(^80) August 2019 Truck & Driver
Tinned & tasty
Tinned food has gained
something of an unfortunate and
undeserved poor reputation over
the years. At the very least it
makes great emergency food.
When the French strikes were at
their worst last year I heard of
several drivers who ended up
getting caught up in them and
having nothing to eat – madness!
You only need a few tins to
sustain you for several days,
thereby covering any possible
eventuality. However, in my
opinion tinned food these days is
too good to simply sit in your
cupboard awaiting an emergency!
We’ve all heard the stories of
‘camion stew’, whereby several
drivers would contribute a tin to a
communal meal when they met
up at borders and the like. Many
of them would tell you that
anything goes and it wouldn’t be
EQUIPMENT YOU’LL NEED
You can prepare most meals with a very basic set of
implements, as follows:
Basics Small gas cooker with spare gas bottle;
frying pan with lid; small saucepan; plate; bowl; knife,
fork & spoon; plastic cooking utensils; kettle.
Advanced Whisk; box grater; measuring jug; wok;
scissors; chopping board.
A
s we all know, this
job can be
ridiculously
unhealthy thanks to
its sedentary nature
and the awful foods available
while out on the road. By simply
cooking and preparing your
food in the cab, I want to show
that you needn’t be restricted
to service areas and their
unhealthy, overpriced food.
In the real world, the last
thing any of us wants to do at
the end of a 15-hour day is
exercise! So it’s just as well
that your health is 80% what
you eat. With adjustments to
your diet I’ll show you how to
not only get back
that 32-inch waist
but maintain it.
Diets don’t work,
they never have and
they never will. You
need to change
habits permanently
and with some
willpower this can be
done, often by starting
with small steps such
as giving up sugar in
your tea and/or coffee.
So, cooking in your cab!
“Noooo!!” I hear people
scream, “I’m not cooking in my
cab as it smells/takes too long/
is too much effort” (delete as
appropriate). None of these
statements need be true – and
even if the smell lingers in the
cab for a while, it’s a small
price to pay for the benefit of
your health!
Once set up and into the
swing of it, you can have a full
meal ready in the time it takes
to walk to a truckstop and
order food. I’ll also be giving
you little tips on how to make
the most amount of food for
the least amount of effort.
Food
to go
Welcome to our
series on eating
good food on the
road. This month
Luke rocks along to
some canned heat
With Luke Vernon
1 Tinned spuds
2 Drain the potatoes
3 There are lots of veg options
4 Add mixed carrots & peas...
5 ...and tinned stewed steak
6 Served with Yorkshire puds!
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