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RE: Salmon
I've been eating salmon my whole life and about 15 years ago found the very best way to cook it... it's pretty simple really.
This is for salmon fillets (with the skin still on one side)
Make a marinade of:
1/2 cup Soya Sauce
1/2 cup lemon Juice (can use the bottled lemon juice)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp minced ginger
Marinade the salmon fillets 1 - 2 hours at room temperature or 4 hours in the fridge.don't marinade too much longer than that or it the marinade flavour will overpower the salmon flavour.
To cook on the BBQ:
Use a cast iron griddle on your BBQ or a water soaked cedar plank (I use a rectangle cast iron griddle that I only use for salmon as it gets fishy smelling and I wouldn't want to use it for anything else).
Preheat BBQ and griddle to high. Turn down to medium (the temperature really depends on your BBQ so adjust as needed).
Put the salmon on the grill skin side down. cook with the lid down for 6 minutes.
Turn, cook another 6 minutes.
If the fillet is thick (like more than an inch thick) you may need an extra minute or two per side but don't overcook it. You can test with a fork to make sure the thickest part is cooked.
When you turn the salmon the skin will usually stick to the grill and you'll end up turning the fish alone. After you've finished cooking the second side of the salmon, you can leave the bbq on while you're eating and that will burn off the salmon skin from the griddle.
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Jaida_Bling
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02/09/12 11:43pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: kayaks vs canoes
We have been enjoying our TT for 4 years now and last year added kayaks to the mix. Having the boats greatly increased our summer/camping experience. We had the same question you have. We had almost no paddling experience except I had canoed as a kid (we had one) and I had kayaked 4 times (years ago) and loved those 4 times kayaking. I feel we made the right choice by having DH build 2 single kayaks. We carry them easily (flat - not on edge) on top of our truck/canopy. I notice in your profile that your truck doesn't have a canopy so you'd have to have a rack at the back of your truck bed I guess. We invested in good roof racks with rollers so that it is easy for the two of us to maneuver the kayaks on and off the truck. Good luck - there are no wrong choices, everything has pros and cons - the main thing is that you're going to add a boat of some kind to your camping.
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Jaida_Bling
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02/02/12 12:33am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Vancouver Island and Victoria
I agree that Salmon Point RV Resort is a great place to stay (right on the ocean)... also, check out Cluxewe Resort near Port MacNeil. It is also right on the ocean with a beautiful view across the water to Alert Bay. If you google their number and call ahead to book you could reserve a spot with power and water right next to the beach.
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Jaida_Bling
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01/30/12 12:10pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Vancouver Island and Victoria
The ferry to Malcolm Island (town of Sointula) is the very same ferry as to Alert Bay. It makes a triangle between those two and Port MacNeil. Personally, I wouldn't take a big RV but would walk over and explore both of the towns on foot and make a day of it (with a lunch at the pub on the water in Alert Bay). There is more to see in Alert Bay than Sointula and it has a genuine native presence. If you do take your rig over on the ferry there will be nice camping on either island. I would suggest asking the rates and schedules at the ferry booth in Port MacNeil (as well as checking out the loads - this is a 35 car ferry I believe - which could mean long waits if driving on the ferry).
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Jaida_Bling
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01/29/12 08:37pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Vancouver Island and Victoria
There are many great suggestions about what to do and see on Vancouver Island and I agree with all of them. We plan to do most of our camping this year on VI (since we live here). Note - we have taken both the BC ferries and the Anacortes ferry to the mainland many times and didn't find a huge difference in the cost. It is expensive to get off and on the island but it's just the cost of "doing business".... to get over to a beautiful area.
I would add that it would be best to take the Ocean Route (known too us as the Old Island Highway) as it's much more scenic and isn't at all too remote or twisty etc. I second the suggestions to go to Telegraph Cove (that's the place to go whale watching out of) and to Alert Bay but I would suggest that you just go as a walk-on passenger for the day. Park in Part MacNeil and walk over on the 35 car ferry. The ferry ride is short and everything in Alert Bay is easily within walking distance (by "everything" I mean the museum, shops, native graveyard with totems). Alert Bay isn't very touristy and is very pretty.
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Jaida_Bling
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01/29/12 12:38pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: First burn in Oven
I don't think it matters which way up you put the tile. Also, it has to be above the flame to disburse the heat. In my little oven I have two racks.. I put the bottom rack as low (but over the flame) as I could and put the tile on that rack. Then I put the upper rack as low as I could over that. Granted, that doesn't leave much headroom in the oven but that's how I make it work and it can still fit a casserole dish or cake pan.
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Jaida_Bling
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12/11/11 02:26pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: First burn in Oven
I've been RV'ing for 3 years and had the ceramic tile in my oven right away thanks to the hints on this site but had never thought of getting a thermometer for my oven.. what a great idea. Where can I get a little one to hang off the oven rack?
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Jaida_Bling
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12/10/11 11:22am |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Ever Consider Switching From Satellite to "regular" TV?
We don`t watch tv in the RV.. I have DVD`s and my laptop, books and cards (daily crib tourney with DH).... at home we have basic cable. I do hate commercials and schedules so I have a good quality pvr (like a tivo)so that I can record and FF thru the commercials. I do like TV quite a bit and even tho we spend a few weeks at a time in our TT (all summer noodling around camping or snowbirding) and we do have a nice flat screen tv in the TT we just don`t watch tv while RVìng.
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Jaida_Bling
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06/28/11 12:53am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Have you ever had to make this decision ?
Hiya DKean. I agree with all above. My DH had large cardiac problem (came close to having a major heart attack) diagnosed 8 years ago at 48. At the time it was pretty devastating but he got a stent and after a few weeks was as good as new (only better as his cardio system was working better and he wasn`t as tired and weak feeling). It`s a good idea to just wait and see and do what you have to do to get better, Chances are you`ll be a better version of what you are now. Take it all as a warning too and eat healthy and exercise once you get the approval of your Dr. (I`m a nurse and that`s the nursy-type advice that I want to impart). Before DH`s cardiac set back we didn`t RV yet, it was after all of that that we got our first and then second TT and we enjoy it a ton. Take care, best wishes, you`ll be okay and healthy again. I like the idea of hiring a teenageer or handy person to do the washing etc of your fiver.
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Jaida_Bling
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06/28/11 12:43am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Matress
During our first trip in our new TT we quickly realized that we would not be keeping the stock matress. It was soo uncomfortable. We were on a longer trip to a city area so we went to a couple or three matress stores and tried a bunch out. We let the salesmen know that it would be for an RV bed so they recommended lightweight (at least a bit lighter than most) ones that had okay bendability (for raising the bed to get into underbed storage). We ended up spending over $800 for a regular length queen (the extra inches of floorspace are not an issue even in our 21 ft TT) and have loved every minute on it. We spend about 60-90 nights a year in our TT and this was money very well spent. ps.. we bought a cushy pillowtop and it's as comfortable as the matress in our S/B bed. Make sure you treat yourself to very nice sheets too... there's nothing like getting into a cloud of softness and smoothness to sleep when you're camping. If we ever sell our TT we will keep the matress and trade it with the guest bed one in our s/b house so it isn't money lost.
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Jaida_Bling
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06/02/11 12:05am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: We're going camping...
Have fun...
We're taking our tent, green gas campstove and related camping gear along with us in our TT this summer.... because we're meeting up with our son and giving him all of that stuff to start out his camping career (as an independant adult)... the rest of our old gear will be donated to a thrift store as we will happily spend our campiong days in our TT from now on. However, when our kids were young we did make some very wonderful memories with the old fashioned tent camping. Have a blast and enjoy your RV on future trips.
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Jaida_Bling
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06/01/11 11:52pm |
General RVing Issues
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