Dan -

Here is how we do it: buy Corelle. Wrap it in the rubber shelf liner available in RV stores and WalMart a lot cheaper. In our trip to Mexico which is replete with bumpy highways ands we totaled the rig, we did not break any china. Also, we got the insulated plastic glasses for drinking cold beverages.

For pots and pans we got a nesting set of Cuisinart stainless with stainless-clad aluminum bottoms. The four pots nest with a lid which fits all but the largest. The largest pot uses the frying pan (stainless with a good French Teflon coating, or maybe ironstone). The whole smash fits in 1 cu ft. It came from a chandlery in southern California and cost  $400 delivered. Expensive? Yes! But, it is tailored for the use, is best quality, will last 20 years easily and it is always nice to be using quality. That's why we bought the Airstream. And quality is always cheaper in the long run.

As always, YMMV.

;o)

L8R

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:42:40 -0500, Lewis A. Lindner wrote:

>On 3/3 Dan said:
>
>> How do you all keep china from breaking when towing? I can't imagine just
>> sticking the stuff in the cabinets and going! What to do?
>
>This thread seems to have died a premature (for me) death, just when I was
>hoping someone would solve one of my major problems. Airstreaming certainly
>is about comfort -- and I must confess I'm not comfortable with Chinet and
>Melmac... or even Pfalzgraff. If the real gypsies can travel with their Old
>Imari and crystal, then I WILL too.
>
>How DO you all keep china (and crystal) from breaking?
>
> -- Lew, no longer lurking (temporarily).
>
>'72 Safari (still in shop)
>bicycle