Star Spangled Spatula

Star-Spangled-Spatula

Show your patriotism with every flip of the burger with the Star Spangled Spatula. Designed to look like the stars and stripes — the spatula is stainless steel with American Walnut handle, and it’s hand fabricated by Lamson and Goodnow. Perfect for your 4th of July BBQ, or Flag Day. We hear Flag Day can get nuts.

[link, via Cool Material]

How To Use Doritos To Start a Fire

If you tend to camp where there’s no kindling material, and you’re known to pack snack chips in your survival kit, then do we have a tip for you. Doritos and similar snacks are made from mostly hydrocarbons and fat, which are both highly flammable. Therefore they make an excellent material for getting the party started.

And if you happen to have brought the family size this time, you can keep it going all night. Your campfire will never smell cheesier.

[via Lifehacker]