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Salad Spinner
Does anybody have a tip for a good (and hopefully not too big) salad spinner to have in the RV?

I need a new one and don't really know what to buy. I know there is a collapsible salad spinner available from Camping World and Amazon - is this the best thing I can get?

Klaus
2001 26.5 Mid-Bath
Re: Salad Spinner
Reply #2 –
Put them in a mesh bag and swing it round your head. Preferably outside but not judging either way lol.
fu
2015TK
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Reply #3 –
I use the prepworks by progressive collapsible salad spinner and found it to work fairly well. It has held up for 6 years (of occasional use) and obviously doesn't take up too much space when put away.
2008 FL
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Quote from: thefuofus  - 
Put them in a mesh bag and swing it round your head. Preferably outside but not judging either way lol.
Depending on the outside temperature that could actually be  a good idea (and nothing is more collapsible than a bag). I will take it into consideration!

Cheers,
Klaus

PS: There are even bags specifically made for that - and they can at least theoretically also be used inside without creating a mess: www.homedepot.com/p/203841412
2001 26.5 Mid-Bath
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Reply #5 –

"Does anybody have a tip for a good (and hopefully not too big) salad spinner to have in the RV? "

I have this one.  It is collapsible, and can serve several purposes.  It's probably slightly larger around than a good-sized paper plate.  It will serve as a pasta drainer, mixing bowl, and fruit bowl, in addition to spinning your greens dry.

If all you want to do is dry greens, the mesh bag sounds like a winner to me.

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Re: Salad Spinner
Reply #6 –
A special 'greens bag' isn't needed if one has large flour sack dish towels. Before I had a spinner in the motorhome, I would just rinse the lettuces, shake as much water as possible off the leaves, then dump the leaves in the middle of the dish towel. Bring up each corner and knot them together, and whirl the sack around and around and around. (Outside, of course.) I sometimes put a paper towel under the leaves for additional absorption.

This method of greens preparation not only dries the leaves, but provides entertainment for those observing the process.  ;)
2003 TK has a new home
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Quote from: thefuofus  - 
Put them in a mesh bag and swing it round your head. Preferably outside but not judging either way lol.

Please I was just trying to help ......  I put the washed greens in the bag and just got one almost complete spin when the bag hit my wife.    We did have a spousal discussion about my level of intelligence.

glen




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Glen, lol - instead of intelligence, shouldn't that discussion have been about  your dance moves?  Seems you just jived when you should have been waltzing (or something like that).
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The spinning bag method doesn't dry well enough for my wife's standards, so a salad spinner lives in the LD, as well as one at home.
To minimize how often it needs to be done, she will wash several days worth of produce and wrap the veggies in clean dish towels and store in the refrigerator, where they stay in good condition until used.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
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Re: Salad Spinner
Reply #10 –
"....to minimize how often it needs to be done, she will wash several days worth of produce and wrap the veggies in clean dish towels and store in the refrigerator, where they stay in good condition until used."
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I do pretty much the same for greens and some vegetables and fruits at home and in the rig for travel; I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, so the constraint in the motorhome is refrigerator space. (And, the dog has to have her vegetables, too!  ;) )
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Reply #11 –
Does washing produce in advance premature spoilage?  I've always read to wash produce just prior to using.  When traveling for extended periods without being able to go to the grocery store, I dedicate a part of the freezer to two half-gallon jugs of water, and swap them out daily in a cooler that has four along the bottom - two in and two out.

I start with six half-gallon jugs frozen solid in the home freezer, and then put four in the bottom of the cooler (yes, it is a large Coleman Five-Day unit) on top of a layer of Reflectix, then the containers, and then another layer of Reflectix.  Fruits and veg go on top of that, with another layer of Reflectix on top of the produce.  The other two half-gallon jugs of frozen water go into the Lazy Daze freezer.  The changed-out units melt very little, so the ballast provided by the frozen ice is a bonus.  They take up less space than you might imagine.

The goal is to keep warm air from touching your vulnerable "eats", whatever they may happen to be.  This even worked well with the large bars of Trader Joe's chocolate for a period of several months!  I did not use this method for dairy or meats.  The Lazy Daze refrigerator/freezer unit handles all that quite well.

Clearly this may be overkill for any particular person's needs.  Two bottles, swapping one at a time, might be perfectly sufficient for a smaller cooler.  Or even one and one - depending.  One thing that seems to work well is to keep the sun from shining directly onto the top of the cooler, and to keep it from sitting on the floor right over a hot spot. 

I put a new white shag rug a bit larger than the top of the cooler's white top - so white on white - to reflect as many of the sun's rays as possible.  It isn't really possible to say what worked the best, but this convoluted contraption rose mightily to the occasion when the refrigerator in the Lazy Daze went out on an extended trip, and ice needed to be added every other day. 

Less convenient, fur sure, but I managed for a whole month that way!  Kept the really low-spoiling produce in the regulation refrigerator, and just tried to use things up out of there in the order of vulnerability.

If you don't want to fool with a large-ish cooler, in the case of a refrigerator failure, you can put a dishpan in the bottom of the refrigerator and add block ice, if available.  This won't be a "refrigerator" any longer, but will help to preserve some of the food that is closest to it for a couple of days - maybe until you can either effect a repair, cook and/or eat the food, or get back home!

Virtual hugs,

Judie 



 
Re: Salad Spinner
Reply #12 –
"Does washing produce in advance premature spoilage?  I've always read to wash produce just prior to using."
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The only 'produce' that I wash in advance when at home and roll in paper towels and put in a plastic zip lock, is lettuces; everything else is washed just prior to using. Berries and all other 'soft' fruits or vegetables don't do well with pre-washing, and will spoil more quickly. If I'm going on a road trip and want to save water and/or prep mess/time, I do wash lettuces (spin, paper towel, plastic bag) and often pre-wash some 'hard-skinned' vegetables and fruits, dry them, wrap them in a paper towel, bag and refrigerate.

https://www.ehow.com/how_7717056_store-fruits-vegetables-fridge.html

Even if a vegetable or fruit is a 'rind' product, i.e., melons, potatoes, etc., or is to be peeled before eating, I wash it in running water before cutting into it or peeling it. (I come from a long line of produce growers!  ;) )

YMMV, as always.



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