I can't comment on this particular meal as I rarely fly mid-cons, but I have long been of the view that US airlines should consider more cold food. IME, hot food on most domestic services (all airlines) and on a lot of international C is so inconsistent that I would rather have a consistent cold meal. The hot food is either overcooked, undercooked, half and half, dry, tasteless, etc.

I'm enough of a realist to know that domestic F will never go back to the days of more expensive, better prepared food. The economics just won't support it, except on a few rare routes. I've long thought after picking over a terrible piece of chicken or beef that I would much prefer a basic sandwich or properly cooked cold meat that I could consistently depend upon. (Also, don't heat the bread, rolls, bagels, danishes if you can't do it right. I'd rather have a cold one, than on that is dried out on one side and cold on the other.) I've long thought that we wouldn be better if we stopped pretending that domestic F is really F and just provide a good C meal instead, like the europeans do.