I'm glad to hear that the gospel of stuffing your face has been heard and is helping people!
WRG you prob either had too much water or didn't cook the rice enough. You'll get it right with practice. Mine hold together well enough to remove them from the foil, but I like them partly because they are way more moist than packaged bars.
I also love caffeine. I carry No-Doze and use it occasionally around hour 4 if I'm going all day, but I'll definitely choose a coffee stop on road rides. I also sometimes carry a Red Bull (which actually has way less caffeine but still seems to work) and throw it back for the second half of all day efforts.
For the "oh shit I missed a feed and am now behind" cure I just try to catch up as quickly as possible, preferably with drink mix it I have enough of it. It usually results in an hour or two of reduced intensity but often I'll get back to business after that. It's been a long time since I really got far behind.
ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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