cooking in the truck

Talking about sardines, they almost look like cat food out of those cheesy cans but one year we went to Portugal for a vacation and the sardines there are totally different. They're a pretty good size and they cook them over an open charcoal flame, heads and eyes, the works. Beautiful flavor very similar to trout. Wish we could get those too.

 

For those of you that have a lunchbox stove, Amazon has liners that'll fit in there - 200 liners for like $38. Works out to less than 20 cents a liner!

 

Wow !!! That's cool. I use tin pie pans and grill drip pans in my lectric skillet to help make cleanup easier. I'll check that out

 

So this may be a dumb question but I'm curious about people using slow cookers/crock pots. Do you only use them while your sitting or do you tie them down when a bungie cord or something while you drive?

 

Try getting just a roll of "non-stick" aluminum foil. You can up it for the skillet, George Forman, and the waffle iron too.

 

We use the one that comes with the rubber band but you could just use a bungee cord to keep he top on, other Than that, just set it it up and put it on the floor or bungee it to the little "office drawer" so it holds the crock pot to the drawer and one so the drawer will not keep sliding open.

 

Seems like a gimbal setup might be the ticket for cooking while driving, similar to the setup I had on my sailboat.

 

Two words: Milk crate. The ones that The Container Store sells fits a 5 quart pot beautifully. The crate has lots of convenient places to attach bungee cords. Mine fits snugly under the "closet" in my Volvo, and stays put without any restraints.

 

The best thing I ever did as far as eating in the truck was to remove the tall cabinet and put in a 110 volt refridgerator/freezer which was cheaper than the plastic coolers. Actually gutted the whole sleeper and rebuilt it amazing what you can do with a little thought and mechanical ability, installed a futon which was also very nice full size bed but folds up out of the way. I gained storage,comfort and ability to cook anything I wanted, also was able to put in high grade insulation which made more of a difference than you could imagine.loved that sleeper.

 

I'm not driving yet, but i did buy a slow cooker with a lid that locks shut, and it seems to seal up pretty well.

I would recommend you get a 1" rachet strap and find a away to secure it in the truck if you're going to use it while driving. About the only thing that could make a serious accident worse is a face full of scalding-hot liquid.