Hoàng Cầm stove
The Hoàng Cầm stove, named after its inventor, Hoàng Cầm, the chef, a Viet Minh soldier in 1951, was a stove intake and chimney system which diffused and dissipated smoke from cooking which prevented aerial detection of smoke by American military planes. They were used extensively in the Cu Chi tunnels and other hideouts.[1][2] Another name for the cooker was the "guitar stove". The system required a deep, covered hole in the ground from which long underground bamboo vents dissipated the smoke.[3][4]
The inventor of the stove was reportedly born 1916 and died 1996. He served in the PAVN since 1947 in the rear services, left the army in 1958 with the rank Captain. He was no known relation to either Hoàng Cầm, the general (born 1920) or Hoàng Cầm, the poet (born 1922), both of which are chosen names.[5]
See also
[edit]- lò trấu a traditional "rice husk stove" effective in rural energy saving
- List of stoves
References
[edit]- ^ David W. P. Elliott - The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Volume 1 - Page 249 2003
- ^ Paul Lucus - Ho Chi Minh Noodles and the Trail Through Vietnam - Page 202 2011
- ^ Michael Lee Lanning, Dan Cragg Inside the VC and the NVA: The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces. Military History - Vietnam War. 5.5 x 8.5, 354 pp. Pub Date: 07/23/2008 - Page 113 2008
- ^ Jon M. Van Dyke North Vietnam's strategy for survival 1972
- ^ "Three Mr Hoàng Cầm: Hoàng Cầm the chef, Hoàng Cầm the general, Hoàng Cầm the poet". cand.com.vn. Retrieved 29 November 2021.