The stuff that's packed inside the pot should be in a plastic bag. It's liable to be damp in there after you dry the inside of the pot with a damp dish towel on a rainy morning. The plastic bag also keeps the inside of the pot from being scratched.

I only boil water, pour half of it into freezer bags to rehydrate food, use the rest to brew tea which I drink out of the pot. Cleanup consists of licking the spoon and a quick cold water rinse for spoon and pot.

Check Sarbar's website, trailcooking.com for more ideas.