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Just a note on Mustard as a FYI Mustard is quite often used as a condiment. Meaning it is applied to a finished food like a "corn dog" or "hot dog". But it is also classified as a sauce too. There are 5 "Mother Sauces" and one class (with several sub sets) is known as "Bechamel"...

My first rig was an early Ford E-100 Econoline Van. Hightop's weren't really a thing then like they are today. I was just our of College and a young guy back then. In my own experience.......I had installed foam backed indoor-outdoor nylon carpet and I found myself moving around the interior...

Thoughts ^^^ It seems the Promaster is prone to water leakage in the cowling over the engine/transmission. Likewise some of the Transits. Debris collects in the drainage system and as you would guess, it leaks on the most important components of the engine/transmission/battery etc. These...

Welcome to the Forum Wendy :) Take a look thru this site to see how a build would go together. Good photos too. Nomadsauraus DIY Campervan Conversion In the top signature link below "van conversion" I've documented how I made my first build....which was basic. But it served my purposes...

On the subject of the Promaster rear axle and clearance for off road travel, there are mods beginning to show up for that. But it can only provide so much as the axle would bang against the floor if raised much higher. (as you can see in the photo) It's one of the things about the Promaster...

The Awoken Somewhere between Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"..... is a welcoming place for this Novel. It takes place in the next century and is based on a lot of what is happening now and the technocracy-greed-wealth of the rest of this century. Those of great wealth...

Just to add to the fun of a virtual Van Rig set up like in the image above, if you have a driving game "Steering wheel & pedals", (can be found cheap in yard sales, Goodwill stores etc) there is now softwares and app's that will allow you to use Google Maps, Streetview, Earth, to simulate...

WanderingRose mentioned an item in a thread titled "how to do it right the first time". There you'll findI posted this image of a clothes line & bed sheet mock up of a van rig. With the measurements in Johnie's graph you may be able to approximate some mock-up's. If you have a camping cot you...

Juan, In the top link below I show how I started out long ago. It was what many call a non-build as it wasn't insulated or paneled. Then I had one foot in the sticks & bricks (working) and the other in traveling. I live in the southern tip of Ohio where Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia...

Welcome to the Van Living Forum Juan. Please ask questions here.

On mixing your own seasonings, another copycat seasoning mixture that's cheap to make and expensive to buy. One of McCormick's most popular, Montreal Steak Seasoning. (it can be used in a lot of other dishes too. 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt 2 tablespoons coarse ground black pepper 2...

Yes that is max. Some settings don't require that much power. But as far as using appliances for purposes other than what they were designed for......I used to have this ol poporn popper I could also fry steak, hamburgers, bacon, hotdogs, on the heated base and the like on it. That...

^^^ rruff wrote You're quite right. This started some time after 1973 with an impeached President and a concerted effort as stated by that President's Attorney General (John Mitchel), saying "We're going to move America so far to the right no one will ever recognize it again". I'm not...

I have both of these. Generally a 3 quart InstantPot will use 700 watts of power. But mine is 6 quart and uses close to 1200 watts. Most of what I cook in it requires an hour or less. Similar with the rice cooker. It isn't too large and uses 375 watts. I understand the small ones use...

Those who aren't of the "binary" set may find things changing and not to their advantage. I'm binary myself but for those who aren't I posted a link (as it will be reported as political if I post it here) But if you want to read it, it regards matters of the heart for the LGBTQ+ folks...

People interested in Van Life have to realize that "Time" is the most precious commodity one has. Life is a grant of time and none of us know how much time we're endowed with. Each individual will have his or her values as to what to do with the time of their life. Some will choose the...

There are a lot of premade seasonings on the grocery store shelves today. Generally a combination of numerous herbs & spices with a few other chemical ingredients to preserve or preventing hardening. For a traveling Nomad without a lot of space in his/her kitchen, having some of these...

"Balloon" The story of two east German families, 8 people in all, who had by 1979 constructed a hot air balloon to make a daring escape to west Germany and feedom. This is a remake of the original movie....."Night Crossing". The movie is captioned so read fast. The film is based on the...

vanbrat wrote: Yes, there are numerous things and copy cat hack's to make seasonings that incorporate several herbs & spices into one small container. Lawry's Seasoning Salt was one of the first I experienced as a kid. (and there are copy cat recipes to make your own and save $$$) Nomads...

Some friends of mine and I attended an RV show once. The RV's were year end close outs where they were advertising huge discounts etc etc. While I was inside this one Terry camp trailer I heard a couple of salesmen talking outside where they thought they were alone enough to disccuss some of...