mess-kit

If you had to pack a lot of food on your back I would go with the mountain house as it is much lighter and takes up less space, but it takes water and time to prepare, and a mess-kit to eat it out of.

You're hunting elk in Montana. You have room for 1 meal in your pack. MRE or store-bought dehydrated meal? 2009

If you had to pack a lot of food on your back I would go with the mountain house as it is much lighter and takes up less space, but it takes water and time to prepare, and a mess-kit to eat it out of.

You're hunting elk in Montana. You have room for 1 meal in your pack. MRE or store-bought dehydrated meal? 2009

There are two methods of cooking with the issue mess-kit.

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker

The spot had an additional interest for us because it was here that on the first trip the brush caught fire soon after the party had landed, and they were forced to take to the boats so unceremoniously that they lost part of their mess-kit and some clothing.

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Indians, whose main article of wearing apparel was a towel and whose main occupation was scrubbing and flushing the decks with a hose, just about the time mess call found the soldiers looking for a nice spot to settle down with mess-kit and eating-irons.

The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces William Elmer Bachman

The warm smell of a stew rose to his nostrils from the mess-kit.

Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

Still the apartment, though compact as an army mess-kit, was perfectly furnished and the maid who had served the cool little dinner an efficient effacedness of the race that housekeepers with large families and little money assert passed with the Spanish War.

Young People's Pride Stephen Vincent Ben��t 1920

As we approached I could hear sounds of altercation and a voice that we placed immediately as that of our quarry arose in indignant warning: "If yo 'doan' leggo that mess-kit I'll lay a barrage down on yo '!"

War in the Garden of Eden Kermit Roosevelt 1916

The United States Army mess-kit would serve admirably.

Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness 1914

A small-sized duffel-bag should be provided for each of the men as a container for hammock and net, spare clothing, and mess-kit.

Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness 1914