BillConner wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 4:05pm:

Help me out here MT. Are you scooping out individual servings of the 10 tin contents, and heating just that?  Are the contents mixed up enough that certain parts don't all settle?  And do you eat the same ting every night for the whole trip?

Bill if you hit the sale right it ends up being almost 1/2 price from the foil 2 serving pouches (which is really single serve!). I typically get 4 or 5 tins and store them in the air tight water canteens. Just get an oversized spoon to transfer the contents of the tins to the canteens. Although I don't mind eating the same thing all the time I do mix it up and will bring 3 different things.....again packed in a water canteen. Indestructible. Due to their pliable nature it is an easy task to shake it up a bit to mix.

I like to have a measure cup and just shake out the amount I want into the measure cup. I'd have to look but I think the ratio is 1 part mix to 1 part boiling water but I could be wrong (I make mine a little soupier and let it set longer). You must have some way to retain the heat inside the pan. I suppose you could keep your stove on simmer but that wastes fuel and runs the risk of burning.

I like DD's idea of using a foil pouch for keeping bread warm (or most anything for that matter) but I think the snug fitting cozy is tops. My cozy fits my pot perfectly (they make them to fit a wide variety of cookware). I place pot inside cozy and then place everything in a stuff sack to protect the cozy. Works perfectly.

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