What food is NOT allowed on a flight?
Mar 2, 2007, 2:50 pm
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Mar 2, 2007, 3:03 pm
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Durain smell
'long dead cow' is close, but think long dead cow, in a garbage pile behind an old bar/pub that 12 drunk patrons have been sick on, the pile sitting in 40 degree summer heat... (sorry!)
Mar 2, 2007, 4:58 pm
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...and even THAT's putting it mildly...
though I love durian-flavored cream-filled confections. For some curious reason they have a deliciously subtle perfume, probably becasue the pastry chef uses a VERY llight hand when dealing with the fruit itself. Can't wait to try durians in north Thailand, in season...
Mar 6, 2007, 11:57 am
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Durian is banned from most hotels. My in-laws are very cheap but will drive 3 hours to Canada so they can pay $40 for a durian, and other nasty looking fruit, then drive home. Most of the stuff in the U.S., including at Asian grocery stores, is either frozen or does not taste properly ripened.
Right after the airlines removed food from flights I wanted to bring a giant stinky onion grinder sandwich on board in protest of the removal.
Right after the airlines removed food from flights I wanted to bring a giant stinky onion grinder sandwich on board in protest of the removal.
Mar 6, 2007, 3:05 pm
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After all these talk about durian's bad smell, " gas leak" is probably the best way to describe it...
Mar 6, 2007, 4:08 pm
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There is precedent as to the adverse affects of durians on commercial aircraft with the crash of the 737-200, Mandala Air flight 91 in Medan Indonesia September 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala...nes_Flight_091
"It has been suggested that illegal overloading could be responsible for the aircraft's apparent inability to climb, but confirming this will be almost impossible given the intense fire produced and the presence of large amounts of debris from the houses which were destroyed; however, observers reported smelling the odour of the pungent fruit in the crash. It has been widely reported that the overloading was due to 2 or 3 tonnes of durian fruit brought by the Sumatran governor and former governor travelling on the flight intended as gifts to bring to Jakarta, and not listed on the flight's load manifest. The reports claimed that the governors had already been refused travel on Garuda, the national airline, because of the excess weight of the highly prized fruit, which were then in season in Sumatra."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala...nes_Flight_091
"It has been suggested that illegal overloading could be responsible for the aircraft's apparent inability to climb, but confirming this will be almost impossible given the intense fire produced and the presence of large amounts of debris from the houses which were destroyed; however, observers reported smelling the odour of the pungent fruit in the crash. It has been widely reported that the overloading was due to 2 or 3 tonnes of durian fruit brought by the Sumatran governor and former governor travelling on the flight intended as gifts to bring to Jakarta, and not listed on the flight's load manifest. The reports claimed that the governors had already been refused travel on Garuda, the national airline, because of the excess weight of the highly prized fruit, which were then in season in Sumatra."