Setter originally served eggs flipped in Army cookware (4-3)

'army cookware' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'setter originally served eggs flipped' is the wordplay.
'setter' becomes 'me' (the setter of the clue).
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'eggs' becomes 'nits' (nit is a kind of egg).
'flipped' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
The initial letter of 'served' is 's'.
'nits' backwards is 'stin'.
'me'+'s'+'stin'='MESS-TIN'

'in' acts as a link.

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