We used to live on a sailboat, and couldn't do without our pressure cooker. Now we live at 6600 feet and - couldn't do without our pressure cooker. Saves on cooking fuel, you bet.
Ours is kinda big for the van, though. We have yet to do a trip (first one will be a long weekend in Utah this weekend) and we will do what we used to do when we had a Westfalia - have lots of semi-instant and pre-cooked stuff (like tortillas and instant/canned refried beans plus salsa and salad, those gourmet smoked sausages, and so on)
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2001 EB E350 4x4 Diesel, new to us March 2008
I use a small electric rice cooker, Oster electric egg cooker, and an electric skillet for boiling potatoes, pasta, chicken spag, gumbo, bacon, eggs, etc. We have a invertor so I can plug in all the time, if it runs low, crank up the engine.
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Evie (our Sprinter's name) is great!
This thing takes up space but is quite handy during short trips. http://www.cozycook.com/kitchen-59466.html
I take vegetables in boil bags and anything in food saver bags that just needs to be warmed up (hot wings, rice, tamales...etc). Very handy at pre cooking for hot food around the campfire or cooking stuff in the morning for a fast hot lunch.
Dave B
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2006 Ford 6.0PSD EB-50/E-PH SMB 4X4 Rock Crawler Trailer