What to eat while touring?

[TheDL]

A buddy and I are preparing for our first touring experience coming up in September. We're going to be "tent touring" and I am looking for suggestions on what to pack to eat? We'll passing through towns with grocery stores an such.
Any insight will be appreciated.

[EmmCeeBee]

Anything and everything! I was with a group once heading through eastern Oregon, we stopped in a small town and cleaned out its one grocery store -- cookies, ice cream, crackers, candy bars..... Nothing left except a couple boxes of salt. Seemed that way, anyway.

I've carried a camping stove before, but don't plan to again. For cross-country riding, it's rare that you don't pass through a few towns every day, and there you can get hot meals. You can always make sandwiches for the other days. When I'm backpacking, I wouldn't do without a stove. But on a bike it just turned out to be unneeded weight. But to each his own... Besides, it's the campfire that really makes a camp, hiking or biking.

Favorite meal now: "crab louie". Get a 1 lb packet of imitation crab meat and an 1 lb bag of salad mix. Plus a loaf of french bread. Carry it to the next campground and have a feast. Even easier than sandwiches.

That, and stop at every bakery...

-- Mark

[Durangodave]

Check out the thread called "What I learned riding across America" (or something like that.) It's in this forum section somewhere....... There some indepth discussion of touring food.

[magical311man]

it all depends on how independant you want your tour to be. some people prefer to ride, while stopping in towns and eating hot meals, or hitting the grocery store for sandwiches and ect.. I prefer to be as independant as possible, carrying my camp stove, propane, and dry food. ive mastered the art of making mac and cheese in a small camp pan, granted its only got water in it, but its high carb, minus the fat. its an amazing energy food. plus, i can unpack several boxes into one large container, and it makes alot of meals. also, its lightweight. if you do want to remain independant, you could also try ramen, and other dry items. to keep weight down, i dont take canned soup, or anything with liquid in it, because i can use my own water for cooking. i carry two water bottles on the bike for cooking, and a two litre camelback for drinking water. also, i can use my campstove to make instant coffee when i stop to cook! i hope some of this helps


daniel