Room Campers in Paradise

Before leaving the house for Tyson’s on Wednesday, I made an online purchase that pleased me even more than a successful trip to L.L. Bean. I recommend the web site to any Tour Band member, especially the Room Campers. (I am not a full-blown Room Camper, but a low sodium diet is much easier when you prepare your own food.)
Once upon a tour, I remember Max Cripe looking for individual creamers that needed no refrigeration. He was successful in his quest, but the minimum order was a rather large box – enough creamers for several Tours. I was looking not for creamers, but Miracle Whip in individual packets, much like the ketchup and mustard packets found at fast food restaurants. I enjoy a tuna salad sandwich now and then, but I really detest carrying a cooler on the road – way too much weight, mess, and bother – so I do without on the road. Store-bought tuna salad sandwiches are usually nasty, not to mention they always put celery in them and nothing ruins a good tuna salad sandwich faster than celery. But with individual packets of tuna available, I thought surely I could find Miracle Whip and sweet pickle relish in single serving sizes.

It was my good fortune to stumble across the web site http://www.minimus.biz/. The company, family owned, carries single serving, travel size and single use sizes of just about anything you could imagine, from salad dressing to lotion, Miracle Whip, laundry detergent, dried milk, parmesan cheese, olive oil, stain remover, poison ivy medication, organic peanut butter and more. None of the food items require refrigeration. Prices range from $.05 on up, depending on the product.

You name it, they probably have it. NASA uses this company to send condiments and other items into space. Minimus also features military care packages, designed by troops in Iraq.

Jackpot! Perfect for the OCD among us (myself included). You don’t even need to be a Room Camper to benefit from this. The best part of this web site is that you order only what you need – no industrial sized boxes – and shipping is free if you order more than $20 worth of stuff. And this stuff won't take much of the precious storage space on the bus.