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Thru Hiker
https://www.adventurecycling.org/blog/feasting-without-a-stove/I was pedaling down the road in rural Quebec when a car pulled over in front of me. A man got out and waved for me to stop.
“Excuse me,” he said in a French accent. “Where do you eat?”
“I go to grocery stores,” I said.
“But you cook on a stove?" he asked.
“I don't have a stove,” I said. “I eat bread and cheese and simple things.”
The man broke into an enormous grin. “I always wanted to know this!” he said. “I will do this, I will bike with bread and cheese!” He shook my hand vigorously, got back in his car, and drove away. I got back on my saddle and kept pedaling toward Labrador.
I can see a few problems with this in the UK. There aren't so many roadside berries for a start and as for "a fresh loaf of local bread" well, you might as well ask for the moon (made of green cheese) on a (lolly) stick. Then there's the weather; it's good to have something hot to eat when it's cold and wet. And on occasions when she takes a jetboil anyway, why not use to cook something too?
But it's got to be said it eliminates at one stroke the entire weight of stove, pot, fuel. Plus, "I brake for blueberries" would make a good bumper (or mudguard) sticker!