Kit · Cooking without mains

Stainless camping cutlery

Real cutlery weighs almost nothing and does not flex in a bowl of dal.

Not a survival gadget. A set of ordinary stainless knives, forks and spoons that live in the box, so that the ones from the kitchen drawer do not go missing one at a time.

The thing to avoid is the folding multi-tool spork. They flex under anything thicker than soup, the hinge collects food and is miserable to clean without running water, and the knife on them cuts nothing. A plain spoon and fork are lighter, stronger and washable in a mug of hot water.

Buy one set more than you think you need. Cutlery is the item that gets lost in grass, dropped in a washing-up bowl and poured away, or left on a plate that went in the bin.

A teaspoon is worth adding deliberately. Most sets omit it and most of the measuring in this kind of cooking is done in spoonfuls of spice.

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Last reviewed 18 September 2026. Specifications and availability change and we do not track them, so check the listing against what is described here.