I just recently signed up to be able to post on the forum, after reading posts for weeks, looking at pics of the various tears and other trailers, and enjoying the comraderie that appears to exist among you gentlemen (and ladies, like myself) I would love to have a tear ( or something similar, which is why I am researching the various types, etc.) My husband is active duty Army, and will retire in a couple of years. We have been in Germany for several years now, and when we return to the U.S., I would love to see as much of the U.S. as we have of Europe. I looked for a page to do an introduction but have not yet found it, so sorry for the long preamble.
If there is a place to make an introduction, please point me to it. There is so much here, I get lost.
I just had to jump in on this conversation about the microwave or/an toaster decision making process. Since I have both a convection oven and a microwave at home, I can see the benefits of both. I do agree with the statement of the definite benefits of the use of the convection capability, with its ability to cook more quickly due to the fan blowing the heat around, rather than just cooking by direct radiant heat. One must lower the temperature and decrease cooking time, which I am sure would be of benefit in such a setting. I really love my convection oven, and it does take some getting used to. I seldom cook meat in the microwave, and use it mostly for cooking veggies, re-heating foods, melting things, and making popcorn.
I will say that one stove that I am impressed with that I have seen on the forum is the one that looks like a real range. I think it has 3 burners on top, and an oven. I was really impressed with the picture of the pralines that the one gentlemen made. I showed it to my husband and we both got a chuckle out of the candy thermometer in the picture. My husband said that it looked like our home kitchen, and who would have ever thought to take one on a camping trip. But then he said," Hey, if that guy can make pralines, then I could make my beignets, too!" ( for those who may be unfamiliar, they are a type of doughnut served in New Orleans at the Cafe du Monde.) My husband and girls love them ( so do I, but don't NEED them
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Well, anyway, this is getting too long, and I may run out of space. So if anyone knows about the stove in the picture with the pralines, could you tell me the details. Is it propane? and if so, does it use the little bottles like a camp stove, or the big bottle, like the gas grill in the backyard? Any information about where to find them would be greatly appreciated.
I have learned so much on this forum, and I want to thank the guys who started it and run it. I hope that when we return to the U.S. we, too, will have our own trailer, whatever style it may be.
I will be in Savannah during the summer, and was going to look up Jim in Sav., but I think I read that he sold his trailer. I wonder if he is going to make another? Maybe we could swing by and check it out!
Blessings,
Cindy