Actually, it is possible to keep tuna or seafood salad edible in a good quality Thermos. What you do is you pack ice cubes in a ziplock, and put them at the bottom of the Thermos. Get a cup or a bowl that will fit inside and fill it with salad. Tupperware makes these tiny containers with lids that are perfect. Put a ziplock with ice on top. when its lunchtime, you can add the salad to the bread then without fear of it being spoiled from the heat. Works well for other spreadable foods like cream cheese.
I forgot to add this :
the ice will be partially melted - If you buy food-grade cubes or make your own, you can pour the icewater into a glass and drink as is, or add one of those individual packs of drink mix.
I have a soft-side Playmate I got at Walmart. I load it with a couple of bottles of frozen water, a soda, a V-8, a couple of sandwiches, a bag of chips, and a snack cake of some sort.
Sometimes, I forgo the sandwiches for a salad in a Tupperware bowl, with salad dressing in a smaller container.
Keeps me going on whatever postal route I'm running that day, either the 22 mile mostly in-town one to the 58 mile "circle the lake" route. I like that one, I have a picnic at the dam at the east end of the lake....
Before I became a RCA with the Postal Service, I worked as a delivery driver for a small trucking company for 20 years. Drove a truck about the size of a UPS truck, spent between 10-14 hours a day, 3-4 days a week in those trucks. Most of my routes were in the "scenic" areas of WV and Southwest VA, not many MickyDee's or even gas stations out there....
