Road trip food

[Anonymous]

Don't be cheap. Stop for food, drive through is fast. You will be stopping for bathroom breaks anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I am laughing about the chutneys and hard boiled eggs. Here's some real talk. I like road trip candy that keeps my mouth busy for a while. Skittles, Starbusts, etc. FWIW, I also like cucumbers, grapes, etc.

Combos are the best for this. Carefully eat the outside pretzel until you have a cheese nugget. One bag lasts hours.

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Anonymous wrote:No way to warm the food? I love road trip food. We tend to think of it as a picnic, but we don't pack huge quantities of the same food. We take lots of variety.

For early lunch - I would pack an insulated multi-container lunch box (called tiffin box or dabba) with a nice veggi pilaf, daal, chicken curry, and paranthas. This would be eaten warm.

For a less fussy meal - rava-veggi idlies with chutney podi and coconut chutney.

For tea break - cucumber sandwiches and egg sandwiches. Some slices of homemade banana nut bread. Make tea in an electric kettle for car.

For coffee break - cookies and some via coffee satchets. Warm water and milk in electric kettle.

Pack fruits like bananas and tangerines. We like to buy fast food also - mainly fries, chicken nuggets and onion rings to go with the tea or coffee break.

This sounds delicious.

But no one travels this way.

Is this a joke?
Chutney, electric kettles, fast food with coffee? It's like a bad SNL skit.

Nope. This is quite common for people from my culture. We have been raised with good food and we cannot subsist for long on "unhappy meals". Also, I am assuming that you will at least stop 3 or 4 times on a 12 hour road trip? But, do what works for you. This is how we travel, unless it is a multi-day road trip.

Good Lord. It looks like those containers come with a healthy side of pretentious twatwaffle.

No. Twatwaffle seems to be something you are familiar with. More for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No eggs! They smell so rank, and even worse when the egg farts kick in.

NP. This is my favorite part, because everyone is forced to be together in the car. As much as they may hate it, they probably won't jump out of a moving vehicle to get away.

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Anonymous wrote:No eggs! They smell so rank, and even worse when the egg farts kick in.

NP. This is my favorite part, because everyone is forced to be together in the car. As much as they may hate it, they probably won't jump out of a moving vehicle to get away.

I think it depends on your gut biome if you can digest it properly. How do you eat delicacies like scotch eggs?

[Anonymous]

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Combos are the best for this. Carefully eat the outside pretzel until you have a cheese nugget. One bag lasts hours.

I very much want you to be my friend. Combos are my road trip guilty pleasure.

[Anonymous]

Sandwiches. Fruit. Cheese. Crackers. Nuts. Small hummus cups and pretzels Granola bars.

And sour gummy candy. I don't know why this tastes best on long car rides!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way to warm the food? I love road trip food. We tend to think of it as a picnic, but we don't pack huge quantities of the same food. We take lots of variety.

For early lunch - I would pack an insulated multi-container lunch box (called tiffin box or dabba) with a nice veggi pilaf, daal, chicken curry, and paranthas. This would be eaten warm.

For a less fussy meal - rava-veggi idlies with chutney podi and coconut chutney.

For tea break - cucumber sandwiches and egg sandwiches. Some slices of homemade banana nut bread. Make tea in an electric kettle for car.

For coffee break - cookies and some via coffee satchets. Warm water and milk in electric kettle.

Pack fruits like bananas and tangerines. We like to buy fast food also - mainly fries, chicken nuggets and onion rings to go with the tea or coffee break.

WOW. Can I roadtrip with you???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be cheap. Stop for food, drive through is fast. You will be stopping for bathroom breaks anyway.

This is what we do. My kids are young enough they think fast food only exists outside of our region on road trips so I don't sweat it when we travel and just pick up food along the way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way to warm the food? I love road trip food. We tend to think of it as a picnic, but we don't pack huge quantities of the same food. We take lots of variety.

For early lunch - I would pack an insulated multi-container lunch box (called tiffin box or dabba) with a nice veggi pilaf, daal, chicken curry, and paranthas. This would be eaten warm.

For a less fussy meal - rava-veggi idlies with chutney podi and coconut chutney.

For tea break - cucumber sandwiches and egg sandwiches. Some slices of homemade banana nut bread. Make tea in an electric kettle for car.

For coffee break - cookies and some via coffee satchets. Warm water and milk in electric kettle.

Pack fruits like bananas and tangerines. We like to buy fast food also - mainly fries, chicken nuggets and onion rings to go with the tea or coffee break.

This sounds delicious.

But no one travels this way.

NP. This is a modest meal when my Indian family travels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way to warm the food? I love road trip food. We tend to think of it as a picnic, but we don't pack huge quantities of the same food. We take lots of variety.

For early lunch - I would pack an insulated multi-container lunch box (called tiffin box or dabba) with a nice veggi pilaf, daal, chicken curry, and paranthas. This would be eaten warm.

For a less fussy meal - rava-veggi idlies with chutney podi and coconut chutney.

For tea break - cucumber sandwiches and egg sandwiches. Some slices of homemade banana nut bread. Make tea in an electric kettle for car.

For coffee break - cookies and some via coffee satchets. Warm water and milk in electric kettle.

Pack fruits like bananas and tangerines. We like to buy fast food also - mainly fries, chicken nuggets and onion rings to go with the tea or coffee break.

Where did you get that???

Make friends with some Indian aunties. They will feed you to the gills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't be cheap. Stop for food, drive through is fast. You will be stopping for bathroom breaks anyway.

This is what we do. My kids are young enough they think fast food only exists outside of our region on road trips so I don't sweat it when we travel and just pick up food along the way.

This is how it starts. At least that's how it started for us -- fast food only on road trips. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No eggs! They smell so rank, and even worse when the egg farts kick in.

I had the same thought. That is the last thing I would pack for a road trip, I don't even like smelling them in my kitchen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No eggs! They smell so rank, and even worse when the egg farts kick in.

I had the same thought. That is the last thing I would pack for a road trip, I don't even like smelling them in my kitchen.

Barf. Strong smelling food in the car is the worst.

We take a cooler packed with fresh fruits and vegetables that are easy to eat in the car. Plus some simple sandwiches that aren't messy and won't get soggy. Then we supplement as need on the road; bag of chips or pretzels here and there or some fries..

[Anonymous]

Picnic hamper of grilled Peruvian chicken, potato salad, croissants (i don't like rolls).

Or

Chicken and beans tamales and some cucumber-spinach, cilantro, tomato-avacado salad with lemon juice and salt.