Cookware options?

[ADz-1983]

As mentioned the MSR Titan Kettle is a nice pot to use. If you get it I would recommend getting the Caldera cone system to match as its a really nice bit of kit and the burner is well designed and very efficient and used by lots of lightweight backpackers.

http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co...ves-c145/trail-designs-caldera-cone-stove-p94

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Snowpeak 900 with an alpkit myti mug is my go to kit if im carrying a load. I only tend ro boil water for dry rats but I do cook in them from time to time. You just need to moderate the heat a little to avoid sticking. I rate non stick ally as a better cooking rig but if every gram counts then I take the ti. I have an msr kettle but seldom take it. Its a good pot but just a little small for me. Its neither an ideal cook pot or mug for me

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[rik_uk3]

No pics sorry, it's fairly easy though.

Cut up the sausage and fry it for a few seconds
Empty the beans and cut up sausage into the 900ml pot
Warm up the beans, once hot remove from heat and place in cosy
Fry the bacon
Once the bacon is done use the bacon fat to fry the eggs
Drain all the fat out pour the sausages and beans into the frying pan and use it as a plate

If i can get hold of mushrooms then i'll do them first, wrap them in a small piece of foil and put them to one side, once the beans are hot i'll then put the mushrooms on top of the beans.
If i have tomatoes then they'll go into a different pot and i'll use a cosy again.



Doesn't look pretty but it tastes just as good as home.

Biggest problem is plate real estate as the frying pan is fairly small, i'm not really a fussy eater though so it all tends to get dumped together.

Your very obviously not a fussy eater lol I am though as are camp buddies. These little pots are just water boilers really. You'd be better off just taking a can of 'All Day Breakfast' and heating the can in your pot and you have water for a brew.

 

[cbr6fs]

Your very obviously not a fussy eater lol I am though as are camp buddies. These little pots are just water boilers really. You'd be better off just taking a can of 'All Day Breakfast' and heating the can in your pot and you have water for a brew.

There is a sliding scale of how good food tastes against how knackered you are.

Last week i ate a stone cold, dried lamb souvlaki that would have ended up in the bin 99% of the time.
We we'd just knocked out a noggin under 2000m of ascent and were about half way through a 24km hike.

Ended up being one of the tastiest meals i've ever eaten, and i don't like lamb at all


The pots are fine, it's rare i use anything bigger than 900ml even at home.
Biggest problem cooking outdoors is controlling the heat and having enough of it over a long enough time.

The rare time i've had a fire going we've done some pretty fantastic stews, i'm not a fan of everyone having fires every time we all go out though, plus i'm often above the tree line so burning trees is not an option.
It's also rare i can be bothered to spend 30mins faffing about cooking anything after a days hiking, you then have to faff about cleaning all the pots and pans, where do you get the water from when up a mountain, what do you do with the dirty run off?

So cooking on a camp site or when car camping and cooking when you're carrying all your food and cooking kit are 2 completely separate things.
As i don't car camp my advice is aimed at those that carry their food and kit.


So for me 99 times out of 100 it's either something cold (better option in Greece during the summer months) or it's something that takes less than 10 mins to make.

Have never eaten a tinned breakfast, but i'd have to be pretty desperate to try that
Tried a Wayfayrer breakfast and it was not pleasant at all

 

[rik_uk3]

You live in Greece, have Greek family and rarely use a pot over 1 litre at home? Blimey, the economic meltdown must be worse than I thought ! Certainly would not have been good enough when I lived out that way.

"where do you get the water from when up a mountain" Carry it? Cook properly and food won't stick, just wipe our your food pan and you'll have a mug for a brew?

Sadly my hiking days are over but food was always central to my trips the last four and a half decade so even if fit enough I'd not go the gramme weenie route; If you on your own maybe but if there are two of you on a trip there is no excuse for rubbish food on trips.

Sorry for derailing the thread, I'm out of here.

 

[cbr6fs]

Nothing to do with economics i just tend to cook food fresh rather than warm up tinned stuff.

I think it's pointless debating cooking methods as we both do very different types of camping.
I can appreciate being fussy about food when you can jump in the car and nip to the shops, i'd be the same.

When you have to carry your food and cooking appliances for hours at a time up steep hills then compromises have to be made, add in a few days of hiking and weight of the food and appliances you carry starts to become even more of a compromise.

It's really only by packing to much food and more importantly heavy food (tinned etc) that you learn to be a bit more cautious the next time.

I'm currently planning a 5 day trek and we're looking at nearly 1kg of food each day for each person.
Start adding tinned food or fresh food and freezer packs and you cab double or even triple that.
Fresh food isn't really an option for 5 days sweating inside a rucksack either.

So as i say the the type of camping we do is completely different, there is absolutely no comparison.