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Issue 1813
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Tip of the Day
10 reasons why you need a wok in your RV kitchen
By Cheri Sicard
Woks are the most important cooking implement in traditional Chinese kitchens. But guess what? The large sloped-sided pans are also one of the best multi-tasking tools you can pack in your RV kitchen.
Of course, if you enjoy Chinese cooking, or stir-frying in general, using a wok is a given. But if you think outside the box, woks have a LOT more uses than that. This is because of their large size and also their distinctive sloping walls that allow you to move food around the cooking surface without it spilling over and making a mess.
Another benefit cooks will find is that the large wok cooking surface features two distinct temperature zones. Directly over the flame will be great for searing, quick-cooking, and other high heat tasks. Use the sloping sides to keep foods cooking but at lower, gentler rates.
If you get creative with all the ways you can use a wok, you just might be able to save space and leave some extra appliances or cookware at home in favor of this versatile and practical pan.
Today’s RV review…
Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 265RBSS
Tony writes, “Today’s review is of the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 265RBSS, a couple’s larger camper with a super slide and full-width rear bath. While I do my best to find the most exciting, different and groundbreaking RVs, there are days when we take a look at stuff that just sells in droves—like this Apex. The reason a trailer like this is so popular is that the price is pretty average, it has a decent-sized interior with lots of usable features, plus it’s not so big and heavy that a well-suited half-ton truck can’t tow it around.”
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We were advised by a dealer RV technician to winterize our water lines while driving in cold weather. The claim is that windchill would freeze the water lines while driving. When I review a windchill chart driving at 50 mph in 40 degrees F the windchill is 26 F. It sounds like every time we travel we will need to winterize water lines. —Tim Connors
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Quick Tip
Regularly check plastic plumbing fittings to avoid leaks
Reader Mark C. hopes you’ll learn from his experience: Be sure to regularly check plastic drain lines under sinks, etc. He’s had them come loose and dump water everywhere. Hand-tighten all screw-on plumbing fittings. Thanks for the reminder, Mark!
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’08 Winnebago Sightseer
“Even though it’s not a high-end RV, it has everything we need. All the furniture is top-quality including the carpet. It’s extremely well-built and dependable. I do all the maintenance myself. It has a big king bed with a very comfortable mattress. I haven’t felt the need to do any mods except a few minor ones. I replaced the anemic bathroom fan with a nice variable speed model. I think that’s about it. We can boondock nicely due to pretty big tanks, and we do very well with just our two group 27 house batteries…no need for solar. It’s truly been a great RV for us!”
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Trivia
Scientists have been able to track Lewis and Clark’s exact route by finding traces of mercury in the soil. Why? Well, along with zinc sulfate to treat eye conditions, magnesia in case of poisoning or illness, and laudanum, a pain killer, the explorers also brought along 600 of “Dr. Rush’s Bilious Pills.” These pills were made from calomel (mercurous chloride, mercury and chlorine) and jalap (a Mexican plant) and were used as potent laxatives. Men eating only biscuits and wild game meat needed these often. Since mercury doesn’t break down in the environment, it remains, to this day, in the soil along the route they took wherever they used the bathroom.
*The rise of what kind of travel led to luggage on wheels? And why was it invented? Yesterday’s trivia tells you.
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We’re sorry for the mix up with the link! Here’s the link to the correct issue!
https://www.rvtravel.com/rvdt1814/
Reading today’s issue made me think I was in a time warp!
We’re all time-travelers now😱
Yep bad link to Thursday’s issue.
I found today’s by going to the website.
Wednesday issue on Thursday. Interesting we are still some days away from April Fool’s day. But I did “Leave Here With A Laugh” LOL
I thought I was seeing things this morning. Same newsletter as yesterday.
Is it ground hog day;this sure looks like wednesdays issue.
Go here for a list of the newsletters and pick the one for the 10th
https://www.rvtravel.com/category/daily-tips-newsletter/
Did we rerun yesterdays articles?
Same Issue number – everything’s the same except the date. Definitely duplicate! Thought it was just me!
Thursday link sends you to Wednesday newsletter (RV Daily Tips. Wednesday, March 9, 2022)
Ditto
I’m confused enough. This doesn’t help. It’s like all the re-runs on TV.
Tika and Pebbles are lucky little girls! My Chihuahua mix is JUST LIKE a two or three-year-old child, smart and stubborn! We are “pet parents”!
Tika is just about the cutest little thing!
“along the route they took wherever they used the bathroom.” LMAO, you mean “WHENEVER THEY TOOK A DUMP?” I somehow doubt there were any “bathrooms” along that route
You have to remember the editor is now a woman, not a crass man.
They were called trees back then. Reminds me of the story of Olaf the logger when he squatted behind the tree only to discover a bear trap beneath the leaves, later at the Dr. The Dr commented that must’ve been the worst pain in your life, Olaf replied “no the worst pain was when I ran out of chain”.
Recipe of the day: My goodness, does no one ever use vegetables or greens?
Onions are vegetables
Not here, lol! We do need a higher ratio of healthy to decadent recipes, for sure.
They also think a recipe that requires making meatballs from scratch, baking them, cooking in a crockpot, plus some skillet work is “SUPER EASY”, lol. If a recipe requires more than one pan and cooking method, and mixing raw meat, it is NOT super easy.
I know there are RVers out there with big kitchens and time on their hands and they enjoy passing the time with cooking, good for them. Just don’t call it ‘super easy’ please. And if you’re going to tell us to carry a wok, specify ‘if you have a big rig’.
My wife Toni puts one Gourmet raisin in each meat ball, it adds a very unique flavor & the grandkids love them!
Snoopy
What is a “Gourmet Raisin”???
Been fertilized with cow manure instead of man made chemicals… oh wait a minute, that’s organic, my mistake! Lol
Hi Bob FYI: CALIFORNIA GOURMET ORGANIC RAISINS: – Not allowed to be farmed with any kinds of conventional, synthetic pesticides – As CCOF Organic certified farmers, we must comply with OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute)-listed materials for pest control, fertilizing etc. – We favor using mechanical methods to conduct weed control or beneficial insects for pest control – We favor using compost for fertilizing – We do not add any kind of materials to enhance the sweetness of our raisins, only the power of sunshine – We do not spray any materials to preserve our raisins from molding.
Ruben, thats a good question, so I asked my wife where she gets the raisins for the meat balls! Toni said she gets that our local organic farmers market, here in southern California. So I guess they are called organic California raisins
Snoopy
I enjoyed your “Black Series” information. I saw a couple at the Dallas RV show, they are unique, and appear indestructable.
So, approximately 50 people were on the Lewis and Clark expedition, and they ‘crapped’ their way along the route – and decades later scientists with nothing better to do than go camping on our dollar, claimed to have followed the EXACT route by looking for mercury in the ground ALONG that route. Absolutely fascinating! Ahem . . .
Sounds like you’re trying to start a ‘movement’😒
You people crack )( me up!
Sounds like a crappy job!
Or a Big Job💩
I’d like to see the source for this claim….er, not the source for the crap…the source that proves this study was even done over the entirety of the route this expedition took.
I call BS on this one.
BTW ..the expedition was extremely well documented…no need to try to find exactly where someone might have relieved themselves as a follow up!
I think I agree, Spike.
Trivia? Any place besides Travelers Rest but Lolo,MT?
”Every RVer should have one of these!” Is a TDS meter that will tell you the total dissolved solids in water. In other words, mineral content. It does not tell you if your water is “pure enough to drink.” Lots of people drink mineral water for their health and this TDS meter would indicate it had very high levels of dissolved solids. Well Duh! This meter does not test for biological contamination which is what will make you sick and what people are really concerned about when testing their water for “purity.”
Yes, that’s correct. It’s testing for dissolved solids such as sodium, calcium etc; the reading is used for pool maintenance in which you want abundant “hardness” so your pool plaster doesn’t get dissolved, and has nothing to do with water purity. Maybe we should also sell them a meter which tests for the presence of H20.
I have written before about the wording on this but they keep running it.