As I'm starting to arrange my hiking and camping gear for this year, I decided to go a bit nostalgic and pick up a G.I. canteen, cover, and canteen cup as part of my gear, like the ones my grandfather gave me when I was five years old.

Because I'm a geek, I decided to cook my dinner in my new stainless steel canteen cup and maybe read some things about this humble little necessity.

I ran across this, which I thought was an amusing and interesting read.