Hi,<br><br>I have the canteen cup that fits around the bottom of my Dutch (Nato) water canteen and I have no coocking stand that you're supposed to put an Esbit or Trioxane tables under and put the canteen cup on top of.<br>I don't need that extra weight as the canteen cup is heavy enough but will withstand any fire that I could make.<br>It's large enough to hold a nice cup of soup or anything else that needs to be cooked or warmed up.<br><br>One alternative that I saw while watching the Woodsmaster Video tapes from Ron&Karen Hood was a 1 pound coffee can that he always packed with his gear and used for preparing food, sterilizing water, melting pinetree resin etc etc.<br>Good part it doesn't cost much and he fitted a nice Lexan waterbottle in it so it didn't take up that much extra space in his pack.<br><br>Best Scouting wishes from Holland,<br><br>Bagheera <br><br>