accessed from the link above. In today’s digital analytics popularity contest, all that button-pressing means something in this messed-up world. Chapters 00:00 Opening titles. 00:25 Introduction. 01:02 Camp-fires and consumerism. 02:02 Squeezing traditional skills out of the modern lifestyle. 03:53 Please subscribe to my channel. 04:21 ‘The Kelly Kettle’. 05:22 Using The Kelly Kettle, step-by-step. 09:45 Enough soft-sell – how much? 10:30 Take the carbon out of camping! 11:22 Closing credits. #kellykettle #campfire #carbonneutral

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