Mess-free car snacks: do they exist?

[Cheg]

Hi

Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack to
give to a child in a car?

If so, please share!

Thanks

--
Alex

cheg_uevara"AT"hotmail"DOT"com

[Scott Lindstrom]

Cheg wrote:
> Hi
>
> Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack to
> give to a child in a car?
>
> If so, please share!

String cheese, or cheese curds. Not completely mess-free,
but close. No crumbs, and if they are dropped, you just
pick up dry cheese in a day/week/month/year.

Alas, my kids only eat fresh curds, which can't be
bought at the grocery store.

Scott DD 10 DS 7

[Michael Hamm]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:18:53 EDT, Scott Lindstrom >
wrote, in part:
> > Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack
> > to give to a child in a car? <snip>
> String cheese

Yes, indeed. Also, not from experience, I'd imagine most raw vegetables
(carrots, cut and seeded peppers, celery sans leaves, etc.) are okay.

Michael Hamm
BA scl Math, PBK, NYU

http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/

[Karen G]

That is a tall order. Prior to the age of two, it is amazing what is
messy. I think one of my kids made a mess with noodles (without sauce)
that took and hour to clean up.

Anyway, I have had the most success with icey drinks from about 18
months or so. Jamba Juice has always been a very popular choice. Fruit
leather is also a good choice.

Overall I try to minimize snacks in the car for safety
reasons--particuarly when it is just the kids and I. Most foods pose
some kind of choking risk and I am a bit paranoid about the possibility
of having to stop the car to administer the heimlich maneuver.

Karen K

[Penny Gaines]

Cheg wrote in >:

> Hi
>
> Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack to
> give to a child in a car?

Water to drink: if it gets spilt it (probably) won't stain, and won't
be sticky when it dries. They will drink it, if they are used to having
it in the car.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

[Robyn Kozierok]

In article >,
Cheg > wrote:
>Hi
>
>Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack to
>give to a child in a car?
>
>If so, please share!
>

Fruit leather is not bad, just a bit sticky. You just have to do something
with the wrappers.

--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

[chiam margalit]

Karen G > wrote in message >...
> That is a tall order. Prior to the age of two, it is amazing what is
> messy. I think one of my kids made a mess with noodles (without sauce)
> that took and hour to clean up.
>
> Anyway, I have had the most success with icey drinks from about 18
> months or so. Jamba Juice has always been a very popular choice. Fruit
> leather is also a good choice.

Oh my lord, have you ever had to mop up a Jamba Juice smoothie out of
cloth upholstery? That would be about the LAST thing I would
recommend. They are soooo sticky! And you can't get them out of the
cloth seats so the smell gets kind of putrid and starts to attract
fruit flies.

Can you tell I've btdt? :-)

I've totally given up on having a clean car. It's impossible. Get
floor mats, cover the seats with towels (thich ones), and wash the
towels when they get particularly disgusting. Keep the car until it
dies. Then throw it out. :-)

Marjorie

[Robyn Kozierok]

In article >,
chiam margalit > wrote:
>
>I've totally given up on having a clean car. It's impossible. Get
>floor mats, cover the seats with towels (thich ones), and wash the
>towels when they get particularly disgusting. Keep the car until it
>dies. Then throw it out. :-)
>

Washable rubber-backed bath mats make a great seat cover with
little kids in the car. They're waterproof. :)

--Robyn

[chiam margalit]

(Robyn Kozierok) wrote in message >...
> In article >,
> chiam margalit > wrote:
> >
> >I've totally given up on having a clean car. It's impossible. Get
> >floor mats, cover the seats with towels (thich ones), and wash the
> >towels when they get particularly disgusting. Keep the car until it
> >dies. Then throw it out. :-)
> >
>
> Washable rubber-backed bath mats make a great seat cover with
> little kids in the car. They're waterproof. :)

For that matter, so do plastic flannelbacked tablecloths. Also
waterproof, and you can just sponge them off or, if you have something
really disasterous like vomit, you can hose them off, pop them in the
washer and dryer, and get them back in the car spanking clean. I found
that the real disasters happened once my kids were out of car seats.
My kids both have their own space in the minivan, one in the middle
seat, one in the way back seat, and you just can not believe how
disgusting those spaces are. I don't think a professional detailer
could get all the crud out anymore. I mean it, this car needs to be
thrown out when it finally dies. NOBODY, not even a charity, would
want it. Almost 11 years of slobby kids....blech! Thank goodness I
barely drive it. Less than 6K miles last year!

Marjorie