I read this because of your reply to my 1st comment on 'How do I write so much...'. This post isn't too shabby. At least it's useful. I've read some posts that seem to last forever because they're so bad, and only once I finished reading them did I realise that they didn't even have any helpful tips/thoughts.

Its always to better to be always ready. I also do the same, sometimes its like I'm going to a picnic.

It's hard to buy groceries when you're traveling for work. I often end up just eating at random restaurants due to time constraints and extended meetings. I like canned salmon, crackers, bananas and carrots -- stuff that are quick & easy to snack on.

I buy groceries when traveling too, where grocery stores exist. When in urban areas, eating out all the time gets tiresome and is expensive. In rural areas, markets, street-side stalls, and people's homesteads are a good place to get fresh fruit and the local starchy staple food. A nice alternative is being invited by the locals to their homes for a meal.

Canned tuna is great — except in Ethiopia!!! I bought some tins to mix with pasta while camping in the Simiens. It's bloody awful. Smells like cat food, tastes way too salty, and it's really ground up, no texture whatsoever.

I also always carry a jar of peanut butter and a jar of honey, so that when I can't find any food I have a backup. This works when cycling though remote parts of Africa when you're between villages. Can go with bread, chapati, foufou, put the peanut butter on rice or even pasta, whatever you can find.