Would allways get deli belly on the Brittany ferry freighters.They would fill water bootles with tap water,as the tops were allways loose when sat to eat in the drivers lounge,they did cracking seafood.Free untill some drivers filled their wash bags and pockets with the bread and cheese,and other food.Then we all had to pay up for drivers menu.Heard the train to France is not too good for value for money.Sick bags were used to take away free food.Steak blue.Allmost raw. 
Those prawns on the Sally line Ramsgate - Dunkirk ferry were always abit suspect, think some of them had been on the boat longer than some of the crew!! 
toby1234abc:
Would allways get deli belly on the Brittany ferry freighters.They would fill water bootles with tap water,as the tops were allways loose when sat to eat in the drivers lounge,they did cracking seafood.Free untill some drivers filled their wash bags and pockets with the bread and cheese,and other food.Then we all had to pay up for drivers menu.Heard the train to France is not too good for value for money.Sick bags were used to take away free food.Steak blue.Allmost raw.
You drank waterā ā ? We used to get a choice of beer, wine or cider, preceded by kir at less than a euro a shot, 
Blood is blue until it is open to atmosphere so blue steak is just sealed with extreme heat and eaten. Blood is very tasty.
Steack Tartare is the best way to eat raw meat 
Would have to have the stomache lining of a billy goat to drink the drivers red wine,was like battery acid.I would mix the water and wine together.Potent stuff.
Away? I live here over 3 years now and I still canāt understand idea of chips and vinegar 
orys:
Away? I live here over 3 years now and I still canāt understand idea of chips and vinegar
Even better with gravy - and thats coming from a Southerner 
I remember how shocked I was when I saw guy entering fish and chip shop and asking for"scottish chips".
How to make scottish chips?
Take a bun,cut it in half, butter it and add salt and vinegar. Then take packet of crisps (salt and vinegar) and crush it in the bun. Then add chips, salt, vinegar and pickled onion. Voila!
talking of scottish chippies orys have you tried ddep fried mars bar
or even saw deep fried milky way
or snickers or star bar or any chocolate bar you want 
also saw in chip shop in Sheffield IIRC that sold deep fried bread and butter WTF!!!
Wheel Nut:
Blood is blue until it is open to atmosphere so blue steak is just sealed with extreme heat and eaten. Blood is very tasty.
What? Cobblers surely
mikeyb:
Wheel Nut:
Blood is blue until it is open to atmosphere so blue steak is just sealed with extreme heat and eaten. Blood is very tasty.What? Cobblers surely
Beef Cobbler I hope
āBlueā: This is literally showing the steak to a pan. It is about 30 seconds on each side and the middle of the steak will be raw but warm. It will be very bloody and just coloured on the outside. Not to most peoples taste.
āRareā: This is about 2 minutes on each side of a 2cm steak. This gives you a lovely red centre.
āMedium-rareā: Between rare and medium.
āMediumā: Fairly popular choice. This means you get a little bit of well-done steak on the outside but a lovely pink (not red) centre. About 3mins on each side of a 2cm thick steak.
āMedium-wellā: between medium and well doneā
āWell-doneā: The steak it completely cooked through and there will be no pink remaining. This requires between 5 and 6 minutes per side of a 2cm thick steak. This can make the meat tough but remains a popular choice.
I meant about blood being blue until exposed to atmosphere, Isnāt it an old truckers wives tale?
Pigs feet or trotters.Cerdo de mano.In sauce.
mikeyb:
I meant about blood being blue until exposed to atmosphere, Isnāt it an old truckers wives tale?
Haemoglobin is a rich purple/dark red colour and when itās oxygenated to form oxyhaemoglobin it turns into bright red.
But to us it looks blue until it hits the oxygen in the atmosphere.
Works for me anyway.
Crabs and Lobsters have blue blood too
Wheel Nut:
mikeyb:
I meant about blood being blue until exposed to atmosphere, Isnāt it an old truckers wives tale?Haemoglobin is a rich purple/dark red colour and when itās oxygenated to form oxyhaemoglobin it turns into bright red.
But to us it looks blue until it hits the oxygen in the atmosphere.
Works for me anyway.
Crabs and Lobsters have blue blood too
The internet provides answers to all things !! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood#Color
toowise:
talking of scottish chippies orys have you tried ddep fried mars baror even saw deep fried milky way
or snickers or star bar or any chocolate bar you want
also saw in chip shop in Sheffield IIRC that sold deep fried bread and butter WTF!!!
No, I know when to buy them, but I wasnāt brave enaugh. But I tried deep fried pizza, I ordered pizza and that what they gave meā¦ Strange, especially when you want some toppings, and they stayed in frying oilā¦
I was once parked up on the German Austrian border for a weekend next to a Patinter driver and using a strange sort of drivers language we managed to communicate quite well, on the Saturday he offered me some wine, and not wanting to offend him I helped drink the demijohn, because we were a bit worse for wear, I said I could just heat up some food in my microwave for our tea, he was in agreement as long as I would let him cook Sunday lunch for us both the next day.
Anyway we were up and about by 10 in the morning when he found another demijohn of wine, so we started on that, but he set up his things to cook dinner as we were drinking. he gave me some potatoes to peel while he prepared the meat, this is where it gets a bit iffy, from his side box (not refrigerated) he produces a dead duck, or to be more precise about 1/2 a dead duck, and proceeds to cut it up and put it in a pot for boiling, now I do quite like duck, but was a bit worried about itās freshness, while preparing the meal I asked him about the duck and he explained his mother killed it and gave it to him as a going away present when he left home for the trip, this must have been some time ago as he was on his way back home at this stage. thanks to the red wine, I managed to forget about how suspect the duck was and had a very enjoyable stew, and didnāt get food poisoning. but next time I park up with another driver who offers to share their food I will tell them I am vegetarian I think
Dunno about you lot, but when I first got back into European trucking (2000 ish), I found that edible food was pretty exotic.
jimti:
I was once parked up on the German Austrian border for a weekend next to a Patinter driver and using a strange sort of drivers language we managed to communicate quite well, on the Saturday he offered me some wine, and not wanting to offend him I helped drink the demijohn, because we were a bit worse for wear, I said I could just heat up some food in my microwave for our tea, he was in agreement as long as I would let him cook Sunday lunch for us both the next day.
Anyway we were up and about by 10 in the morning when he found another demijohn of wine, so we started on that, but he set up his things to cook dinner as we were drinking. he gave me some potatoes to peel while he prepared the meat, this is where it gets a bit iffy, from his side box (not refrigerated) he produces a dead duck, or to be more precise about 1/2 a dead duck, and proceeds to cut it up and put it in a pot for boiling, now I do quite like duck, but was a bit worried about itās freshness, while preparing the meal I asked him about the duck and he explained his mother killed it and gave it to him as a going away present when he left home for the trip, this must have been some time ago as he was on his way back home at this stage. thanks to the red wine, I managed to forget about how suspect the duck was and had a very enjoyable stew, and didnāt get food poisoning. but next time I park up with another driver who offers to share their food I will tell them I am vegetarian I think
trust patinters
they know how to eat well out of a trailer never spoilt for choice. if iām ever stuck and parked near them i never have a worry about food, drink or truckers chat
Codillas or fried sheep testicles.Very good,apparently.
toby1234abc:
Codillas or fried sheep testicles.Very good,apparently.
need to check your dictionary there toby i think, codillos are served in andamur services in bailen as the speciality and they are āhocksā of pork. if they are sheeps testicles i wouldnāt want to see the size of sheep they come from