Yum, this is a fun piece to write. Living on a cruising boat is definately different than living in your house or appartment. First you are not always going to super market so things have to last along time. Second is the cool/cold storage on a boat is very limited. On Diamond Girl our fridg and frezer combined is about the size of a large picnic cooler. Plus the refigeration system is not as strong as a regular freezer so making a tray of ice cubes may take all day. Storing fresh produce is a real challange. Nelda wraps each head of letteuce in paper shop towls and then puts them in plastice bags. This will keep it fresh and usable for about 2 to 3 weeks. Eggs are sold in the stores warm, not refigerated, and will keep for a couple of weeks if you turn them every two days. Milk is the exception to the rule and is sold in cartons off the shelf. It will last 6 months until you open it, plus it tastes great! The most worrysome item we eat is Bimbo Bread. It is white bread that NEVER goes bad. It lasts for months, maybe years. No one knows why, it is kind of like a giant twinky. The miracle appliance on Diamond Girl is the pressure cooker. You know that beast that your mom told you would kill you when it explodes. Your choices on a boat are the BBQ, the propane stove or the Beast. One issue is that you have a very limited amount of propane. We carry 8 gallons total so it has to go a long way. Once you get over the fact it may kill you, actually it is only number 37 on the list of what you may die from when cruising, it works very well. Take todays picture, that was dinner last night! Nelda started with a 3 pound round roast. They are not particularly tender when roasted but in the pressure cooker you could cut it with your fork. It took all of 35 minutes to cook, then Nelda speed cools the PC by setting it in cold water, opens it and puts in carots, onion and potatos all wrapped in foil and brings the PC back to 15# presure and then its done. Ten minutes later we have wonderful roast beef, great fresh veggies and gallons of gravy all using just a li ttle more propane than it takes to make two pots of moring coffee. Oh yea, we are having shredded beef tacos for diner tomorrow:~}