We're all just living the dream !!! Glamorous life of an airline pilot! :)

Considering what I have seen others use coffee pots for, you might consider using something stronger than dish soap...like maybe a 10M nitric acid bath followed by autoclaving.

Nu

How many calories are you putting away each day? Trying to put on weight?

Really? We all like the hairy ball sack stories, but please tell me what is being done to coffee pots that soap and water can't clean?

I just wish I could sand blast the remote control in the hotel rooms. Think about what people are touching while they are touching the remote. Beef stew flavored coffee might be a big seller at Starbucks. And bacon milkshakes at Baskin Robins.

What I do (meaning what my wife does for me) is..She typically makes a good amount of home cooked meals that are usually healthy and made with good ingredients. Some of the meals are typically lasagna, a pasta and meat sauce, honey ham and mashed sweet potatoes, chicken and rice, steak tips and potatoes and the list goes on. She cooks them completely and then she vacuum seals and deep freezes them in our chest freezer.

Each meal is portion sized (portion control is always an issue) and I typically take 5 meals on a 4 day. In addition to that I bring a bunch of instant oatmeals so I typically end up with breakfast every morning and enough meals for lunch and dinner every night minus one meal. I do not need a true 4 days worth of meals because my trips are usually commutable. I buy my one meal usually at the airport cafeteria or a subway and I have averaged less than 5 dollars spent per trip for the last year and a half.

I like this because I only eat an oatmeal packet for breakfast, eat a portioned lunch, a portioned dinner, drink water all day and get a workout in at the hotel and it keeps me in good healthy shape for at least 3-4 days out of my week. The meals stay frozen for usually a few days and I either add ice or use a hotel fridge as necessary to keep them cool. Even if they warm up a bit I do not worry since not only are they pre cooked but they are vacuum sealed.

I just ordered a new lunch box though that will give me a bit more room since this one is overstuffed and falling apart but it was free.

Here is a pic of what I have left after 2 days of a 4 day. The meals do not look like much when I microwave (in the bags) and then dump as a whole in my container. They are all mashed and mixed together with whatever is in the bag. All the FAs and others say it looks gross because the vacuum sealer smashes it all together and then it all goes in one bowl when I eat it but I figure it all goes to the same place anyway.

Pictured is:
front, pasta with meat sauce
back left, lasagna
middle, rice pilaf with chicken
back right, meatloaf with sweet potatos

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...er/photo-2.jpg

I marinate several chicken breast and grill them off, keep em cold with ice packs. The wife just made me some chicken enchiladas(sp?)and froze them, can't wait for that meal. I actually carry a loaf of bread with me and lunch meat for sandwiches. I have a tupperware container that fits in my roller bag that hold a few slices shy of a loaf. Peppered beef jerky in my flight kit, high in protein low in fat.

You don't wanna know Eric. I've heard they make good washing machines for underwear though.

Your system looks interesting. Sorry for all the questions, but I'd like to know more:

Is vacuum sealing for preservation or only compactedness? If for preserving, how long will the food keep?

How much for the initial setup (vacuum-sealer and bags) and the cost of replacement bags?

Are they safe for microwaving? There have been recent reports about the safety of microwaving certain plastics. I used to reuse (once) 16 and 32 oz yogurt or cottage cheese tubs then dump them after nuking a meal. This type of plastic is now known to be unsafe . https://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/u...ate0706a.shtml

Thanks in advance.

Yup. I won't use any glassware in the hotel rooms. It has to be sealed/disposable. A lot of places do not use proper santizing for glassware in the rooms.

Soap is OK for washing your hands, but anything that gets food/liquid in it needs to be sterlized before use, whether in a commerical dishwasher, or chemically (that goop behind the bar).

Dysentary is no joke.

We can all make fun of the sticky remote, but to eat/drink anything out of one of those coffee pots is asking for trouble.

Nu