Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 28/6/2008
But I don't advise Le Creuset ones!
Would have thought Le Creuset pots would be excellent over a wood fire and with a high feel good factor.
Myself, I just take the stainless steel copper bottomed pans from home for big camps and they are fine; they are great over the fire because the food has less of a tendency to burn compared with thin camping pots. If you have the pans where you can put a steamer on top, so much the better as the assembly saves space. I have a special copper kettle I keep just for camping trips but it doesn't go over the fire in case it melts!
I have just bought a set of stainless steel pots and a lightweight camping stove made by Mountain Safety Research (actually the same outfit who make Thermorests) for back packing.
The stove is tiny and would therefore be great for picnics or the beach. I tried the stove and one of the pots in the back yard yesterday and cooked my porridge in under two minutes but I had to keep stiring or the porridge would have burned because although top quality, the pot is made of thin material. I'll report in a couple of weeks time regarding how good the kit is up mountains in the wind and rain!
Take care
R
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