Originally Posted by Wogsterca

One thing nobody seems to suggest is gorp, a mixture of nuts and dried fruits, sometimes with something chocolatety (M&Ms or Smarties) thrown in. For nuts, typically peanuts, but you could use other nuts or parts of larger nuts, raisins or banana chips, dried apricot or pineapple are also good, sunflower seeds and shreaded dried coconut can also be added. Since the ingredients (except maybe the chocolate), are dried, even on one of those days when it's very hot out, it doesn't go bad. Just keep a zipper type plastic bag in your handlbar bag, and take a handful every once in a while. Since it's dry, take a good swig of water afterwards...... You can also meter it out, so you know you need to eat, say one bag by a certain distance, and another bag by another distance, etc. The ingredients also keep on the shelf, so if you buy a larger bag of something, you don't need to throw it out afterwards, but can keep it. I avoid the premixed types, because they tend to contain too much salt, if I want salt, then I use a sports drink....