The other day at work, my boss's wife asked if I was old enough to drink before pouring me champagne.

And I'm pretty immature.

Mostly this. We all know what all the other meals are, but no one knows what this is.

Worst case scenario, it sucks, I'll ask for a pizza from the back, and if they don't have any, I'll throw a tantrum.

I believe my original post was a result of AC IT being stupid

So YYZ YEG upgraded to J a few days ago - shows NLML without me calling in
And Maradori just upgraded me on the YEG YYZ return right now, now it shows no SPML at all

There was such a small hope for AC!

I called in just now to order my SPML. At the end, the agent says "would you like me to send you an email confirming the special meal request?"...I was like...uhh, yeah, that'd be great!!

<Hang up the phone>

Go to inbox, see email. It's just an email containing my Itinerary. No mention of a meal.

Good job AC...<le sigh>

For breakfast, the CHML is usually pancakes or scrambled eggs depending on where the meal was loaded (I may have seen once French toast sticks). For lunch/dinner, I have seen chicken nuggets/fingers or pasta with tomato/cheese sauce. Often, the tray for the CHML has more stuff than the regular tray...

Throwing a tantrum over a children's meal.... sounds appropriate.

Never bothered to fake pictures of my kids meals, but they have been the following sample taken from the 12 business flight trips they have taken over a lunch or dinner menu.

Chicken strips/fingers with carrots celery and dip

Most common one was the macaroni and cheese with carrots celery and dip.

Sounds delicious.

Th chicken fingers were delicious the Mac and cheese was disgusting for me...(

I just sent a tweet to see if they can do it that way. Another benefit of social media: you're allowed to use it when on board

Edit:

I would have been very impressed if they had managed to get a meal on the flight that I've been on for the last three hours

But this is definitely easier than calling in

Chickens don't have fingers........

Perhaps a more accurate description would be formed chicken fat.
Depending upon the supplier, these "chicken" items found on airlines can contain up to 50% chicken fat with large portions of chicken by products such as blood vessels & arteries, mechanically pulverized cartilage, connective tissue & bone, skin and approximately 18-22% "meat", all glued together in a liquid dominated by preservatives, flavourings and sodium. The taste they have is not chicken but the chemical additives that compensate for the natural flavours lost during the processing. They are quick fried and flash frozen.

Ok, sure, someone's going to say stop whinging. Well, these types meals have been roundly criticized by dieticians and nutritionists. The practical solution is to offer actual chicken breast strips lightly breaded and baked. Unfortunately, these are more expensive and many consumers have been trained to eat only high fat/high sodium products. Airlines will not offer better food as long as customers happy with the lower quality crap.

Maybe someone is playing a joke on you. I have been guilty of ordering a few "special" meals for friends.

I don't think you can. Not enough time between your first leg and return leg.

I know how bad it is for me. I simply do not care

And in some parts of the world, sausages are made from recycled newsprint.

And please don't bring up these shrimp farms. Shrimps are not what they used to be anymore.

As to tilapia, it has more saturated fat than ground beef.

Uh, well, I already posted that I did it

They want 18 hours notice, and there's about 24 from landing to departing, so that wasn't an issue.