What are some things I consider absolute necessities? Hmmmm. . .
ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER
an absolute necessity. . . especially if you plan to cook beans, rice, or pasta at altitude. Ya can’t get water to boil up there. . .
but I use it even for everyday cooking. It makes an awesome deep fryer (without the pressure portion of course.)
I excel in one pot meals, so I use it for that. . .often!
It’s just one of those things I’m glad I discovered. . .this is by RIVAL. . .and I found it at Big Lots for about $57. . .something like that.
INDUCTION BURNER
A glorified, and expensive hot plate, that requires pots, pans, and skillets that a magnet will stick to the bottom of, but I love it because, the pan heats up immediately. . .to a specified temperature that you can set. . .the burner itself does NOT get hot. . .I can use it inside or outside. . .and because I hate my RV stove, I can cook on it almost exclusively.
Induction Burners love, love, love cast iron, and I have a small round cast iron griddle to grill steaks on. . .fabulous combination. I would love to have more cast iron to use on it. . .but alas. . .the weight. . .so. . .only the griddle. (sigh!)
LOCK N LOCK CONTAINERS
In my opinion, the ultimate in storage containers. . .they have a seal that prevents leakage, so they are fantastic for storing saucy items in the fridge. . .nothing’s gonna splash out!
Sometimes I can find them at Walmart, but lately I seem to have better luck finding them at those specialty Kitchen Stores in the outlet mall. . .you know which ones I mean!
Our gate guard friends have been writing about having a mouse invasion. . .they, the mice, especially love their doritos. . .as you can see, what’s left of my doritos are safely ensconced in plastic. . .not that I’m doing it to keep them from the mice. . .but just in case! Our nemesis seems to be sugar ants. . .sometimes they pop up everywhere. . .keeps them out too!
I can’t think of any other “can’t live without” items at the moment. . .but I’m sure as soon as I push the send button, I’ll remember several more. . .
What are your “I can’t be without them” items. . .everyone’s list is different. . .so please share!
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If water wont boil at altitude, then does that mean a slow cooker wont work? I have never heard of a Induction Burner, will check into that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the infro
Induction burners are wonderful! If you want to buy one, check out the store Tuesday Morning. They have them in stock sometimes and they are FAR cheaper than buying one at an RV show! Plastic storage containers are a MUST! That's about the only thing I can't live without in the motorhome. That and the type of hangars that hold multiple shirts and pants vertically instead of single hangars.
ReplyDeleteSteve, I don't remember if we used our slow cooker. . .I just remember cooking a pot of beans ALL day, and they were still crunchy. . .my friend Karen at FabGrandma.com, who works at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon every summer, is the one who told me I needed a pressure cooker.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure others have more experience cooking at altitude, and probably know the answer, so hopefully they'll chime in with some info. . .everything seems to take longer to cook.
I'm sure spending next summer at 8500 ft in Rocky Mountain National Park will give us the full cooking at altitude education!
Jeanie. . .I always forget about Tuesday Morning. . .and that was one of my very favorite stores when I was a working girl. . .and had a craft shed. They have the most fabulous florals. . .no room for all that now. . .(sad!)
ReplyDeleteDave loves the multiples hangars for his pants. . .very efficient!
I haven't heard of the induction burner either but a hot plate is on my need list now I will look at the induction burner! I couldn't live without my crock pot or space heater!! I love throwing something in the crockpot going out for the day to explore and coming home to something yummy. We have lived in our rv for a year now and loving it! How high up before altitude becomes an issue we are at 4550 now? Thanks
ReplyDeleteWe were in Chama, NM which is at an elevation of about 7850, when we had the crunchy beans drama. . .LOL. . .not sure when the altitude effects start kicking in. . .that will be interesting to find out.
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