Peanut butter (the REAL stuff not jiff and other GARBAGE), scooped out of the container with a slice of appple

Always bring plenty of freeze dried meals with me, as I do while backpacking, but canned tuna, tofu, if kept in cool water will last a long time, peanut butter, oatmeal, dried fruit, and low-carb bars.

Query: Why does a cyclist carry low-carb ANYTHING on tour?

Bannock (a quick bread that you can add anything to), rice, ramen & most anything with meat.

Chilton is just a stones' throw from here, I'll look it up for ya when I get some time.

I always liked finding the all you can eat pacakes, I would find them in the countryside, in my neck of the woods. I would eat them until I could barely move. It was great sutffing myself for $3.

For me it's always chicken fried steak sandwiches. I don't know why, but after a half-day in the saddle with 40-50 miles under your belt, there's nothing better than stopping at one of those small town american diners and having a chicken friend steak sandwich...with fries.

i don't hate cooking with a stove, but it would be less hassle (don't have to wash the pot, cleaning the stove, no need to carry fuel, etc) if i can tour without one so i wonder will eat only dry meat and nothing else be enough?

Have you considered self-heating meals? They were originally developed for the military and emergency responce personel, but I found them at my local outdoors store. You add water to a special platter containing chemicals. The heat created warms the meal. They last up to 10 years unopened.

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Food is the fuel that keeps you riding, depending on how far, and hard you ride you'll burn fuel. Dry meat alone won't work very well. You'll need breads, fruits and veggies also. Pita, chipati or crackers are easy to carry and good. Fresh and dried fruits help the body and spirit, and all kinds of durable veggies are easy to carry and eat along the way without cooking.

Yeah, I grew up in those parts. Elkhart Lake, specifically. I believe the brewery is Rowland's Calumet Brewery. But could be mistaken. Heck, it might be gone by now - I haven't been through Chilton in 4 or 5 years.

Not to highjack the thread.......... Rowland's it is! Just talked with a couple of guys from work today, it's still there across from the theatre.
PM me if you want to chat more.

I'm partial to raw cookie dough! damn good! mmn mmn good!

How about the official red neck lunch--a can of Vienna sausages, a Coke, and a Moon pie.

Doc

I would forego the Moon Pie and go with a GooGoo Cluster, and put salted peanuts in the coke! I did some electrical work at the Moon Pie factory, very nice people, and they gave me a TON of freebees.

PBP 2003 turned me on to baguettes, ham and cheese. Just about everything needed. I add tomato if it's around.

"moon pies, what an age we live in"

Ramen- plenty of carbs, cheap, and fast and easy to make. Yeah, they have a lot of salt in them, but you lose salt from riding too, so it's all good and balancing and stuff like that.

Koffee

I read "The Buffalo Hunters" by Mari Sandoz several years ago. In it she describes a condition that the hunters called "buffalo fever". It came from eating only the hump meat of the bison and none of the visceral material. The condition she was describing was a combination of scurvy and ketosis. Diets high in protein, like the Adkins or a complete meat diet, cause the blood pH to lower (more acidic) because the metabolism of protein causes the formation of ketones. These ketones, and a low blood pH, can cause all kinds of problems with internal organs and even lead to organ failure - particularly the kidneys - just ask any type I diabetic.

Lack of proper vitamins can lead to all kinds of other issues that wouldn't be good in the long run also. A balanced diet, especially during heavy exercise, is far more important than convenience.

Stuart Black

DO NOT eat too much dried fruit!!! :eek:

I did a week long mountain bike trip several years ago and carried lots of dried fruit. It's great stuff! But one of the unfortunate side effects is that dried fruit is often treated with sulfur compounds to preserve it. "What goes in, has to come out." Digested sulfur makes hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen sulfide releases in pit toliets can make for some eye-watering experiences :eek: :eek:

I live in NJ and usually head out to stanton to get their muffins.they offer they usual- blueberry cranberry and the like.THEY ALSO HAVE CHO./CHOC. CHIP ones that are to die for.they also offer all muffins with or without cream cheese baked in the muffin!!!!!!!!!!!!!