A few months ago (or more), someone mentioned the Daiso dollar stores and the UL bargains they might have. I got around to visiting the one in Seattle and had a ball. It is more like a $1.50 store…
An 18cm stainless steel bowl 70g/2.5oz. It measures 7" across the top lip and 2-3/4" deep. For reference, an MSR Alpine bowl is 3.6 oz./102 g and 5.5"/14cm, and my favorite SnowPeak bowl is 5.5" high x 3" deep and 1.6oz. At $1.50, I think it is in the running. Caveat: it is much smaller on the bottom (3"), so less stable as a pot. Lots of potential for stove building/windscreen material.
A pack of "kitchen paper" filter media, with 25 papers that are 16cm/6.3" across and weigh all of 0.6g/0.002oz each. They have huge potential for water pre-filters and are big enough to rubber band over the mouth of a Nalgene.
I got two little stainless bowls with plastic lids in the hope that one lid might fit my Ti pot. One is 12cm/4-7/8", 75g/2.6oz and the other is 10.5cm/4-1/8" and 60g/2.1oz. Of course both have storage and cooking/dining potential.
I also found a foil "kitchen guard" that is 70cm/39cm (28"x15") and designed to be used as a three-section folding spatter guard for a stove top. It is "heavy duty" aluminum foil with corrugations and perfect for wind screen material and MYOG pot lids. It is thinner stuff than the typical roaster pans found in a US grocery store. The whole thing is 35g/1.2oz. I'll be using some to make a lids for the SnowPeak Ti and the stainless bowl.
In another store I found a 10" bamboo spoon that is 1.1oz. It has a broad shallow bowl and has good potential for cooking in coated pots. This one is a Joyce Chen product and easy to find. Inexpensive at $3.25.
