Your favorate thing to cook in

[TeamCaffee]

Hey I want to come to your house for supper! I have never made home made noodles but I sure do like them. I can just see the egg noodles hung all over the truck drying! Do you cook the noodles before you pack them? I have found when I make spaghetti at home I can easily freeze my cooked noodles then use them later in the truck for a quicker meal.
We always enjoy getting the broasted chicken in Wal-Mart as there are so many uses for them.
Great post thanks for sharing!

[funsized]

Do you cook the noodles before you pack them?

I tried that at home before we got into the truck and found that cooking them and then freezing them causes a chemical melt down and they become this thick noodle mush. It's really yummy mush but it is ugly. I like to make big fat noodles so each one will fill your spoon and melt on your tongue. I spread them out in a single layer on cookie sheets and pizza pans in the freezer and then I freeze a pound per bag.

My elderly Moms love my chicken & noodles and miss them when we are on the road. Now they have the best of both worlds and can make a quick batch of soups as needed.

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for any adventurous cooks that want to try making
Egg noodles / dumplings

1 cup of all purpose flour
1 egg (I let it sit out for a few min to warm a bit)
1/2 eggshell of water

this makes 1 batch of noodles (single serving) or good size to practice with

1 Large glass type bowl (smooth cool sides)
place flour in bowl, crack egg into center, fill the half shell with water and add with egg.

Use your hands to gently fold the egg, water and flour mix into a smooth ball of dough. Kneed the ball until you feel it start to tighten (Kneed fold ball in half press flat, fold from other direction and press flat, rinse repeat)

Once the dough starts to get solid feeling (it isn't so easily folded and started to just toughen up place it on a flour covered flat surface) roll out into a rectangle (aim for the size of a 9x11 baking pan) it will get that stretchy elastic feel to it as you push it bigger. use a pizza cutter and make fat strips or fat squares.

Boil till tender.

I suggest grabbing a big box of chicken broth and warming a little to eat the noodles in as you practice them

If my son is home I make 7 batches of noodles with 1 whole chicken, 1 onion, 1 bag of carrots, 4 stalks of celery, 3 cloves of garlic which makes a LOT of chicken and noodles. He likes them served over a spoonful of garlic mashed taters.

[sparkle8859]

I have to say thank you for intrudcing me to the rice cooker! I never thought about it till I read this thread. It took some convincing to get my husbnd to try it but now we cant live without it.

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I like to cook Pop Tarts on the dash. After seeing Funsized's avatar I'm thinking about switching to Moon Pies for breakfast.