"Karen" > wrote in message
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> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>> I didn't expect anyone to, or need them to know it. That's why I
>> didn't
>> mention kosher in the first place. I just asked for general
>> suggestions,
>> and I can winnow out or substitute for any that I can't eat.
>
> If one is kosher, and one can't eat at any restaurant, doesn't this
> type of question or dilemma come up a lot? Travel, vacation, business,
> work days, flying, hospital stay, etc.?
>
> (not trying to sound snippy, just curious)
>
> Karen

Not everyone travels a lot. Not everyone can, what with work, school and
so forth. I like to, but I don't often get the chance. There are
religious obligations, and so forth. But there are times that it becomes
possible, but most people prefer to take local trips to some touristy
place near them, and then be home that night.

In any case, yes, the question comes up, but I wanted to do the best I
can and be efficient.

The trip went well, and the food worked out, though we didn't quite plan
well for the last day, the day of our return, because we thought we'd be
getting home some three hours earlier than we did. So for breakfast we
ate doughnuts and a soy pudding I'd bought, and drank some vitamin water
(I forget the brand name, but they're well-known, I think).

We got home around noon, so I made a brunch. I fried up some "potato
eggs," as I call them: I fry potatoes and when they are just about done
I pour egg over them and make it into an omelet. (Other times I also use
onion, but not this time.) That with some bread and crème
cheese/margarine (and coffee for my wife) made up for the lack of a
decent breakfast that morning, and gave us lunch as well.

We had a good time on the trip too. We stopped for about an hour at
Niagara Falls. We'd meant to stop for only half an hour, but a weird
little thing happened. We were in Canada, already. One of the drivers
took the car to find a duty-free store to buy some things, and when he
tried to leave the parking lot the only exit was back into the States.
So he had to find the manager and explain the situation. The manager
opened the gate and let him exit the parking lot without leaving Canada.
But al that took some time.

So we came perhaps an hour or so late to the wedding, which was no big
deal. Few Jewish events start exactly on time anyway, so we didn't miss
much.

So what did we end up taking for food? We left around 8:45 in the
morning, due to a blackout that caused our alarm clocks not to ring at
the right time. Only half an hour late is actually an improvement for
us.

Anyway, we ate breakfast in the car, mostly things like crème cheese
sandwiches and other breakfast things.

For lunch we had tuna fish sandwiches (mine on six-grain bread, everyone
else's on rye). For dinner we ate at the wedding, though we did have
snacks along the way: cookies, iirc. For drinks we brought lots of
small water bottles (I personally drink only bottled water, even at
home; I can't stand the taste of tap water in most places), Poweraid
(which is a sort of kosher Gatorade, I think), some coca cola for me (I
need the caffeine, but I don't like the taste of coffee, even in candies
or in cake), and my wife brought along a cup of coffee for herself.

I think that was it. Oh yes, we brought along oranges and bananas. And
as I mentioned, I brought along the soy pudding (banana flavored), for
a little protein, but I didn't wind up eating any until the return trip,
and no one else was interested in it, apparently.

A lot of people here suggested trail mix, but I completely forgot to get
some. Perhaps on our next trip, maybe a longer one.

I also need to find a way to keep stuff (like the food, the cameras, the
batteries, the tape recorder, etc.) neat and accessible in the car. We
had to root around the bags to find anything, and the bananas were
getting squashed, and sometimes we just gave up looking for something,
in frustration.

Anyone have any ideas about that?

Mordechai