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Cooking over the Road
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A former co-driver and I both liked to cook; he was spanish and usually only cooked variations of tacos and burritos, ect. He taught me some very good recipes for tacos and burritos, with alvacadoes, special cheeses, sour cream, hot sauces, ect.
We would go to Wal-Mart and stock up on groceries and fill our shelves; mostly with everything to make tacos with, for his cooking and split the grocery bill. So, while one was driving, the other would plug in the skillet and make breakfast tacos with eggs, sausage, sour cream & hot sauce in the morning. Then at lunch time we'd make either chicken or beef tacos / burritos.
As time passed, we were even cooking fried chicken and fried potatoes too. Later, when I had another partner, I bought a rice cooker and started making fried rice, using frozen bags of vegetables, bean sprouts, onions, garlic, cut up chicken breast, ect _ it was great!
I had plastic tubs ( about 12" x 14" x 8" ) deep, from Wal Mart, that I had spread out on the lower bunk, with different things in them, for more "counter space"; they stacked inside of each other, when not in use.
We put the electric frying on a cardboad boxon the floor, behind the curtain, about 16" square & about 10" deep, with holes for the legs of the frying pan to set in; so it wouldn't slide. The person cooking would be behind the sealed curtain. I put my left leg through the seat belt, all the way up to my hip and sat on the lower bunk, to be secured, in case my partner braked suddenly.
The electric frying pan is also good for frying eggs to make tuna salad sandwiches, and for adding into the fried rice; or just egg sandwiches. It's also good for frying meat, like chicken breast, to put in a salad as well. A toaster would probably be good for the bread on the sandwiches too.
We used either toilet paper or paper towels to wipe the skillet kleen. If some food is burned on the pan, just pour a glass of water in pan, turn the heat on, and gently scrape at it with the pancake turner. Then pour out the waste water into a large wide-mouth jar, and wipe the pan clean with napkins.
I guess a person could cook the meat ahead of time, at home, so it doesn't spoil as easily. Cut it up into pieces, bag it and store it in the frig. Then later, you you can use it for tacos, chicken helper, ect.
I don't care that much for ground meat anymore, because you never know what they may be grinding up in it. It's also not good to eat meat with blood in it, because the blood carries toxins and wastes away from the invividual cells, so I try to eat chicken breast, if I eat any meat. I don't mind tuna either.
I'm on a break from the road right now, but when I go back, my rice cooker and electric frying pan are coming with me!
I found some recipes on the internet for making granola bars and power bars, which are very good, if there's not enough time to cook.
I've also obtained a couple of food dehydrators, for dehydrating fruits like apples and mangos, ect, for making and storing up munchies to snack on while driving late at night.
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