The salt in the driftwood turns the flames blue/green.
In the book it was something like blue, even though this cannot happen in real life. Driftwood fires are actually yellow.
Driftwood is first mentioned on page 102 of the book "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, where Brian uses it to start a fire.
George Allen Buffum has written: 'A driftwood fire'
Take the metal bucket, fill it with water. Put it on the fire that you made with the palm leaves, driftwood, bamboo, and matches. Note: Do not put it directly on the fire, put if above the fire on a rack made of bamboo supported by driftwood. Let the water boil, have a palm leaf above the bucket. Drops of water should condense on the leaf, catch it with the empty coconut.
Driftwood
Operation Driftwood happened in 1944.
Acadian Driftwood was created in 1975.
Yes, driftwood is a compound word.
The best way to polish driftwood is with a deer antler.
Because driftwood is dense. It needs something heavy to make it sink. Driftwood is made from sand, wood and is simply light.
Shipwreck survivors often build their first island home with driftwood. The driftwood was still wet.
I am constructing a picture frame out of pieces of driftwood that I found while I was on vacation. There is a crab hiding under that piece of driftwood.