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I just made an English style steamed pudding in the pressure cooker. I used a 1 qt mixing bowl as the mold, covered with foil. The recipe called for 30 minutes of pressure, I needed 40, possibly because I was using frozen berries (2 cups). BLUEBERRY PUDDING-CAKE...

Fairings can deal with several things: - air resistance - white noise - a howl Whether they make much difference with the first two is debatable. But some roof rack configurations do make a distinct howl or whistle. This is because the airflow over the bars or through the gap between bar and...

Inside height of an element is 45". It may be possble to estimate the extra height from the picture. Oops, I was thinking that this camper opened up the whole inside of Element, replacing the roof. But I see from the pictures that this is more of a 'built on' RTT. It does make nice use of...

Judging from the steel wheels on this sample camper, it is a 2003 DX model, just like mine. This was the bare bones version without AC or radio, though both can be added. paulj

I don't know about the 'only Honda Element Camper'. Maybe the only one with head room and built in cooking facilities. But if the primary purpose of a camper is to provide a sheltered place to sleep, lots of owers have adapted their Elements to that. paulj

I built my platform by trial and error. Essentially I started with the idea that I wanted to carry a full size spare, and have space for several 8 gallon Rubbermaid boxes. Since these are both about 9" thick, nominal 10" pine boards worked well as the vertical supports. I use good quality...

The Bugaboo was sized to be the largest pack that could fit under an airline seat (at one time, anyways). I have one, but found that it was just a bit short for me, though it has worked for others in my family. I've had two packs that work, but in both cases I had to rework the shoulder...

I put my spare under my platform. My car is an Element with a full length flat floor.

In my experience, the best thing for sore shoulders is a pack that is long enough to put most of the weight on the hips, using the shoulder straps mainly to keep the pack from tipping over backwards. So the upper most shoulder strap attachment point should be at shoulder height or more. An...

Looking back at some my old journals I see that I 'baked' in my pressure cooker as well. I have a Bake-packer, a honeycomb trivet. That is filled with water, batter is placed in a heat proof plastic bag, and then steamed (without pressure). This would work with other pans as well, but the...

Mainly it's a matter of coming up with alternatives to fresh meat, such as: - canned meats Spam - ok as an occasional, salty meat item canned corned beef - Asian markets sometimes carry better quality brands from New Zealand or Australia canned chicken, turkey meat - I prefer the foil...

I used a 4 qt Presto years ago on an extended trip to Alaska and back. I was cooking for 3 people, and using a 2 burner Coleman gas stove. One thing that worked particularly well was to buy a frozen chicken at a small town grocery, let it thaw in the cooler, and then cook it in the PC with...

Did you test the waters at the Hart Mtn hot springs? Mosquitos were bad enough when we were there, that we only spent a few minutes in the water. That was also the only spot on that trip where I opted to use the tent because it is easier to keep bug free. Though they did disappear as the...

A while back I bought a sling for my terrier, but haven't needed it yet. He's only 10 yrs. But sling fits nicely over the top of cooler, which fills the gap between the dog's seat and the driver's seat. So in that sense, he has used it - for footing while on the road. paulj

A long time ago I saw in a newspaper several 'geek' recipes. One was for a layered dessert using Twinkies as the base. The other layers were things like marshmallows (or marshmallow fluff), chocolate syrup, M&Ms, Dream Whip, etc. paulj

Do you already have the roof rack? For several years I've debated getting a Bestop plastic basket http://www.bestop.com/index.php?s=47 At 43" x 23" it is about the right size to fit between my roof rack cross bars. It doesn't, though, address the issue of weather proof storage. I've toyed...

I noted early on that my S10 leaned a bit toward the right rear corner. For years I though it was because the Wildernest, when open, put extra load on that corner. But then I learned that front torsion bars were user-adjustable. I tweaked these, and leveled out the truck. Even with the...

I put a Wildernest on a 1988 S10 pickup, and the fit was near perfect. Since the Chevy/GMC lineup was the most popular pickups at the time, it was probably sized specifically to fit them. Since my S10 had the 6' bed, the Wildernest had that distinctive bobtail cut. My guess is that Guidon...

Would the Thule Xsporter help? http://www.thuleracks.com/product.asp?dept_id=75&sku=421 bed rail mounted cross bars paulj

I have just posted some pictures from a 12 day camping trip on Vancouver Island on my pbase gallery: http://www.pbase.com/paulj3/van2007 This was a leisurely 1000 mile trip. About 200 miles were on potholed logging roads along the outer coast. Weather was nearly ideal. While we had rain the...