Brian:

All right, bad choice for an example. What I have now is 3 very cheap stainless steel pans nested into each other, and 2 sierra stainless steel cups with wire handles nested in each other. The 3 pans had handles on them which I sheared off and I have one of those steel pan grippers to pick them up with. By the way the steel (I don't know about the aluminum ones.) pan gripper is so strong in its grip that you could use it for pulling on the skin of large animals you may be skinning or for holding onto a fish while descaling it.

Instead of paying $16.00 to $21.00 for a name brand stainless nested mess kit, I paid $0.49 for each of the pans and each of the cups, and paid $0.25 for the steel pan gripper at Goodwill for a total outlay of $2.70.

Why 3 pans and 2 cups? If I get lost, I plan on having company as I don't want to be miserable by myself. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

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