Why don't you like to eat in cars?

When they're moving (and especially when you're driving) there's way too much opportunity for mess. I can handle drinking from bottles, and have found my workaround for hot drinks from stores (order the drink in a cup the size larger than the drink itself).

My father is (or used to be, I suspect) massively anal about these things.

The very thought of trying to drive with either Perkins or Ozzie not completely confined makes me want to run away and hide. I'd be dead before I got two blocks.

What's your opinion on Magnolia Bakery cupcakes?

Overrated!!

But see, I've had them, unlike the other two things.

When they're moving (and especially when you're driving) there's way too much opportunity for mess.

Ah. This is why I look for fairly easy car trip food, e.g. Twizzlers.

Mickey is fine in the car. He lays down on a seat most of the time and sleeps. He only starts wigging out when we're coming back and hit heavy Chicago traffic. So, I stop about an hour south of the city and put him in his carrier for the rest of the trip home.

When they're moving (and especially when you're driving) there's way too much opportunity for mess.

I'm telling you -- Goldfish and mini-bottles. Easy one-handed eating with minimal possibility for crumbs and spillage.

baby carrots(lots and lots), water, diet soda , peanutbutter and honey sandwiches,some sort of cookie, and pretzels. dried fruit and apples ( the core can go out the window)

What is Locozade?

it's like British Gatorade.

Twizzlers not Red Vines! I was so happy to move back to the East Coast and get my Twizzlers back (at least I think it's a coast thing). The texture of the Red Vines never set well with me.

Longest drive I usually take is out to my parents, which is 4 hours. So I'm usually good with a 20-ounce of soda and a can of pringles.

Every time we ever transported our cats they were either on a leash held by someone other than the driver or in a cat carrier.

And goldfish are great roadtrip food!