Adventures in nourishment

Had something like a hot meal tonight.

Last time I was at Big Lots, I found a 12-volt "coffeepot" at a (for me) barely affordable price. It takes half an hour to heat three cups of water, but it does heat them. And one of its accessories is a little stand, to let you heat baby bottles or the like.

So. The baby-bottle stand, a bag of ready-made seasoned rice (chicken-flavored, in this case--I would name brands, but who knows what might grace the Big Lots shelves next week?), two "tuna-can" size cans of chicken, and voila! It was almost like having dinner!

A couple of companies sell 12-volt cooking gear at truck stops. Most of the items seem kind of silly (a pizza oven on a truck?), but one has always intrigued me--a lunch-box-looking thing halfway between a slow-cooker and an oven. Put together your casserole or pot roast or whatever, put it in the box (in an aluminum-foil tray or an oven bag), and drive for a few hours. It'll be cooked when you park.

(Or drop in a can of soup and drive an hour or so. More realistic for the likes of me)

I still don't have the cash for one of those. But this experiment worked so well...

And oatmeal in the morning! Lovely!