A day in the life of a trucker (Mar 10, 2025)

Hey!

A great weekend is a weekend spent with this lovely girl here.

And being busy cooking meant having Tumilik by my side all the time. We had some visit over, and I was asked if I could take care of supper...as long as I didn't use any hot peppers. Seems I'm known for my spicy food, hah.

So, I decided to make some Maritimes food... The famous East Coast donair. I got 3 lbs of ground beef..

This is the spice blend I use, for now. I still have a few boxes of those left. When I'll be out of stock, I'll just make my own spice blend. But that one here works very, very well. You need 2 tbsp of spices per pound of meat.

It's cooked like a meatloaf, in the oven for a while.

For the donair sauce, I use this...one can of sweet condensed milk, ⅓ cup white vinegar, 1 tsp of garlic powder, 3 cloves of garlic, chopped.

Using a stand mixer, I whip the ingredients for about 12 minutes. Starting slow at 1, then building up speed up to about 5.

In the end, it makes a very thick and fluffy sauce. Many fast food restaurants have a very runny, liquid sauce..and I hate those so much. Those who tried my donair sauce said it's one of the best they ever had.

Yummy, yummy.

It was very, very good.

I played a lot of music, and Tumilik never really cared.

Gretsch G5410T Electromatic "Rat Rod"
Hollow Body Single-Cut

I've got d'Addario XS 12-52 wound 3rd on this guitar.

Donair pizza, with the leftovers. That, too, was quite delicious.

Looks like we had some snow overnight.

Clean trailer.

Loaded, and good to go. I hate to strap down that kind of crap. A lot of small parts, especially in the middle, with irregular edges, uneven heights, round extremities, and limited places where straps can be placed properly.

And someone here had the audacity to tell me that I tight my straps too much.

Really?

Anyway. Let's get going. For music, we'll continue on the theme I had last week.

Motörhead Girl
Hillbilly Moon Explosion
St-Hyacinthe QC

Unloading time. This went rather fast, which is good.

Now let's go back to the shop, and home to Tumilik.

Welcome to My Hell
The Go Getters
St-Polycarpe QC

Wicked Man
Ghoultown
Les Cèdres QC

Only Man
The Hellbound Hepcats
Châteauguay QC

Walpurgis Night
The Coffinshakers
Belœil QC

Drinking Gasoline
The Baboons
St-Hyacinthe QC

Alright. That's it for today. I might come back to the truck for the night later, as tomorrow I'm supposed to have a very early start. This will allow me an extra hour of sleep, while also avoiding waking Tumilik in the middle of the night.

Apparently when I leave very early she becomes very annoying for the people sleeping at home, heh.

Tumilik was treated with a treat when I arrived. She was very happy.

I had a bunch if chicken drumsticks to cook. They were supposed to go in the smoker yesterday, alongside four racks of ribs...but we've pushed them ribs to next weekend.

So..I improvised a rub.. chili, ancho, chipotle, garlic, and onion powder, oregano, thyme, cumin, maple sugar, salt, pepper.

Gave them drumsticks a massage.

Paired with veggies.

And 45 minutes later I had 21 drumsticks. It was quite good.

Alright. That's it for today. I'll head to the truck later, after walking with Tumilik. Oh, I also came up with a rockabilly song..but I'm still working on it..I mean, I can't play it right yet, hah. Being a metalhead, I'm used playing a certain way and trying rockabilly challenged me in playing differently... so once I'm more comfortable with that style I'll make a clip or something. I also came up with a melody while walking with Tumilik last night. Once I got home I figured out what I had in my head and recorded a quick demo just to remember how to play it. It's got a little Johnny Cash vibe.

Alright. That's it.
Cheers!