Super-sized meals on our bike trips

[TrekTheKaty]

YUM! I need to make polenta lasagna.

My fav memory is riding 20 miles to eat breakfast. The special was a bacon omelette, and for some reason, that sounded wonderful. My hubby shook his head as I gulped it down. I still don't regret it, but I belched bacon for the 20 mile ride back TMI? Sorry

And I have to mention it again--the Tour de Doughnut in St. Louis. I haven't done it yet, but it involves specially designed doughnut smashers to maximize consumption. Yep.

[Owlie]

I dunno, since I manage to eat everything in my kitchen that isn't nailed down after rides, a big dish of something with protein and salt in it sounds pretty good.

Not sure I could do doughnuts on rides... but then, DBF tells fond stories about grabbing French toast sticks and Coke on rides with his scout troop. The Coke I can understand. But the toast...ick! (That and the amount of sugar from the fake syrup and the Coke...the idea makes my pancreas want to go into hiding.)

[shootingstar]

I could not do deep fried foods on a bike ride. None of my pics include deep fried because when we were confronted with these large dish experiences, 99% of time it was not deep fried dish. Neither he nor I like much deep fried foods at all.

Sure I've had a doughtnut here and there but I don't go out of my way at a coffee shop off bike during a long loaded trip ride, to buy a doughnut. It would be more of a muffin or bagel if it has to something like that and if given a choice.

TrekKaty- the polenta appetizer was VERY light and hence very surprising to us. Light as a cloud! The waitress kept saying that there was no tapioca in it...my partner didn't believe her because he figured she wouldn't understand an old European technique of fluffing some carb thing. Of course, no restaurant would want to mention the use of tapioca in a dish.

[Owlie]

Thinking about it, I could probably do one doughnut per ride. Clearly, I should test it. For science.

Coke is actually one of my preferred post-ride foods, as it seems to keep the post-ride headaches away. I think it's the quick sugar delivery and caffeine.