Oxford English Dictionary 



STERNO 

  A proprietary name for solidified alcohol supplied in containers for use as fuel for cooking stoves, etc. 
1915 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 May 672/1 Sterno . S. Sternau & Co., New York, N.Y. Filed Mar. 24, 1915... Solid fuel composed mainly of alcohol. Claims use since Jan. 12, 1915 . 1935 Z. N. H URSTON Mules & Men I . ix. 186 Somebody had squeezed the alcohol out of several cans of Sterno and added sugar, water and boiled-off spirits of nitre and called it wine. 1958 Washington Post 1 Nov. 1/3 They drink stuff like..Sterno (liquefied and strained ‘canned heat’). 1969 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 1237/2 Sterno ... Solid fuels consisting mainly of alcohol. Colgate-Palmolive Company,..New York, State of New York 10022, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1978 R. D OLINER On Edge (1979) xvii. 223 There was no electricity... He cooked his meals over a can of Sterno. 1979 P. T HEROUX Old Patagonian Express i. 16 Survival techniques at home..cooking on Sterno stoves and the like. 

Silas Hurry 
HSMC 



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From: "Ashley Morton" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 3:12:38 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: Sterno cans 

Thanks for the responses. I'm looking for a published citation. Particularly 
a date. I know Wiki's sterno page and have followed their resources with no 
luck. If anyone knows of a published work regarding sterno cans it'd be much 
appreciated. 

Thanks again, 
Ashley