all this is probably cause were old. I remember back in the day eating most anything and riding. One of my favorite rides back then was a 70+ miler with a stop in the middle at a BBQ shack. My first tour of colorado I had huevos rancheros for breakfast every day -- it was new to me, being an east coast person.
Now I have some cereal and soy milk or a granola bar before a ride and pretty much all I eat on the road is clif shot or hammer gel. I did have a piece of apple pie and ice cream on a ride back around halloween but I was already dropped then. It was some good pie though, and turned what had been a pretty miserable day into an OK one