cooking in the truck

Well, I'm curious.

In the past I've camped out a bunch and almost always brought a coleman stove and goodies along. Maybe I can learn something.

This is Tifford with his note pad out.

Master Chef please continue.

 

I use the butane burner, can do omlettes,pancakes,stirfry, just about anything! I was a former chef and I cook all my meals.You can get the burner at truck stops or at walmart and any restaurant!

 

I'll bite.

BTW tonight I am backing boneless, skinless chicken thighs. A little garlic powder, some Nando's Peri-Peri garlic hot sauce, a dribble of leftover White Bluff TN Roadkill habenero sauce. Some bottled water poured into it with brown rice under all this in the tin foil with a little olive oil. All in the lunch box cooker.

I should have started it earlier. Could have done it on a 10-100 break.

I have leaf spinach and rolled baby carrots with Ranch dressing for a sald.

On the subject of microwaves........never heard anything about the 12volt type good. Heard they can be rough on the system. + destroying a lot of the vitamins in the food + I am not going to sit in a truck with one buzzin away. The one at home I set and walk away from.

For my coffee I carry heavy cream, and honey for sweetener.

Did you know you can use Splenda for ant killer?

 

Heres a tip. Check out your local RV stores/suppliers. they have an amazing amount of product for OTR cooking. And a great deal of items that go along way to make you more comfortable.

lunchbox oven, microwave,cube fridge,crock pot,coffee maker and lots of solid ideas from solid drivers. Heres my 2 cents worth....a good multivitamin supply and a heating pad and a wellstocked first aid kit. Those vitamins pick up the slack on bad food days, the heating pad on bad back days and first aid kit for those scrapes and scratchs. Hope this helps!

 

Man yall have me thinking about trying to build a little mini bbq pit that could be stowed in a tool box now.

It would be awesome for swinging by pike street market in seattle and getting some fresh salmon and smoking it up with some cedar after letting it sit in a lemmon pepper maronade.

 

To the coffee, french press. When you are # pikes place, pick one up. The coffee is awesome. Use GOOD coffee, though, and grind it a bit coarser than usual. If you buy your coffee at a shop, you can specify "french press ground" and they will understand. It;s really easy, take the coffee (2 TBSP per cup of water) and put it in the bottom of the pot. Add HOT (not boiling) water, steep for 4 minutes, push down the press, and there ya have it. The best coffee known to man without even using a machine.

As to the grill, there is a place call ICT that already has exactly what you are talking about. http://www.trucksleeper.com/images/OUTSIDE%20BBQ%20GRILL.pdf

As to the microwave, yes, it will destroy the nutritional value of veg...as will any cooking without blanching (fast boiling and shocking in ice cold water) That's why I suggested salads for you guys. Raw is the best way to get nutrional value out of your feed. Canned veg has nothing to begin with..you need fresh and raw or fresh and quick cooked.

As to the salmon, if you're really talking about smoking it, do some research first. Salmon wants to be cold smoked over a long time...something not conducive to OTR. You'd want to be home. And don't marinade it, brine it. You'd brine it and air dry it overnight (like in a fridge uncovered) to get it sticky (so the smoke flavor sticks) Then, you'd cold smoke it...cedar is good, applewood is better! Cold smoking is essentially, make a smoker, then put a tube on it and run that tube to another container where the smoking will happen.

Now, to expound on your recipe and make it OTR friendly, marinate your salmon BRIEFLY (like half hour) in your lemon pepper concoction. Acids have the same effect on proteins (meats) as heat...they break down the protein molecules, which is the same thing you are doing when you apply heat to food. Some proteins are more delicate than other so react to acids quicker..most fish being of that variety. So...if you marinate your salmon too long in lemon juice you will find you've cooked it!

So, ok, marinate for bout half hour. Meantime, soak a cedar plank in cold water (so you don't catch it on fire) I think what i'd do is get my grill smokin hot, dry off my fish, season it well with sea or kosher salt (please throw any iodized or table salt you have away, it's garbage) get quick grill marks on it, remove it, put the filet on the cedar plank, put it back on the grill, cover the grill (to make it like an over) and reduce the heat so you don't over do the salmon. If you want extra smoke flavor, the have smoker boxes for gas grills, or you can even just make a tin foil tray, get some charcoals wicked hot and smoldering, and throw some moist wood chips on them then toss that in the grill with the fish while cooking it.

 

Note: We chefs will use salt and pepper at every step along the way. So, with the above cooking...season the fish with s&p before grilling and as soon is it comes off the grill. Don't go nuts...but when you find your food is just a bit bland..you haven't used enough salt. practice before going overboard, but strive to get it right as it is my opinion that correct use of salt and pepper is the "Ohhh" factor in professional cooking. Like when you go "Man, I did it JUST LIKE Emerril, but I taste NOTHING" it needs more salt. But, poorly seasoned food tastes just a bit bland...but is edible. Over seasoned food tastes salty and you will want to throw it away. Practice until you get the "Ohhh" factor.

 

I am not a coffee drinker, I drink a lot of milk.

Your recapie sounds awesome, I am going to give it a shot seeing as how I have a smoker.

I just have this funny vision in my head of heading down the road 65 mph, with a smoker strapped to the top deck on the trailer and smoke rolling out of its little stack! That would be too funny.

As far as vegtables, I eat a lot of spinach, fresh and raw. I like it with some ranch dressing, pepper and garlic salt.

 

Nothing like a bit of toast and some vegimite mmm mmm puts hair on your chest

 

Now im going to have that effing song stuck in my head all night