Emergency food

Nothing at all for me.But I am not on a bike ;-)

Actually,I do carry some tea bags.That is all.If I'm cooking in hostels,some salt,oil etc.

But for a normal backpacking trip,nothing. Partly as I don't want the extra weight, and partly as I don't mind trying anything I find as I go....

emergency? why? most people aren't likely to be riding in places where no
food is available.

i don't normally carry emergency food, but will pick up some snacks if the
next town/village is more than 40-50km. nothing special - whatever's on
hand at the snack shack on the edge of town...cookies, crackers, pickled
mangos, etc.

if i'm taking a jungle trail with no towns for 80km or more, and might have
to overnight, pretty much the same......only a little bit more.....and maybe
some of those extruded meat tubes with corn kernals. yum!

Choudoufu,
Emergency why? I've found I've been caught out when I'm least expecting it.
Shit day, blown tyre arriving in town when all the restaurants are closed or just taking on a route where you expect services & theres none around.
My best example would be crossing the Cardomon mountains from Koh Kong to highway 4 in Cambodia to find no Guesthouses or restaurants at the junction, long story short but arriving in Veal Rein @ 11pm I was bloody glad of that tin of tuna stashed in my bag

My emergency food is for when I get stuck on the road without any food, not for evening meal, etc. Basically something that is always in my pannier just in case.

You can normally find something, but there are the odd times when there is nothing. Normally for me its peanuts in some form. Long shelf life, easily available and plenty of energy and protein. Just what you want to avoid the bonk.

I have a bag of nuts and raisins as my emergency stash for my next trip. As its Korea, I reckon it might stay unopened.

For days that are going to be long and I'm unsure about the availability of food along the way, other than bananas I'll grab a couple bamboo joints of sticky rice, or just one if they are fairly large, at the morning market (if there is one) before heading off. Aren't you seeing any baguettes around?

I've normally got daily food in the panniers, but emergency food no, due to lack of will-power, so it would need to be something I don't find overly nice for it to stay there, but some weight loss won't hurt, that way I can eat more crap when I get home. :)

We never go anywhere without a food stash.
Even in China where there is supposedly food everywhere we often got stuck. Some of them hills go forever and we were thankful we had a stash of muesli and milky drink.

In Laos the food does get tedious. We would carry the sticky rice in a bamboo container and have some coconut drink or condensed milk and mix it together for a good sweet feed.

I always have bananas with me. Any normal day I eat 4 or 5. If there is no nearby place for breakfast I just eat a couple of bananas and drink half a litre of water.

Last year when cycling through central India I ended up having a very long day and towards the end of it I was worried I might totally 'hit the wall' and not be able to finish the day. Then I promised myself to always have a chocolate bar or some such as an emergency energy boost.

Brilliant guy,
I really appreciate the responses & I'm really looking forward to trying sticky rice, condensed milk & bananas. Sounds pretty close to the sticky rice, coconut milk & ripe mango that I absolutely adore in Thailand.
sugarsdaddy - come to think of it, no there weren't many/ any baguette vendors outside the main towns or I would have been eating them when I saw them. Perhaps Northern Laos will be different.
I have to say for me (forget the tuna) having some sachets of soup & peanuts stashed away gives me a lot of peace of mind & even if I don't use them during an entire trip I'm always glad they are there just in case.