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PW wrote:If we're including sandwiches, how about the old hillwalker's standbye - Hovis with cheese & jam!

Peanut butter and banana.

I've heard of cream cheese, peanut butter and celery; and cream cheese, honey and banana but not for energy purposes!

SAMOSAS! Especially nice with a cup of tea. Packed in paper bags and then plastic ones 'cos they're so oily. Yum.

Mrs R2's Muesli bars made from Porrige oats,nuts,dried fruit(cranberries,prunes,apricots),cashew nuts(or other),mixed seeds(pumpkin,sunflower,sesame) and can of condensed milk to bind it.She got the receipe from Nigela Lawsons "get up and go" series.They taste great and no sugar, just a long slow energy release

In terms of convenience, Shepherdboy or Lyme Regis fruit bars. Moist enough not to fall apart when you eat them on the go. For a calorific snack when the last meal was a bit too long ago, malt loaf. Soreen - accept no substitutes. Plum loaf or the Christmas version (that gets sold stupidly cheaply in January) are even better.

Homemade flapjacks, another +1 for soreen*, and if feeling naughty, I like Picnic bars, or maybe a Caramel bar in winter, as Mars bars set like concrete in cold weather.
I like bananas but can't have them.

* homemade tea loaf doesn't stick to your teeth as much as soreen....so is better, if you have the time to make it.
I have a recipe somewhere if anyone wants one. Practically solid fruit and very easy to make.

reohn2 wrote:Mrs R2's Muesli bars made from Porrige oats,nuts,dried fruit(cranberries,prunes,apricots),cashew nuts(or other),mixed seeds(pumpkin,sunflower,sesame) and can of condensed milk to bind it.She got the receipe from Nigela Lawsons "get up and go" series.They taste great and no sugar, just a long slow energy release

(I suspect anything oat-based is still a flapjack, but I'll let that go ... )

Hmm, condensed milk - what's the shelf-life of this magical concoction?

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I've just sort of re-discovered Haribos. They're fairly tasty, non-sticky and easily grabbed/scooped from pockets. And I hear they're pretty great on the nutrition front - can this be true?!?

(I also plan to use more nuts in future, when I need to restock from roadside shops. Not salted. With flapjacks/fruit etc in the bag for when I fancy a "proper" i.e. 2-minute stop - you know, summits of big hills etc)

Do I now have a good excuse to eat loads of Haribo? Yum!

Carrot cake.

alicej wrote:Do I now have a good excuse to eat loads of Haribo? Yum!

They're empty calories. There's no nutritional benefit to them.

You're always better to consume either proper food or sports nutrition. Cakes, sweets and biscuits are all empty calories.

A sausage (proper thick one, not a chipolata). Wrapped in aluminium foil.

VanDriver wrote:Couscous.

Now that would be great if you could tell us how you pack it for your jersey pocket. Or do you pack it in the jersey pocket?

*Halva. The deli in Hay on Wye sells the most decidant choc halva in big craggy lumps - great for getting the Black Mountains. Otherwise the wholefood shops sell it in thin slabs, ideal for the poket.

*Dried fruit - blocks of mini babanas are good back up food. Dried figs are just lovely to slowly munch on.

*I usually have a fresh babana or two slipped in a jiffy bag, popped in the pocket.

gilesjuk wrote:

alicej wrote:Do I now have a good excuse to eat loads of Haribo? Yum!

They're empty calories. There's no nutritional benefit to them.

You're always better to consume either proper food or sports nutrition. Cakes, sweets and biscuits are all empty calories.

"Empty calories" are still calories and still get you over the hills though.

Depending on ride length & intensity, 2 or more from the below

Dove Farm Organic Buttery Flapjacks...delicious and already indiviudally wrapped
Home made Sausage rolls with shortcrust pastry (less mess than flaky) I use the sausagemeat from the Lidl higher quality range of sausages or Black farmer sausages. Good for salt replacement & protein intake & are a nice luxury to have on any ride.
Pecan nuts
Banana
A mid to high cocoa (45% ish) content chocolate bar

Dried apricots/pinapple pieces if on a much longer ride

I've got deep pockets!