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Lynx,

I think the above is about storage. Your traditional long handled pot that fits on the stove at home just wastes a lot of storage space. "dog eared" pots that nest take the least amout of storage.

I would want a large pot you can boil water in and have enough freeboard to avoid sloshing the water on the cook. A nested set of cookware like used for camping will take the least amount of space.

One pan we recently started using a great deal looks like a flat bottomed wok with dog ears. Calphalon makes an "every day" pan. You can do fry pan types of things, wok types of things, plus be able to simmer stew type meals. You can use high quality cookware aboard but you can't bring a set of 8 pots with lids and expect to not waste a lot of space. We also carry a tall stock pot and a short stock pot that both have dog ear handles. The three nest together. You could go with smaller sized pots.

It's how you cook, what type of stove you have, and what food you want to prepared. A three quart pot for two could be fine for "one pot" meals, but a 4 quart would leave more room.