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Keeping Food Safe in the Car on a Long Drive
How long food stays safe in a hot car, what the temperature danger zone means, and how to pack a cool bag for a long drive without a fridge.
Where to actually eat on a long drive
Everyone complains about motorway food. Almost nobody publishes which stops are genuinely usable if you cannot eat gluten, or if a mistake sends you to hospital.
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A long drive with a restricted diet is a planning problem, not a luck problem. The information exists — it is just never assembled in one place, in the language you read, before you set off.
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