This post concerns an idea for food storage on road trips. Recently on a long drive to and from TAG, I pondered the idea of a better way to pack and transport food for trips.
The problem is, I have too many canned goods and not enough variety of real food. I wanted to travel lighter and more efficently, yet pack a higher level of cuisine. I found the following item at Walmart in the section where they sell glass jars for food storage: http://www.reasors.com/newitems/06_june_05/lg_ball.jpg What is so cool about these little jars is that they have a screw lid with a air-tight seal ( compared to similar products with just a pop-top lid ). The jars are a little bigger than Dixie cups, and are made of a plastic similar to other tupperware products. In my opinion, this is much better than a Nalgene bottle for packing food, and they are very inexpensive. What you can do with these jars is cook and prepare your favorite foods in the nights following your road-trip and keep them all in the refrigerator in a large plastic box. Then when it is time to leave, you just put the box the car and take off. http://store1.yimg.com/I/flyyourflag_1859_138482886 These jars are much better than zip-lock bags for things like grapes, cookies, and other things that get squished easily. http://store1.yimg.com/I/flyyourflag_1857_103092569 What I plan to do with these jars, is fill an ice-chest full of them and have a smorgasbord of my favorite dishes - kind of like a micro-buffet. I will probably throw in some chili just in case some of you show up. David Locklear
