Morning Fin
Out of interest, why would you want to use the crusader lid as a frying pan anyway......
The old ally mess tins we used to be issued with used to be great for frying up a bacon and egg banjo for one or two. The mess tins were very versatile in that we washed, shaved, brewed cooked and ate from them. They used to nest in one kidney pouch (wrapped around the contents of a 24 hour rat pack). The downside was that, practically, you needed a separate drinking vessel and, being aluminium, they were a swine to clean when using hexi - and probably not good over an open fire (I never tried).
Along came the Crusader mug which solved the two problems above - and freed up a kidney pouch - except this time you lost the ability to make your bacon and egg banjo and it didn't come with a lid which meant longer boil times...
Like I said - the Crusader system could be so much more versatile - all contained in one belt pouch - for want of a little extra thought in the design of the extras - frustrating - I guess I'm going to have to learn the art of metal fabrication...