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jpak

(41,758 posts)
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:13 AM Jun 2021

OK if you had a food truck What goodies would you make?

Me, it would be a Quebecois Cajun Thang

Cretons on toast (spiced pork spread)

Acadian Ployes de Bouquoite (Maine buckwheat crepes)

Tautons (fried bread dough tidbits with maple syrup)

Fevre au Lard (baked beans with pork and maple syrup)

Tortier pie! (spiced pork pie with a thick biscuit crust)

Lobster etouffee (easier to devein and pick than craydads

Jambalaya

Stuffed japolaya peppers

Quebecois pea soup

Ice cold deviled eggs with watermelon and Carney style lemonade

Maine Amish bacon BLTs

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OK if you had a food truck What goodies would you make? (Original Post) jpak Jun 2021 OP
Dan Dan Mian HUAJIAO Jun 2021 #1
Never heard of it jpak Jun 2021 #2
Popular Sichuan dish HUAJIAO Jun 2021 #10
Drool jpak Jun 2021 #12
I'm torn between baked goods or food I grew up eating yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #3
Dang I forgot Red Beans and Rice jpak Jun 2021 #4
Only Vanilla Ice Cream Sold Here wyn borkins Jun 2021 #5
I have a stand markie Jun 2021 #6
Yum! jpak Jun 2021 #7
And I would sell chicory coffee hot jpak Jun 2021 #8
As a kid growing up in NE NJ... Ohio Joe Jun 2021 #9
Something that cost $5, tax included TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #11
Hot Pastrami Sammiches, Kosher dills and beer. And that's the whole menu. Take it or leave it. nt Binkie The Clown Jun 2021 #13
Falafel, hummus, kebab EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #14
Cheese frenchies. madamesilverspurs Jun 2021 #15
Sandwiches Lunabell Jun 2021 #16
Meat and three Lars39 Jun 2021 #17

yellowdogintexas

(22,264 posts)
3. I'm torn between baked goods or food I grew up eating
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:27 AM
Jun 2021

like pinto beans and cornbread, turnip greens & cornbread, a classic vegetable plate (green beans, summer squash, sliced tomatoes, a dish of sliced cucumbers marinated in vinegar, corn on the cob, and cornbread of course). Dessert was usually some kind of pie. or cobbler made with whatever was in season. (no cornbread)

If I had to do a one item food truck, it would be chicken and dumplings. The first booth to sell out at the Evansville IN Fall Festival was the St Agnes Catholic Church chicken and dumplings. Those were extraordinary and you had to get there quickly. They also sold their dumplings dried and ready to cook, and no matter how many were made in advance, they sold out very quickly.

If I went with a Texas theme, I would have breakfast burritos in the morning, chili for lunch and brisket in the evening, but only if I were at the Fall Festival. Otherwise I'd go with the brisket.

wyn borkins

(1,109 posts)
5. Only Vanilla Ice Cream Sold Here
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:36 AM
Jun 2021

I would use old-fashioned Hit & Miss (John Deere engine-powered)] ice cream freezers to make and sell only vanilla ice cream on freshly-made cones.

markie

(22,756 posts)
6. I have a stand
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:36 AM
Jun 2021

out by the road near my house... I concentrate on the things people want

cinnamon rolls
Key Lime bars
soups
and just started making Piroshkies filled with pulled pork

jpak

(41,758 posts)
8. And I would sell chicory coffee hot
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:42 AM
Jun 2021

And Vietnamese style cold ( ice and sweeten condensed cream)

Ohio Joe

(21,758 posts)
9. As a kid growing up in NE NJ...
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 11:50 AM
Jun 2021

We had a pizza place open up that bought a few old ice cream trucks and re-fitted them so they could sell hot pizza slices. A shame they only lasted about two years but man... I really loved to hear the pizza truck coming by

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
11. Something that cost $5, tax included
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 12:12 PM
Jun 2021

The kind of thing people would grab as a quick bite to last them until lunch or dinner. Austin has a food truck called "Hey Cupcake" that sells cupcakes for $3.50. You used to be able to get a "whippersnapper" where they shot it full of whipped cream for $1 more, IIRC, but they don't do that anymore. I've heard the quality isn't as good as it once was though. It's been around since 2007.

Lunabell

(6,089 posts)
16. Sandwiches
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 02:33 PM
Jun 2021

Probably a variety grilled cheese truck. Mmm, I love grilled cheese. But my claustrophobia would prevent me from doing a food truck,lol.

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
17. Meat and three
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 03:36 PM
Jun 2021

KISS
1 meat and only one set of three. The selection would change the next day or week. Might have a very small choice of desserts, though.

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