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if doing rides of longer than one hour, start eating towards the end of that first hour, then something every 45 minutes, try to alternate drinking and eating and leaving a good while between them....(water with food can just flush the nutrients through your system too quickly although a small gulp to get it down won't hurt) having said that drink often and in small quantities, don't wait until your thirsty.
There is no need to buy specialist products, for 3-4 hour rides I'll take 2 bananas and up to four Lidl cereal bars...on longer rides I'll supplement this with jam sandwiches.....really. Wholemeal bread, butter and strawberry jam provide a variety of energy sources (complex carbs, simple sugars and fat) which release at different speeds. Don't take anything you don't like or haven't tried before.
Have tried many specialist drinks however the easiest to get down for me is half water, half apple juice and a pinch of table salt....
I have never noticed any positive effect of eating pasta the night before, breakfast is far more important. Again it's personal and psychosomatic, personally an empty stomach makes me feek weak (why I don't bother with gels and prefer something more solid) and I feel empty after less than hour of eating porridge, do not under-estimate the importance of fats as an energy source...Chris Boardman didn't!
Milk is an excellent recovery drink, but if you're a bit snotty (like me) avoid before exercise....