Post by midnightblue on Feb 1, 2016 20:26:20 GMT
Classic cars are about picnics, at least for me. The vehicular picnic has in my family been honed to a fine art, from about my parents' marriage in 1948. I wasn't around then, but can I offer a few tips?
1) Open flames and petrol vapour are not a good combination. If you are going to use a Camping Gaz stove, keep it well away from your car.
2) You can get 12V microwave ovens. Don't, they are useless. Get a 1500W inverter and a 750W microwave oven instead. Having an inverter with excess capacity for the oven means the inverter is not going to get hot and bothered.
3) Your motor car probably won't start after you've used the microwave oven, unless your battery is in optimal condition. One of those jump-start car-starters is a good idea, as it prevents the risk of getting a jump-start from a positive-earth car if yours is negative-earth, or vice versa.
4) 12V fridges that fit snugly into the boot of your 1800 are available, inexpensive, and work well. They're not freezers, though. If you want ice, bring it in a freezerbox.
5) Don't run the engine while the microwave is cooking food, unless you like the taste of soot. Let the battery go flat and start the car with the car-starter.
6) Champagne is de rigeur at Rolls Royce Enthusiasts' Club events, but is actually pretty stupid, because after it's been shaken up it's all froth and no wine. If you're not the driver and want a drink, just about anything from the Loire valley or from Portugal stands being shaken up on the way to the picnic. If you are driving, a small amount of white wine topped up with lots of mineral water - a spritzer - is refreshingly thirst-quenching and won't put you over the limit.
7) If it's cold, a mug of hot soup offered generously to anyone who wants it will make you everyone's friend. This is where the boot-mounted microwave oven and inverter come in.
8) A salmon steak, a pat of butter, and a bit of dill only take 90 seconds in the microwave and people go 'OMG! Hot food at a car rally!' Add a generous dollop of potato salad (which is actually just spuds, mayo and chives) and a glass of vinho verde and you're their friends forever.
Dill is actually a weed that grows wild here in Lincolnshire. You don't need to buy it. It goes well with salmon. Some people like a squirt of lemon, too.
9) If it takes more than 270 seconds in the microwave, your battery isn't going to like it.
10) if it's cold, wet or windy (or any combination of the three) and you can even do hot popcorn, suddenly you are everyone's friend.
MidnightBlue
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MidnightBlue
1) Open flames and petrol vapour are not a good combination. If you are going to use a Camping Gaz stove, keep it well away from your car.
2) You can get 12V microwave ovens. Don't, they are useless. Get a 1500W inverter and a 750W microwave oven instead. Having an inverter with excess capacity for the oven means the inverter is not going to get hot and bothered.
3) Your motor car probably won't start after you've used the microwave oven, unless your battery is in optimal condition. One of those jump-start car-starters is a good idea, as it prevents the risk of getting a jump-start from a positive-earth car if yours is negative-earth, or vice versa.
4) 12V fridges that fit snugly into the boot of your 1800 are available, inexpensive, and work well. They're not freezers, though. If you want ice, bring it in a freezerbox.
5) Don't run the engine while the microwave is cooking food, unless you like the taste of soot. Let the battery go flat and start the car with the car-starter.
6) Champagne is de rigeur at Rolls Royce Enthusiasts' Club events, but is actually pretty stupid, because after it's been shaken up it's all froth and no wine. If you're not the driver and want a drink, just about anything from the Loire valley or from Portugal stands being shaken up on the way to the picnic. If you are driving, a small amount of white wine topped up with lots of mineral water - a spritzer - is refreshingly thirst-quenching and won't put you over the limit.
7) If it's cold, a mug of hot soup offered generously to anyone who wants it will make you everyone's friend. This is where the boot-mounted microwave oven and inverter come in.
8) A salmon steak, a pat of butter, and a bit of dill only take 90 seconds in the microwave and people go 'OMG! Hot food at a car rally!' Add a generous dollop of potato salad (which is actually just spuds, mayo and chives) and a glass of vinho verde and you're their friends forever.
Dill is actually a weed that grows wild here in Lincolnshire. You don't need to buy it. It goes well with salmon. Some people like a squirt of lemon, too.
9) If it takes more than 270 seconds in the microwave, your battery isn't going to like it.
10) if it's cold, wet or windy (or any combination of the three) and you can even do hot popcorn, suddenly you are everyone's friend.
MidnightBlue
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MidnightBlue
