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Post by gary350 on Nov 4, 2016 17:14:29 GMT -8
WE don"t do any vintage cooking. I removed all the vintage appliances including the propane tank and pipes. Electricity is free with the camp site so we take advantage of it. We use a griddle on the picnic table and if it rains we use the same griddle in the camper kitchen. Our kitchen counter top has nothing attached to it but the sink. All the appliances are inside the cabinets, microwave oven, griddle, toaster oven, crop pot, 2 burner stove, coffee maker. We put what we want to use on the picnic table or counter top. The griddle will cook anything we want for breakfast, bacon, sausage, eggs, ham, toast, English muffins, pancakes, hash brown potatoes, more. Alice usually puts dinner in the crock pot after breakfast food will be ready in the evening. Crock pot will do anything, meat loaf, beef stew, chili, roast & vegetables, BBQ chicken, Pulled pork, Vegetable soup, baked potatoes, Enchiladas, Menudo, cabbage rolls, hobo dinners, sloppy joe, peach cobbler, chocolate cake, more. Alice uses the coffee maker to make hot water to wash dishes in the kitchen sink. We laugh about how we often eat better camping than at home, and Wine with Dinner.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 18:37:50 GMT -8
Hmm. I don't know if thats enough bacon for you and us! Thats what youre doing inviting us right?? Looks awesome. Hehe. I don't see much point in maintaining old appliances either. Too much headache and risk, and space. All we have is a fridge and microwave. Otherwise, same as your methods!
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Post by vikx on Nov 4, 2016 22:12:54 GMT -8
Like your Halloween tablecloth, Gary.
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Post by HOTRODPRIMER on Oct 29, 2018 12:34:49 GMT -8
I sure hate that photobuckets greed screwed up thousands of post. Danny
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Post by Hamlet on Oct 29, 2018 14:23:29 GMT -8
We have no problem with however folks want to cook when they’re camping. I sort of figure that our years backpacking and cooking either over a fire or on a backpacking stove was “real” camping. Hamlet is more like a tiny hotel room than camping. We have an icebox, the stove/oven, one of those top of the stove “toasters” and a coffee press. I can make everything in Hamlet that I make at home and even had dinner guests on rainy Pacific NW evenings.
I guess it’s all in what you want to deal with and what you’re used to. We prefer the simplicity of just one “major appliance.”
Happy camping!
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Post by bigbill on Oct 30, 2018 13:53:33 GMT -8
I believe in total electric living I removed the kitchen stove and oven then installed an A/C unit, microwave, toaster oven in it's place. If that won't cook it I have a hot plate that can be set on counter. Anything else will be cooked outside on an open fire. Since just the two of us we don't even set up the table we leave it and bench made up as beds. Cold weather I take an electric heater and extra blankets. Eat on TV trays while setting on bed. Laziness to the max.
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Post by debranch on Oct 30, 2018 16:09:41 GMT -8
Outdoor kitchen, we took our Compact on 3 trips this year before I started working on her and did all our cooking outside on a propane camp stove and a smoker that can be used as an oven / warmer works great for baked potatoes. I have a corningware electric percolator and hot plate if I need to cook inside but It hasn’t been needed so far. All we have in the Compact is a fridge and sink, and I’m not planning on having anything else when I complete repairs on it. The outdoor kitchen allows you more room for friends and family to be with you while you are cooking. We also have a table on the outside of the camper which I really like. No table inside just the 2 benches. It’s surprising how much room there is in the Compact with no table. We had 8 people in it during a rain storm it was tight but fun flic.kr/p/QpgTPN
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Post by HOTRODPRIMER on Oct 30, 2018 16:23:48 GMT -8
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Post by HOTRODPRIMER on Oct 30, 2018 17:00:52 GMT -8
We retained all the original propane appliances, the stove/oven and light and they all work but we prefer to do our cooking outside, we have a electric griddle and camp stove that works well,we also have a small charcoal grill.
We use the ice box for storage, we are prepared for dry camping or state parks. Danny
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Post by Hamlet on Oct 30, 2018 17:33:27 GMT -8
Are we the ONLY people out there who cook inside? At some point we might buy a small grill, but the less stuff we have to haul, the happier we are. We spent 15 years cooking in rain, hail, snow and mosquitoes over a fire or backpacking stove so I’m happy to cook where it’s warm and dry. We rarely camp where there is electricity, but frequently where it’s wet. If we put up our canopy to cook under, we’d have to haul a large, wet piece of canvas home. We don’t have a truck and our dog takes up the back seat of our X3. So we travel and camp simply and we love being able to unload, clean and make Hamlet ready for the next trip in 20 minutes flat.
It’d be very different, I suspect, if we lived where it’s hot and/or muggy a lot. Then you couldn’t get me to cook inside!
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Post by HOTRODPRIMER on Oct 30, 2018 17:46:57 GMT -8
Are we the ONLY people out there who cook inside? At some point we might buy a small grill, but the less stuff we have to haul, the happier we are. We spent 15 years cooking in rain, hail, snow and mosquitoes over a fire or backpacking stove so I’m happy to cook where it’s warm and dry. We rarely camp where there is electricity, but frequently where it’s wet. If we put up our canopy to cook under, we’d have to haul a large, wet piece of canvas home. We don’t have a truck and our dog takes up the back seat of our X3. So we travel and camp simply and we love being able to unload, clean and make Hamlet ready for the next trip in 20 minutes flat. It’d be very different, I suspect, if we lived where it’s hot and/or muggy a lot. Then you couldn’t get me to cook inside! You nail me in your last sentience, we live in the Sunny South, Hot & Humid so we prefer to do all my cooking & sweating outside.
If the weather is frigid we do have the option of using the propane appliances. Danny
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Post by bigbill on Oct 31, 2018 4:59:30 GMT -8
Are we the ONLY people out there who cook inside? At some point we might buy a small grill, but the less stuff we have to haul, the happier we are. We spent 15 years cooking in rain, hail, snow and mosquitoes over a fire or backpacking stove so I’m happy to cook where it’s warm and dry. We rarely camp where there is electricity, but frequently where it’s wet. If we put up our canopy to cook under, we’d have to haul a large, wet piece of canvas home. We don’t have a truck and our dog takes up the back seat of our X3. So we travel and camp simply and we love being able to unload, clean and make Hamlet ready for the next trip in 20 minutes flat. It’d be very different, I suspect, if we lived where it’s hot and/or muggy a lot. Then you couldn’t get me to cook inside! My wife says she prefers a nice restaurant over cooking anywhere.
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Post by kudzu on Oct 31, 2018 5:17:12 GMT -8
Are we the ONLY people out there who cook inside? Nope! While I am currently without a camper you are not. We cook when we camp and we even cook when we rent a house. When we were first married we used to head to the Beach every Thanksgiving in our motorhome and our tradition was to cook two Cornish Hens for Thanksgiving dinner, baked in the oven. While I am probably at least a couple of years away from buying another one. We would never consider buying a camper without a full kitchen.
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Post by oakback on Oct 31, 2018 9:48:27 GMT -8
Our current build will have a single burner induction cooktop, but we plan on cooking outside most of the time on a 2-burner propane stove.
We've tent camped for years, and we start almost every morning with cooking bacon on cast iron (followed by eggs/toast/etc.). That greasy steam is terrible to clean, it sticks to everything. At home we've learned that cooking bacon in the oven is better than wiping grease off of everything.
Also we're in Florida, so cooking outside is fine most days. We'll likely use the inside stove top for coffee, and non-smoky things if the weather is cold or rainy (and only if we have electric service).
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Post by aslmx on Nov 8, 2018 17:33:13 GMT -8
I think cooking on the old stove or an old Coleman stove is part of the experience but I’ll never use the gas oven. I saw one explode at a camp ground some years back. Blew the guy lighting it out the door. He survived and luckily his kids were in the back bunks asleep.
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