Plates - what plate/ bowl do you use when camping?

[eddieb]

Hi All, curious to see what people are using to eat from when out camping. I used to use the plastic plate and metal/enamel bowl that you would see in your local GoOutdoors etc but now I eat from the frying pan when I'm on my own and I have a metal canteen cup to use too.
Im thinking of getting a plate of sorts maybe a wooden one to use, needs to be tough though.

 

[nigelp]

https://www.wildo.se/camp-a-box-complete/

Can use all or some of the set.

 

[Nice65]

I used to like the Light My Fire meal sets, but these days I take a melamine plate and bowl. Tough, light, easy to clean.

 

[Pattree]

The 14cm Zebra pot works perfectly with the little Kelly Kettle and its Hobo stove. So the Zebra inner tray becomes very useful. Further, inexpensive Summit bowls fit into top of the Zebra and the Zebra lid fits the bowls perfectly.

So: Kelly, Hobo and moka pot fit into the Zebra with a Summit bowl below then another bowl with the Zebra tray and lid on top. Perfect.


Or
I use an M40 set plus a 6dl folding kuksa

 

[Toddy]

I have older style ones of these, mine's Olive Green. From Light My Fire,https://www.whitbyandco.co.uk/colle...e-outdoor-mealkit-8pcs?variant=41099549573163


I use a Ti mug though. I made a thick wool felted wrap for it, both for ease of handling when it's hot and to keep the heat in the contents.

 

[Watch-keeper]

It depends on what I'm doing but my Trangia frying pan and Crusader cup are the usual suspects.
I also have a few other items I use like wildo folding cups and bowls, a snow peak titanium cup and some melamine plates and bowls but it depends on what I'm up to.

 

[crosslandkelly]

I use a Kupilka bowl and plate.

 

[John Fenna]

Crusader cup for some, wooden bowl for the rest

 

[lou1661]

Generally I use a crusader mug or what ever billy can I have used to cook in. But if I am cooking for mor than me I have some MSR alpine plates and bowls. Nice and light and metal. I’m not a fan of plastics for eating off and I find metal easier to clean/look after.

Louis.

 

[Billy-o]

MSR metal one - had it years. Or a rectangular, dutch army mess tin. Really useful that one is

 

[Springchicken]

Crusader cup in the main though, on occasion, I have used a stainless steel MSR plate.

 

[ONE]

I tend to use military mess kits, issue and otherwise. My favourites are the crusader, French mess tins, Swedish mess set (the military "trangia") or, on occasion the frypan from a model 27 civvy Trangia (I have two of the pans on mine).

 

[Mesquite]

It depends on what style of camping I'm doing and what I'm eating.

If it's Steam tent camping then it's a sycamore plate a friend turned for me or an turned shallow oak bowl I picked up at a bootfair and an enamel bowl. Cutlery is a kfs set my uncle was given during his national service 70 years ago.

If it's plastic camping then I use a kulpika platter and bowl plus the above. Cutlery is a West German Army kfs set.

 

[Ozmundo]

Apart from my mess tin or metal mug I have a large fold-a-cup for solo use.Kuksa or Kupilka cups with m40 for a small group. I do like the look of the Kupilka stuff but it is relatively heavy. If I am catering to half’s dozen I’ll take plates/bowls, they are kids party ones. Very robust and everyone seems to like Thomas the Tank Engine.