You know, with the emphasis on health these days, one has to
weigh the choices for what fuel one takes aboard very
carefully.
Like shoot. The Power Bar [censored] cashed in his chips at
51, and that running advocate of a few years back, Jim
Fixx, joined the Celestial Marathon at only 31 (or 32, I
forget exactly).
And notwithstanding that the McMurdeBurger CEO bowed out
yesterday, Colonel Chicken was heading for a Century and the
Taco Bell guru celebrated 76 birthdays.
So Davey figured that since Power Bars are expensive
(relatively), hard to chew and digest, particularly in the
freezing cold we have had recently where I live, and taste
akin to soggy cardboard no matter what flavour is bought,
there has to be a reasonable substitute.
Having tried and abandoned GORP (Good Ole Raisins n'Peanutz)
30 years ago as not suitable for anything other than
shortish type rides/races/training-sessions, he was a bit
undecided what to do about the enroute refuelling situation.
Ergo he tried making his own oatmeal/raisin biscuits
(cookies if you prefer). Having followed Fannie Farmer to
the letter he decided that the results (disastrous) were not
worth the hassle and promised the Kithchen gods to limit his
culinary endeavours to boiling pasta and steaming rice and
beans in future.
A lengthy tour of the food outlets reveals a plethora of
``healthy bars'' and most of which contain more garbage than
a McWhatzzit VeggieBurger. VeggieBurger? Right. Everybody
knows there's no meat in their hamburgers!!
But in a Dollar store, budget priced at $1CDN (no tax) for a
package of nine were some ``Lady Sarah Date Turnovers''.
Davey bought a few packages and tried them out on a ride.
They didn't freeze, were easy to chew and digest and were
easy on the pocket.
The only problem was that they had a quite comprehensive
list of contents but no actual protein/carbohydrates/fat/etc
breakdown.
Tracking down where the Turnovers came from, actually not
a very simple task, Davey e-mailed the Importer in
Montreal and was surprised to have a reply back within
five minutes regretting that it was 17:00 Friday but
promising action on Monday.
Having tried to get Coke to give him some information on how
many bidons they used at the Tour de Farce last yesr and
been given the run around by Wankerz who had no idea what he
was talking about, Davey was sceptical.
But Surprise, Surprise. At 08:00 on Monday AM Davey had
the information he needed. And again, Surprise, Surprise.
The Lady Sarah Date Turnovers stack up very well against
Power Bars and similarly highly touted but also highly
priced fuels.
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