"Kettle Broth" was a regular and a favourite when we were kids. A spoon full of Vegemite dissolved in a cup of boiling water and a slice of stale bread broken into it.......yum!!
Definitely seat down. When you are raised in the bush with an outside dunny you learn at a young age to close the lid. Watching maggots swimming in the pan is not nice nor is having redbacks there.