Using the Skillet (to make water)

[UTC-10]

This relates to using the skillet to make water. 

If you go through the whole process and TAKE the resulting potable water from the skillet right away you won't ever see this.  If you don't, you may see this.  

These particular events occurred in the cabin's on Angler's Den on the pot belly stove.  

I would leave a skillet (I forgot to bring a pot) on the stove making a liter of water while I went outside to finish cooking fish, venison, etc.  When I went back into the cabin, the fire would be out as expected (the second time I saw this I had made explicitly sure there was enough fire time, the first time I was sure I had but couldn't be SURE) and the skillet was full of non-potable water.  Lighting the fire again required the full time to boil it.  

Another day I had been cooking outside and when done had lit the stove and set up the skillet to make a liter of water.  I was present and watched the skillet boil until it was full of potable water.  I left it be.  Later I went outside and collected sticks and walked around then found on my return the skillet of potable water had turned into non-potable water.  As a bonus when I placed (I was surprised I could do that) the skillet of  non-potable water on the cabin floor the skillet began to steam 😲. 

I have encountered similar effects (the skillet having non-potable water where the fire duration should have resulted in potable water) at the maintenance yard in Broken Railroad when I enter the shed leaving stuff on the campfire in the outer office.  

Most times it shouldn't matter but if you keep that in mind you probably can avoid have a pan of non-potable water to drink and risk dysentery.  ☣️