Nutrition on the road - What, How and Why?

The dried salty fish, which I assume is bacalao, is usually soaked in water for 1-2 days before preparation. Mackerel is not a bad option. I dont know how they sell it abroad but here in Holland they sell it smoked and ready to eat. However, it isnt really of my taste. I'm not an easy man when it comes to fish tbh. Guess it's tuna after all.

Nope. We have a few boxes of 'Kippfisk' for bacalao in the fridge in fact. The stuff I'm talking about is dried flakes of cod for snacking on. Google is failing to find the packs which are labelled for sports use with a cyclist pic on.

http://www.klikk.no/multimedia/archive/00447/Lofoten_Torrfisk_BI_447672a.jpg

Ok, fine.
But have you tried decent sardines as opposed to basic supermarket stuff?
I won't recommend brands because I'm not in the Eurozone.

Decent sardines? they are caught, cleaned and tinned...what makes some decent and others not decent?

My tried and tested touring diet (France edition):

Breakfast:
Pain au Chocolat
Brownie's
Flan
One Coca Cola

Snacks:
Twix's
Haribo

Lunch:
Baguette
Sliced Mountain Sausage (buy the whole sausage and slice yourself)
Brie

Dinner: (no equipment, too much hassle)
Whatever the Combo meal is wherever you stop, ie the cheap starter, main and drink.
Worth buying an extra baguette in case you can't find a restaurant where you are camping (everything in France seems to be closed)

For Italy replace the evening meal with a dinner of brushcetta, then pizza then pasta, and the lunch for whatever sandwich you can force a Italian bar owner to make you.

Smallfury didn't know you were in Norway. You must have a wide variety of fish up there :) those flakes seem like a pain to eat though. Are they any good as a snack?

@Wolfe: Do you have any teeth left?

I respect the idea of those flakes. Very healthy, and convienient. But they are so horrible. I have not the words.

If I'm riding far I tend to eat 'Svele'. Big heavy pancakes that are the biological equivalent to those uber dense sawdust blocks for a wood burner.

This thread is funny. Saltfish and/or haribos. Wolfe have you considered slower burning energy?

Porage oats are always in the bags if you're cooking outdoor. Essential. Dried fruit & nuts in jersey pockets for on the road.

That's fine for breakfast but if you're at pace you don't want to be putting all that roughage / fibre into your digestive system. Embrace your sugary side...

Teach me how to make those pancake bombs please! I think I have tried something similar in Tampere, Finland. But it's never the same as the original thing..

I did a recipe for rum balls over Xmas that was about 80% oats. Not as smooth as the real deal, and by no means health food. But I did think they'd make good touring food.

The heaviest food I can eat while at pace is a clif bar. I guess there are similar ones out there. But Clif bars are just right in terms of sweetness, and consistancy for me.

For Svele.
http://www.murray.as/glenn/food/sveler/sveler.html

Thanks for the recipe, will try them out. Though for touring I can't go and bring tons of food for a month or more and I also wish to taste the local cuisine of the places I visit. Still nice to learn different kitchens!

I made a recipe some time ago for banana cookies which are great for longer rides and sportives. Will look it up and translate.

So I was experimenting a bit with foods for 4+h training rides as imo bars are way too fucking expensive. Then theres a lot of recipies around for flap-jacks or malt loaf but most of them are with much fat and/or processed sugar, which I don't like.

Some important characteristics I wanted for the food were:

• Healthy
  
• Fast & slow carbs
  
• Low fat
  
• Easy to bring in jersey pocket
  
• Easy digestible
  
• Not crumbly nor sticky, too dry or too soggy
  
• Taste good
  
  

Finally I did this recipe:

Ingredients
2 bananas (Preferably very ripe ones)
2 tbsp honey
2 handful studentenhaver which is the Dutch name for a blend of raisins and dried nuts
70g rolled oats
50g flour

Pre heat oven 170 degrees
Mash the bananas
Add the other ingredients and mix together
Make 10 portions
Bake for 20 minutes

This pic is of the first batch. The recipe has been changed a bit since but the result looks quite the same.

How do they taste?

I'm actually going to try that^

I like anything with loads of rolled oats in.

Nutritional Chart for 100g or >>>

;)

Teach me how to make those pancake bombs please! I think I have tried something similar in Tampere, Finland. But it's never the same as the original thing..

This is the first recorded statement of something positive about Finnish food being posted on the whole of the internets.

For you andy: I LOVE Suomen Makkara

Smallfurry I will also definitely try a Bucket of Bah!

Decent sardines? they are caught, cleaned and tinned...what makes some decent and others not decent?

science

and morals

. Wolfe have you considered slower burning energy?

Porage oats are always in the bags if you're cooking outdoor. Essential. Dried fruit & nuts in jersey pockets for on the road.

Yes, I suppose I go for slow burning for dinner to set yourself up for a long day but then for an on bike snack the fastest burning possible for some instant energy, Haribo also doesn't melt which is useful, also you can share with your touring pals if you are feeling kind.

and morals

No sardine or pilchard species are endangered are they? or or some line caught with love before gutting?

I wrote up the energy bars I made for winter climbing here, if anyone is interested:

http://verticaljapan.blogspot.jp/2012/02/homemade-energy-bars.html

Yet to try them for cycling but I reckon the 'active' ones would do pretty well. And they are friggin' delicious, too.

Machine, are they not just banana flapjacks essentially? Could you not make in one block and then cut into portions to avoid the appearance of sick/owl pellets

I think flapjacks are really a British thing. I'm not aware of all the varieties, but usually they involve butter and processed sugar, which I try to avoid. The first 3 recipes of banana flapjacks in Google involve sugar, syrup and less banana. Though essentially you could call mine banana flapjacks I guess. And yes, stupid me that I didnt think of cutting them afterwards!

jadias those are great recipies and open for alteration to personal preference!

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

^^ if you use lots of figs and/or dates you can use those to bind the mix. Add cornflour and apple juice or honey too if you want.

TBH though I'm pretty lazy at making my own now you can easily buy UK made Nakd bars. Clifs are expensive because they are shipped from California which is absolutely crazy food miles for a snack and even more offensive than machine's diet :)