When we asked how you keep fuelled up when riding we got a wide range of answers, some obvious, some not so much. Here are your top ten choices.
9= Dripping sandwiches — 5%
Get dripping from the bottom of the tray, with all the tasty bits from the roast in it, and make yourself a classic Yorkshire mucky tucky sandwich — beefy yumminess!
9= Jam sandwiches — 5%
A Proustian reminder of childhood Sunday nights and one of the cheapest sources of portable calories. Posh it up with crusty bread and fruit spread or go the full Warbutons and Robertsons combination.
8 Maltodextrin — 7%
When we asked about ride fuel we were thinking of things you eat, but a few of you told us you like to make your own liquid fuel based on maltodextrin, the main ingredient of most commercial energy drinks. You can find it for a bit under £2.50 per kilogram.
6= Caramel Stroopwafels — 8% (£17.57 for 36)
Reader unclebadger says these are “compact, tasty, packed with energy-boosting calories, taste delicious and non-artificial.” He addd: “They also get more gooey when out for a long ride but don’t get sticky because the waffly bits stop the caramel leaking out, well, mostly.”
6= Fig rolls — 8% (£10.20 for 12x200g packs)
Another satisfying combination of crunch and sweet, with some handy fibre from the figs to keep things, er, moving.
5 Finely sliced medium-rare Chateaubriand in a sourdough roll with peppercorn sauce — 9%
Yess, thank you, VonPinkhoffen, also known as my old mucker Gareth who clearly has more refined tastes than most of us. “It’s Not the easiest to eat on the move, but a gentleman should dine on nothing less,” he says, and recommends the fare at Hawksmoor for his fellow steak lovers.
3= Flapjack — 11%
One of the easiest portable foods to make at hose, flapjacks are a rich source of calories thanks to all that butter, sugar and syrup, held together with oats. Question is, do you buy them, or make your own?
3= Bananas — 11%
The classic cyclist’s portable snack: , cheap, tasty, filling, full of energy and packaged in its own bio-degradable wrapper.
2 Malt loaf — 12%
There’s a definite trend of ‘sticky’ running through this list. Taking the number two slot, malt loaf, that uniquely British chewy confection that can’t quite decide whether it’s cake or bread. Either way it’s delicious with cheese or thickly spread with butter.
1 Cake — 13%
Taking the top spot, though not by as much as some predicted, the cafe stop staple. ‘Cake’ covers a huge range of sweet treats, though, from Victoria sponge to carrot cake and from chocolate brownies to Black Forest gateau. Tell us your favourite in the comments!
17 thoughts on “People’s Choice: Your top 10 favourite cycling foods revealed”
Everything looks so tasty
Everything looks so tasty (except the one thing I put my name to). Want to try that stroopwafle. Looks awesome
Stroopwafles are amazing, but
Stroopwafles are amazing, but for maximum amazingness, warm them over a coffee.
mmm stroopwafles i need some
mmm stroopwafles i need some now…… As for flapjacks I always make my own, its hit and miss with store bought ones. Mine should never be eaten if your not riding I worked out the numbers and was around 600cal per slice!
Hey John, in my defence, it
Hey John, in my defence, it was you who first recommended I eat “real food” whilst riding.
If only silver service was more aero…
Hey Kenyond, Do you have a
Hey Kenyond, Do you have a decent recipe? I’ve set myself a project of making flapjacks, bought a scales and everything. My first batch was a disaster through an oven temperature error on my behalf. The second batch was much better but not chewy, more like really tasty oaty biscuits.
I used honey instead of syrup which may be a cause. Also, I keep baking for 30-40 minutes at 150c like all the recipes suggest but tht sounds too long to me.
Care to share your wisdom
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guyrwood wrote:
(sorry for jumping in)
I use this recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/honeyflapjacks_73203 but add a banana (ripe and mashed) and cook lower and slower (ovens are very different) until golden on the edges only and this keeps them moist and chewy.
VonPinkhoffen wrote:
Just to add to this, i do the following
250g butter
250g Soft Brown Sugar
2-3 tablespoons honey/syrup
500g porridge oats
handfuls of dried fruit, raisins/apricots etc. Sometimes Chocolate chips too!
Melt the Butter/Sugar together in the microwave at 1min bursts. pour over oats and mix together, add fruit, spoon into lined baking tray. cook at 180oc for 10-15mins or until golden. let cool. cut up and stuff in that back pocket!!
guyrwood wrote:
I use dark brown muscavado sugar instead or regular sugar add in some golden syrup and butter or veg oil. Mix together on a low heat then add in dried fruit, oats, pinapple juice and cinnamon. Mix well and remove from heat, spread in an oven tray and pop in the oven. If you like them crunchy spread thin and raise the temperature, if you like them gooey spread it thicker cook slower.
As for weights and measurements ive no idea and do it by eye and adjust the oats and fruit accordingly.
Another thing I have done in the past that worked out nice was add some protien powder in to the mix, ive also added marshmallow fluff and chocolate drops (that was nice).
I do have a few riding buddies that want them on all our rides
Cheers dude, I might give
Cheers dude, I might give that a try tommorrow. I’ve told my work buddies I won’t inflict my experimental flapjacks on them until I get it right
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Are Jaffa Cakes really cakes?
Are Jaffa Cakes really cakes? Or more of a biscuit?
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
If you know, please tell HMRC
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
They’re cakes.
Cake goes hard when its old, biscuits go soft.
gsavill90 wrote:
What about those soft American style cookies? They seem to go hard.
gsavill90 wrote:
Ah, that old chestnut.
Before pointing out the obvious flaw in that argument, allow me to point out the updated laws on biscuit/cake classification.
1) If you get more than one in a packet, it’s likely to be a biscuit.
2) If it’s smaller than your fist, it’s a biscuit.
and
3) If it is improved by dunking in tea, it’s a biscuit.
Slam dunk on all three. Jaffa cakes are biscuits. 100% of fact.
Now then, the other thing. Whether ‘legally’ a biscuit or a cake… who lets jaffa cakes become ‘old’? Sociopathic behaviour, that.
No jelly babies? A travesty,
No jelly babies? A travesty, I tell you…
…and whilst we’re at it.
…and whilst we’re at it. Who a) slices and b) butters malt loaf????
Put the packet in your jersey pocket. Gnaw a chunk off when needed. Don’t try to get all poncey with knives or add unnecessary spread thingies.
(see also: butter on croissants. They’re MADE of butter. Dunk ’em in your espresso).
Yours,
andyp, DeBrett’s cycling correspondent.
If ive got a malt loaf at
If ive got a malt loaf at home there is nothing better than slicing that bad boy up toasting it and buttering it, soooooo good