Cookware

[vindice]

So we're intending to pick up a Pocket Rocket based on the recommendation of friends and some of the posts in this here section.

But what light, small, easily packable sets of cookware are available that will work nicely for two people?

Enlighten me, friends.

[Daz324]

I always use a trangia, your can get them in various sizes from personal to 3/4man, so you can cater for your group size and budget, plus it runs on various fuels which are readily available no matter what country your in!

They're available online or in all good camping shops and there's loads of spares available if u loose/damage them

hope this helps

Daz

[Phoenix]

He want's cookware suggestions not stoves, it's also saved me asking the same question as I need some compact stuff too, mess tins are just naff and the metal scrapes off which can't be good.

[Tonka]

I've got the Coleman Solo set which is just two little pots with lids that can double up as small frying pans. This looks like the sort of thing that might be better for the pair of you, as I think the one I have is a little small for cooking proper dinners for two.

A bigger pot is better for boiling up 'bagged' dinners if that's what you're taking and also better for boiling water for drinking and washing if you're wild camping. Also you can pack stuff in them when they are on the bike.

I took a great little Light My Fire set for eating out of too - I know it sounds a bit twee, but it was great and very compact. It is an odd shape for packing though, which 'urrked' my OCD streak a bit!!
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[Daz324]

[vindice]

Thanks, chaps.

The Trangia is a possibility, depending on which set of stuff I can find. The coleman kit there looks great for short trips where you're just looking at making the occasional cuppa. How small does it pack up? I assume you can slot the pans inside one another?

[Tonka]

The Coleman Solo set is the size of the bigger pot with lid, as the little one tucks inside. Tiny really (about the size of a big tin) and I tuck my washing up liquid, cloth and tea towel inside! I can get a brew on and cook a tin of sausage and beans quite happily!!

I am looking to get a bigger pot though, as I can't cook proper food very easily as the pots are a tad too small. I found some really nice bagged food in Sainsburys. It was above the freezers, longlife and designed for microwaving, but I did it boil in the pot (someone else's bigger pot) and it was superb, very tasty. They're not cheap, but they are excellent fallback dinners for when fresh food is not available. I'll take a look for the name next time I'm in the supermarket.
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[Peirre oBollox]

Get some balti dishes (various sizes) ............... stainless steel, robust, handles on both sides, can be used both as a cook pot, and serving dish
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[Daz324]

the trangia all packs into the big pot with the frying pan on the lid (just like the one tonka linked) i've used it for making anything from super noodles to burgers, scrambled eggs and a good stew, so you can cook 'proper' food on it if you really like. plus the pots can take a good bashing which always helps!

i fill one of the old camera film cases up with washing up liquid and pack that a scouring pad and a small cloth/towel inside the kettle and it works nicely

[Grazoid]

[harveym]

Just back from an 8 day trip to Devon and Cornwall with my son on our respective bikes. We also needed some cookware and bought a 2 person aluminium cookset from Tesco, at £7.33p {Catalogue number: 200-4142), available on-line or in the stores, but is a runout line. This consists of a pan, a lid, a frying pan, two plates and two mugs. Packed it has a diameter of 7.5 inches by a depth of 4.5 inches but there was room inside for wash up sponges, salt, sugar etc so the volume wasn't a probem for us. We did look at what Black's had to offer and their cookware was undeniably smaller and lighter but too expensive for us. The Tesco set was easy to clean and eat and drink out of - recommended

For cooking we used a Coleman multifuel stove which I already owned, these are around £55 at the moment. This was filled with pump petrol and refilled with a plastic pipe from one of the bikes. very powerful, easy to light and worked well in windy conditions, but difficult to set at a low level. Ideal for ease of fuel availability but perhaps more suited to long distance travel rather than a short UK trip, for which a gas cooker would be fine.

[2E]

We used poundland mess tins on a coleman butane stove (7.99 in ASDA for the same thing last i checked).

Win
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I get by with this
https://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/images/product/main/US-MESS-TIN-NEW.jpg

USA Army mess tin.

Or if i need to do some proper cooking i have a MSR cookset


https://www.altrec.com/images/shop/detail/swatches/MSR/8.68193_e.jpg

Pat
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[vindice]

Looked at the Coleman - brilliant set if I was just on my own. Decided to go with the Vango 2 as it doesn;t take up too much room and there's space inside for coffee, milk, teatowel etc.

Bought one of those Light My Fire eating kits though - they're fab!

[Grazoid]