When there is no café stop...

[Pale Rider]

Thanks 😊
Tasted good on the ride today

If I were to be ultra critical, your fruit dropped a little bit.

That always happens to a degree, but the effect can be mitigated if you dust the fruit with flour before folding it into the wet mixture.

 

[UphillSlowly]

If I were to be ultra critical, your fruit dropped a little bit.

That always happens to a degree, but the effect can be mitigated if you dust the fruit with flour before folding it into the wet mixture.

I thought the same actually. If I had used darker sugar and malt extract instead of Horlicks then it would not have been so obvious! 😀

 

[UphillSlowly]

If I were to be ultra critical, your fruit dropped a little bit.

That always happens to a degree, but the effect can be mitigated if you dust the fruit with flour before folding it into the wet mixture.

Second effort. Coated the fruit in flour this time. Worked well. Going to have to put up with pale colour as have lots of Horlicks to use up 😀

 

[cyberknight]

58 miles today
one small cereal bar and one bottle of water, was ready for my sarnies when i got home

 

[Jameshow]

This weekend mid ride food:-
Beer and chips?
Belgian bun
Bacon butties
Coop sandwiches..... Just saying!

 

[UphillSlowly]

This weekend mid ride food:-
Beer and chips?
Belgian bun
Bacon butties
Coop sandwiches..... Just saying!

All one ride? That's my kind of fueling...

 

[Pale Rider]

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Second effort. Coated the fruit in flour this time. Worked well. Going to have to put up with pale colour as have lots of Horlicks to use up 😀

Perfect fruit distribution achieved - well done.

Colour looks fine to me.

The Soreen ones are darker, but as you've discovered, there's more to malt loaves than factory made.

 

[UphillSlowly]

Today's savoury snack = cheese and pickle (thin) bagel. 😊
Tip: mix grated cheese and pickle together to make a paste so you don't lose any cheese (if you prefer grated to sliced cheese)

And yes, it probably wasn't very safe to take this picture.

 

[Reynard]

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Today's savoury snack = cheese and pickle (thin) bagel. 😊
Tip: mix grated cheese and pickle together to make a paste so you don't lose any cheese (if you prefer grated to sliced cheese)

And yes, it probably wasn't very safe to take this picture.

A cheese and chutney sandwich is my go-to when doing a packup.

Bagel thins are nice, but spendy. I tend to buy them on yellow sticker. Likewise the sandwich thin things.

 

[pjd57]

Fruit pastilles.
Instant sugar rush

 

[frazzled]

For a long ride I like to take a pasta salad. Usually tuna, conchiglie (shells), mayonaisse, sweetcorn and a little tabasco to pep it up a bit.

Good mix of protein and carbs.

Also fond of fig rolls and fruit pastilles, as already mentioned on the thread.

 

[DogmaStu]

I'm one of those few cyclists who doesn't like a cafe stop.

My training partner of the last 4 years is the same, so that works well. He makes his own food, mostly rice cakes. I prefer gels but for longer rides, I might take one banana as well. I can't stop and have a more substantial meal, cake or anything like that, I need to just keep going.

The last long solo ride I did was 225km with 2000m and I took 6 gels, no stop, circa 27km/h so a steady cruise, no big efforts.

GCN have a cyclists cook book that I purchased for my friend, he says it is very good.

 

[UphillSlowly]

Didn't plan to stop on my ride today so did a couple more things:
1. A baked spaghetti frittata

2. Did some rolled sandwiches as well to try the peanut butter and marmite combo suggested by @Dogtrousers . Think I should have spread the termite first
A.pictorial guide to "rolled sandwiches" (remove crust first):

 

[UphillSlowly]

Went for a long solo ride yesterday after camping in my friend's field. Stopped for water and also to supplement my picnic and managed to carry (top tube bag and handlebar bag) and consume:
- 2.5 litres of carby drinks
- 3 chocolate filled crepes
- 3 bananas
- peanut butter and jam sandwich (thins)
- Nutella sandwich
Picnic:
- 3 x Ham, cheese+pickle sandwiches (thins)
- packet of giant hula hoops and a can of coke (thank you co-op)
No cafe stop