Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
I really would like to do a long tour someday, but the food issue scares me. I'm a veggie, and I don't eat hydrogenated oil or high fructose corn syrup (aka junk). I imagine I'd be forced to give in on the latter 2 things, and often the only vegetarian option in a lot of diner type places is iceburg lettuce salad. Not exactly pierogi.
Well, we know a couple who loaded bike toured on their own the whole length of South America. Methinks it was over 2-3 months. In some of the countries, ie. Chile, Argentina, etc., for them it was Tour de Red Meat/Just Meat. It was a serious challenge to find restaurants with vegetarian dishes to give them enough energy.

Part of the fun and challenge of loaded bike touring, is dealing with the food issues and learning which areas literally have NO food to offer, no gas stations etc. for over 50-60 kms.

Zencentury: by the way, I love asparagus. I just bought green asparagus for next few days. I just do a light stir fry with garlic, ginger, onions, sometimes with red pepper and shitake mushrooms.