Favorite Convenience Store/MiniMart Foods

[jobob]

heh, which nasty climb was that ?

Lee & I bailed out on Sierra Rd today, almost 1 mile into the climb, at the empty lot at the left turn that comes after the very steep right bend and the gated house with the loud barking dogs (I imagine they serenaded you yesterday). That's where you & Thom passed me while I was stripping down the day of the Tour of CA. Something about that one section really gets me. Could have something to do with the fact that it's about a 16-18% grade around that bend. This is where my legs feel like they want to give out and brain starts screaming to myself "3 more miles of this, are you nutz??"

Anyhow, Lee pulls up and asks me how I'm doing (oh fine honey, my eyes usually roll back into my head like this ) and he says he's not having much fun either and do you want to bail and try it again sometime (yes!) so we turned around and headed back down (whee!) and hung a left onto Piedmont and headed towards nearby Alum Rock Park. The climb up to that is way shallower, thank goodness.

But before we got there we spied the infamous 7-Eleven at Noble & Piedmont and I thought to myself "mmmmm...Ho Ho's" and wonder of wonders they were having a 2-for-one sale on them. So we each had a package of Ho Ho's to feast on while relaxing at a picnic bench listening to the relaxing babbling noises from Peneticia Creek and admiring the purple-blue flowering vinca vines along the creek. Ahhhh.

[Veronica]

Yes - it was before Sierra. I think it's what got me up it. Wasn't the creek lovely! It was nice riding alongside yesterday. Hmmm... Ho Hos.

V.

[Aint Doody]

I like Payday candy bars. I think I read somewhere that the combo of nuts and nougat (what the h#11 is that anyway) is the best selection from the candy aisle. I just know it tastes good to me.

[jobob]

I've been known to eat a PayDay, or three.

( I've faced up to the fact that I bike to justify eating junk food ...)

[slinkedog]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Paydays. Had one yesterday on my ride, thanks to Carimail!! (Thanks for pointing them out, Jo and SK. They're the BEST!)

[Technotart]

Ok - I have to ask - how much does this twinkie recommending nutritionist weigh, what's her bmi and her cholesterol?

I absolutely agree with Eden and the whole hydrogenated oil thing. If you are going to eat garbage, at least make it real instead of artificial garbage, your body handles those artificial fats a whole lot differently than the real thing. So while that twinkie may be lower in fat than some foods, the net negative effect of that fat is far greater than say a handful of chocolate with a much higher fat content.

[jobob]

I figure a Ho-Ho once in a while isn't going to kill me.

[fixedgeargirl]

Yesterday I tried a Starbucks frappacino - right before my nasty climb. Surprisingly it sat well.

V.

Chocolate milk with a kick !

[Brandi]

I figure a Ho-Ho once in a while isn't going to kill me.

everything in moderation i say. I have kfc once a year. I really like to go to a coffee shop and get local baked goods when i am riding. I haven't had a hostess anything for years. I have a feeling they wouldn't taste the same. i had my god child over here a couple weeks ago. We had craft mac and cheese for dinner ( I eat trader joes natural mac and cheese now) i used to live on this stuff but I think they have changed the flavor of the cheese and the noodles didn't seem the same anymore. I am afraid a ho ho won't tast the same as it did when i was a kid.

[slinkedog]

I don't know, Brandi... Hohos still taste pretty darn good to me. Although I have to say that Suzy-Q's are better.

[makbike]

My favorite by far would have to be an ice cold Diet Coke and a package of Little Debbie Swiss Roll. I'm addicted to both and boy do they taste great on a long hot ride.

[Nanci]

I haven't been able to eat KFC since that video of the chicken processing plant was on the Internet a few years ago, showing how they tortured them before killing. Nice. I just look at a KFC and it makes me ill.

Now Krystal Chicken Bites, that's a different story!

Nanci

I could go for a Hostess Cupcake right now...

[uk elephant]

I haven't been on any cycling trips long enough to warrant a convenience store stop, but on long car journeys in the US I was a big fan of sour patch kids. That stuff is like candy crack. Once you open the bag you can't stop and it gets you completely wired . Not sure what's in them and I'm not so sure I want to know.

[yellow]

I usually end up with...Gatorade or the equivalent. My system is so wacky these days I'm leery of eating anything other than what I bring in my pocket.

Chocolate milk before, during, or after a ride would put me in bed for a couple of days. I really miss milk, and yogurt, and ice cream....*sigh*

[Eden]

I usually end up with...Gatorade or the equivalent. My system is so wacky these days I'm leery of eating anything other than what I bring in my pocket.

Chocolate milk before, during, or after a ride would put me in bed for a couple of days. I really miss milk, and yogurt, and ice cream....*sigh*

If you can tolerate soy there is a brand of soy ice cream - Soy Delicious - up here that will make you forget ice cream was ever made with milk. Some of the flavors are a bit weird and I avoid the Cookies and Cream, but the Chocolate Velvet and the Vanilla are very good and a fairly un-guilty pleasure. It really is good - I've had other soy/rice based ice creams and they usually have a funky after taste, but this brand doesn't.