How do you guys clean your food you cook?

I dont wash chicken at home and don't in the truck either. Everything else that I cook isn't usually something that would need to be cleaned. But if I did I would a large multi gallon bottle of water or something sole for cleaning.

 

If you wanna wash every piece of food, then get yourself a new clean plastic spray bottle, fill with water, spray your food down on a paper plate or whatever else. Yeah I have chicken, pork chops, patatoes baked style, Speghetti, I make up wraps both chicken and beef types, oatmeal, eggs n sausage or bacon, use my crockpot pot for like chicken soup or Beef stew, chile, etc, I mean I have eaten outta my truck for many years now, just keep things clean n you'll be fine. The only thing I don't cook in my truck is fish, that I cook the rest area or at one of my hiding places..lol. Anyways, yeah I'm a good cook, I make up salads etc, and pull my truck into a Walmart like once a week or so. Like this morning I had eggs n sausage, toast. Usually I have left ov ers at dinner, like my crockpot I usually get enough left overs for three more meals. I use wet wipes to clean up, My crockpot cleans up easy and fast.

 

Better be prepared to rinse that stuff off, and be careful with it. It can damage some surfaces.

 

I don't wash my cereal or hot dogs usually. But if I really wanted to wash a chicken breast.. how about a gallon zip lock bag, add chicken breast, add water and shake? Voila! Dump water out of bag making sure not to splash the car trying to pass you and add more water for a rinse?

 

you don't need to wash meat before cooking. The cooking part is actually the bacteria killing part of the food prep. It also allows you to convert more calories to energy. However cooking can/does cause nutrient loss. so if you can buy fresh sushi grade fish daily & eat it raw, that would be the most efficient way to go. both calorie cost-benefit ratio & macro-nutrient balancing terms. remember, a truck driver's lifestyle is largely sedimentary and a male living a sedimentary lifestyle should only consume around 0.36g of protein per pound of bodymass per 24 hour period. If you weigh around 180lbs, that's around 65 grams per day. The average chicken breast is around 45-50g of protein so be careful not to overdo it. (which can lead to kidney stones, weight gain, yeast overgrowth, and cancer!) BE CAUTIOUS!!!

 

We kept about 200 pounds of water in stored case form under the center bunk. Meats are washed with some of that water. Then cooked. Generally we cooked above 170 where possible for hours in the ovens and longer than 20 minutes in the pan twice what is usually needed to kill bacteria.

The most important for the meat is proper temperature, if it's frozen it has to be in a fridge capable of freezing same. Don't try it in idle controlled tractors, engine quits, fridge drains battery and there it is.. dead.

Remember it's harder to get something like Steak well done at 14000 feet than it is to do it at sea level.

 

I just let this little girl do my cleaning.

 

Get a few gallons of water just for cleanin the meat/washing dishes if you cook in a truck. I cook in my truck everyday. Meat , vegie , seafood anything that I wanna eat. I stck water just for washin my dishes and cleaning food etc.

Picture above one of my dinner. Crab and vegie lol!

 

What I'm cooking is usually in a can with a pop lid and done on the turbo while I'm rolling. Plastic utensils. Not much mess and not a bunch of clutter in the truck. I save it for real emergencies when I don't have time to hit up a good cafe.