food quality in J, and blanket safety
I am not a regular on the EI forum, so my apologies if all this is familiar territory.
We flew in EI J, EDI-DUB-ORD on an UA award (outbound was on UA to EDI). Everything was good, on-time flights and efficient friendly staff, except for the food on DUB-ORD, which was disgusting. The beef was overcooked to where it was the color of liver, all the way through. The cod tasted like it had been preserved with chemicals, somewhat like it were bacalao rather than fresh cod. Before that, the appetizers were stale and dry. Is this normal?
Also, the cabin was cool but we were not allowed to use blankets during takeoff and landing, "for our safety". I've not been on any other airline that does that. EI's partner BA doesn't do that. What's special about safety on EI?