cooking in the truck

Still don't have any real cooking implements in the truck, but I picked up a nice 1 pint glass bowl with lid that is microwave friendly. Found some dried morel mushrooms and:

1. Put four nice mushrooms in the bowl and added 1/2 pint piping hot water.
2. Close the lid and wrap in a towel, let sit for an hour or three.
3. Drink the mushroom tea. VERY satisfying.
4. Add 1/2 cup cous cous.
5. Add 1 tablespoon of pine nuts.
6. Add garlic salt to taste.
7. Add a splash of olive oil.
8. Add 3/4 pint of water.

9. Microwave on high for about 5 minutes, until the cous cous soaks up most of the water.

10. Wrap in a towel and let stand for about 30-60 minutes.

Now you have a nice dish for lunch or dinner. Add arugula or fresh basil after microwaving for added flavor.

No, I just strap the meat above the trailer brakes and fly down Vail at 60 mph without the jakes.

The flavor is an acquired taste....

 

Ahhh, I get it now. You've said before you don't each much meat, and it makes sense now. It's your cooking method. lol

 

I'm concerned that the wind would cool it off too much to work properly.

 

The smoke coming out of it will be a sure way to get DOT'd.

 

what makes you think large operated slaughterhouses processing plants aren't humane ??

 

What type of crock pots are you all using I've seen some for sale at flying they look a little on the small side I'm just starting off and need to buy a fridge first so I can keep stuff fresh .

 

No slaughter house is "humane". If it were humane it wouldn't be slaughter. On another note...I suggest you visit a turkey or chicken farm sometime. ...Talk about cruelty.

Have you ever seen some truck rolling down the road with a couple of hundred cages of chickens stacked 15' high in the middle of the winter? Those birds in the forward cages are frozen rock solid by the time they get where they're supposed to go. Those loads are called "spent chickens".

I respect drivers that haul live animals...but I'll never do it. As a guy that makes a living driving a reefer...I prefer to pick up at the back door of a meat processing plant rather than drop off at the front door.

 

I supplied packaging to a wide variety of customers, from perfume companies to auto parts. One customer was a meat packing plant. They gave me a tour, including the kill floor. Trust me. They don't all die instantly.

Add to that the stress of the animals in transport. Feces everywhere spreading contamination.

I'd much rather eat an animal that was raised "on the range", didn't have to go through that transport, and was slaughtered on site. I grew up raising chickens, ducks, and goats and we slaughtered our own animals and we did it quickly, surely, and humanely and the animal was calm right up to the end. Using something like an electric prod would be unthinkable.

 

what do you mean they all don't die quickly captive bolt stunning is instant when you see a beast kicking about that is just nervous system also if they are slaughtered by neck cutting that is done mechanically it's also instant I've worked in packing plants back in Ireland when I was in my teens , I've hauled cattle pigs and sheep for over the past 10 years in Europe, prior to coming to North America this impression people have of processing plants terrorising Animals from the instant there unloaded is just not true at least in Europe and in most plants in North America, it's all about speed most plants run 24/7 so they have a target to reach and are monitored by ctv includes holding pens kill chutes kill floor and even where they strip the hides of the animal and so on as they render the carcas .

 

But I Agree with you on eating beef that's been raised naturally of the range or as I say on the best Irish green grass in the world , Irish beef is supreme for a small nation that's economy is based on agriculture are beef exports are massive and I might also add feedlots don't exist in Ireland all cattle are raised on farms outside on Irish green grass , but North America that system wouldn't work as the nation of people is larger so livestock need to be raised faster and greater numbers ,