Food Cost

[inmate1577]

Well I dont and wont waste a dime on a cooler. It takes up too much precious space as it is. I have a small folding sterno stove so I can cook any meal I want on the catwalk of the truck. I buy canned foods and other items that dont need refrigeration. I have a 12vlt water heater for coffee or soups and carry water for refreshment. Probably the only thing that can go bad is bread.

If I want a good home cooked meal..........I'll wait til I get home

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

I spend between 150-225 a week on the road I spend about 150.00 if I use my propane stove and stock my 2 coolers if not 225.00 .

[boneebone]

Ramen is one of the 4 food groups dude.


I learned that in college.

I learned that in 1st grade, must be college material in your neck of the woods.

Ramen is about as nutritious as chicken skin. (Carbs and Fat)

Better to spend your money on something with nutritional value.

I spend between 150-225 a week on the road I spend about 150.00 if I use my propane stove and stock my 2 coolers if not 225.00 .

a week? WOW!

[DaveP]

Vienna sausages are my friends.

[boneebone]

Vienna sausages are my friends.

I did have a comment to make about that, but I'll be nice.

[BeauteousRot]

Hey guy, I work for sni too so I feel your pain!

I just went to walmart today and picked up low carb type foods. I spent about 60 dollars. I have no idea how long it'll last, I've never really kept track.

But the reason I'm replying is to tell you to buy two of the lunchbox ovens from the truckstop. (12v) I cook about 15 circle slices of kielbasa and half a can of vegatables in one and it is really JUST enough for one person. So if you plan on eating at the same time, that is my suggestion.

Things I buy
Canned soups, ravioli, etc.
Canned vegetables
Precooked Roasts (pork, chicken, beef) from the meat section (tyson or hormel)
cereal (I buy my milk in single servings at the t/s so I don't worry about spoilage)
cereal bars and fruit, triscuits, pepperoni and cheese
Steak strips from the same place you find those precooked roasts. They taste good cold too
chili

disposable plates, utensils, foil wraps

And I do recommend the stove instead of the slowcooker. It seems to do a faster and better job. And it steams the food instead of stewing it.

If youre anything like me, youre afraid to go offroad looking for a walmart that "might" let trucks in or one where you won't get stuck in its "concrete jungle" of medians and trees. So did someone say there was a list of truckerfriendly walmarts?
Or did someone have a list of walmarts that are w/in walking distance of t/s?

And none of this will really help until you grab another cooler. BOL

[Skywalker]

Two Super Wally-worlds that are easy for trucks:

1. At exit 63 on I-70 in Vandalia, IL.... that one has dedicated truck/rv parking out front.

2. At Marianna, FL....you park in the Pilot T/S parking lot and the Wally-world is right next door....

If I can remember more..... I'll add them.

[JR OTR]

1. At exit 63 on I-70 in Vandalia, IL.... that one has dedicated truck/rv parking out front.

2. At Marianna, FL....you park in the Pilot T/S parking lot and the Wally-world is right next door....

Also, Beloit, WI is near the Pilot and you can park over there easily at night.

I75 exit 29, Corbin Kentucky at the Pilot is a super WM within an easy walk.

The state route in Texas that runs from Amarillo down to Ft Worth (289?) you come across Childress, TX with dedicated truck parking at the super WM.

Lamar, MO which is on state route 71 north from the Joplin / Carthage area up to Kansas City has a super WM with a truck stop next door, like Marianna.

[acranger]

Ramen is one of the 4 food groups dude.


I learned that in college.

I learned that in 1st grade, must be college material in your neck of the woods.

Ramen is about as nutritious as chicken skin. (Carbs and Fat)

Better to spend your money on something with nutritional value.

So you learned ramen was one of the four food groups in first grade? Wow you must have grown up poor.

I didnt learn it till college cause I was always spending my money on partying instead of food with "nutritional value"

Your parents must have been hard core partyers themselves, feeding a 1st grader ramen and telling him its part of the four food groups. Spending all their money on crack and abortions instead of food for their kid. (I guess they decided on crack instead of the abortion when your mom got pregnant with you- God knows they regretted that decision)

Glad to see you changed your avatar after I told you to though. Maybe you arent as dumb as you seem.

[boneebone]

Ramen is one of the 4 food groups dude.


I learned that in college.

I learned that in 1st grade, must be college material in your neck of the woods.

Ramen is about as nutritious as chicken skin. (Carbs and Fat)

Better to spend your money on something with nutritional value.

So you learned ramen was one of the four food groups in first grade? Wow you must have grown up poor.

I didnt learn it till college cause I was always spending my money on partying instead of food with "nutritional value"

Your parents must have been hard core partyers themselves, feeding a 1st grader ramen and telling him its part of the four food groups. Spending all their money on crack and abortions instead of food for their kid. (I guess they decided on crack instead of the abortion when your mom got pregnant with you- God knows they regretted that decision)

Glad to see you changed your avatar after I told you to though. Maybe you arent as dumb as you seem.

Man, you are boring, that's what your Mom said, when she ran off with her cousin and your stepdaddy gave you one right where it hurts :shock: .

Don't be bitter now because you had to come out and tell your family.

It's sad that you were so un-educated that you finally learned about the four food groups in College.

Of course, you didn't really go there to learn,you hung out in the bathroom stalls, toe tappin, so you could make extra money to buy Ramen, so you could go to the clinic and get more meds to treat your STD. :shock:

Now you hangout in all the Pickle Parks,toe tappin in the stalls.

Now that everyone on this forum knows you're a toe tapper don't be so vocal because one of your BF might stick something in there. , but you won't complain because you already like it.

Try again, Loser.

Here's what your name means, Acranger


A Country Ramen Ass Newbie Getting Evenmore Retarded


Don't start what you can't finish, because you're done.

[inmate1577]

At some point I knew at least 1 idiot would turn the subject of food into an argument, but apparently there are two idiots that have to argue about food.

[boneebone]

At some point I knew at least 1 idiot would turn the subject of food into an argument, but apparently there are two idiots that have to argue about food.

Speak for yourself, Inmate.

Don't get me started me on you, because you won't know what hit you.

[inmate1577]

At some point I knew at least 1 idiot would turn the subject of food into an argument, but apparently there are two idiots that have to argue about food.

Speak for yourself, Inmate.

Don't get me started me on you, because you won't know what hit you.

Oh geez, anytime you think you can. But be warned, I dont use tired movie cliche's like you do.