Re: [CH] car foods

Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Fri, 25 May 2001 09:00:51 -0500 

>I'm really impressed by someone who can teach a marching band and go
>storm chasing!

Gee, thanks, Tara <blush>


>Pasties: Cut sheets of puff pastry into circles about the size of a
>bread and butter plate. Place any stew-like filling (hubbie's favourite
>is habanero beef bourgignon, mine is spiced potato and veg) into the
>pastries, folding to make a half-circle. Bake these until the pastry is
>golden, then when they're cool, wrap each individually and pop in the
>freezer. Good eaten cold or hot, and they make one easy meal each.


Hmmmm.  That's a good idea.  I would love a recipe for the hab beef bourg.
I'm thinking there may be a bit of a cultural difference here, though.  How
big is a bread and butter plate?  Would that be the 8" diameter type plate?


>Pasta, pre-made and frozen in recycled takeaway containers makes an easy
>meal, and if you can manage to learn to enjoy them at room temp, no
>microwave is necessary.
>

I eat a lot of pasta now for luch at work, but I have the bennefit of a
table and silverware.  How would you eat these in a car?  Chopsticks
perhaps?  But trying to balance the container and eat at thesame time could
be really challenging without wearing it :)


>Lately I've been bringing in portions of frozen minestrone to work,
>nuking it in a cup, and eating it with foccacia (homemade sourdough
>foccacia...yum!). I dip the foccacia into the soup. That's a good
>warming meal.

Hmmmm.  I do like to make soups.  Hadn't thought about putting it in cups.
That would be good, as I could just drink my meal.  good thought.  I used
to make bread all the time - when I was in school I made all the bread I
could eat.  Never had any problem getting grad students to come over and
have a score analysis "party" (I know, composers are odd...).

>
>Rice dishes like nasi goreng freeze and reheat well, so long as they
>don't have seafood in them.

hmmmmmm.


>
>As for sandwiches, how about a baguette and a bit of antipasto? Toss in
>some tapenade and you have a great meal. Guess you'd want to pass on the
>red wine if you're storm chasing, though :-)
>

Uh, yeah, or teaching, too.  Besides the obvious dangers of drinking and
driving, Indiana has an open container law.

I'd love one for the hab beef bourg, the spiced potato and veggies, and
nasi goreng.  Oh, heck, I've never been able to make a very good
minestrone.  Throw one of those in there, too.

Thanks for the plethora of ideas, Tara!


Chad Gard, CTS KB9WXQ
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