The Freshest Coffee Possible In the Car and On the Road!

Mary Bue's Coconut Curry is PERFECT!

CAR-COOKED BREAKFAST

Scrambled eggs, portabella mushrooms, whole wheat toast, all compliments of Ellen's manifold.

POTLUCK CRASHERS

Jason and Dan crashed a potluck supper at the Silver Dollar Saloon and brought in their venison porketta donated by Beaner's food rep Steve. The seasoning given by Jimmy Johnson and the wild rice and green onions combined with the shaved venison that was slow cooked for four hours in the "warming oven" was wildly popular as every morsel was devoured.

CHEESECAKE FOR CHRIS KELLY IN SEATTLE

Here's the fixings for the cheesecake crust that the boys are making for Chris Kelly in Seattle.

SCRAMBLED EGGS AND TOAST

Jason holds up the fixings for breakfast in Montana. Bacon, leeks, portabella mushrooms for frying and then mix it in with scrambled eggs and hot toast from the warming oven. YUM! Next stop Missoula morning munching.

The EYES Have It

Jason got an eye full yesterday. Full of wood chips that is. Ellen's defrost vent blew a flurry of chips out and one landed in Jay's eye. $250 bucks later the dynamic duo is now on their way to Butte.

Dan's Family Gets Car-Cooked Tacos

Jason and Dan made it to the Dresser Dad's fish house but alas, no fish! So the boys made tacos with lime cilantro beans for Gerry and Jerry (Dan's parents), brother Tom and sister-in-law Heidi, and their son Caleb. The warming oven worked GREAT! Oh, BTW, Dan's dad caught a fish (hope it was walleye) earlier for the boys to take along for manifold cooking later. On to Fargo!

WARMING OVEN SUCCESS

The warming oven is up and running. Couple of small changes may be needed, but it keeps food toasty and warm. Yay!

COTC ITINERARY INCLUDES A MINNESOTA FISH HOUSE AND PORTLAND, OREGON!

Ellen and the boys are off and cooking next Tuesday the 19th. First stop? Dan's Dad's fishhouse and then on to Bismarck via Fargo and ???

Next: Butte, MT and then Sand Point, Idaho or Spokane, WA.

On the 22nd of January, Seattle for a COTC event with Jeremy Sewer or Mary Bue.

23rd: Portland for an interview with the chef at a French bakery and also some big musical doings with the band Pancake Breakfast as well as some excellent "car cooked cusine" for the band.

Followed by: Camping along famed Hgy 101.

Okay, here's high gear: Freemont, CA., Stockton, CA., Bay Area, CA., then LA and Vista, CA., then Phoenix, AZ. then Roswell, NM., Fort Worth, or Corpus Christi, TX., New Orleans, LA., Jackson, MS., Memphis, TN. for a possible music gig and camping, the St. Louis and the Gateway ARch (Like those two archy initial caps?) and back to Duluth.

All along the way, cooking on the car and having fun.

WHERE TO?

Well, it has been an interesting few days for COTC. There's good news and bad news. First the bad. Our partnership with 4 track fell through. The good news? We're still leaving on a COTC adventure on January 19th.

Here are the details of our new adventure: 1.) We don't know where we're going. 2.) We aren't exactly sure how we're going to pay for the trip. 3.) Ellen isn't exactly ready for the road, but she's in good enough shape (Big THANKS to Kari Toyota here) to get us rolling on down the highway. 4.) We don't have all the audio and video gear we'd like. 5.) BUT! We are GOING and we're going to make our OUR OWN pilot to pitch.

If you have any audio/video gear you'd like to lend us for the trip, we'd be needing some help. If you have any inclination to donate some gas money, we'd be liking that. If you have any suggested destination and or recipes or adventures that would lend us direction, feel free to give us a shout-out.

"When one door closes, a window opens" the saying goes, so too with COTC.

Wish us luck!

KSTP FEATURE

A big thanks to Jason Davis for airing a fun segment featuring Dan, Jason, and Ellen yesterday (Sun. Jan. 4th) to the Twin Cities market. Now everywhere Dan and Jason go in the Sin Twitties people will be saying, "HEY! Aren't you those Cooking on the Car guys? Check it out at: http://kstp.com/articles/stories/s1342538.shtml?cat=26. And, just a little photo reminder above right...NEVER Forget Your Car Cooked Meal on the roof.