Are you all nuts?

The nuttiest thing is that about the only time I eat nuts is when upgraded while flying aa. :D

This thread reminds me of the old Almond Joy jingle; "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't."

I'll find out...but I didn't think they would do a nut bowl on a breakfast-time flight. In any event, this flight may not be a good data point :)

Cheers.

My question was how did you get the flight crew to let you examine all the nut bowls to determine that half the front cabin sent each and every bowl back either halfeaten or uneaten?

Never enough pistachios.

Always too many cashews.

Oh, the difficulties of modern life... *sigh*

I liked soy nuts in the mix. I did not care for a mix containing mostly soy nuts.

IMO, you need to shake your nut bag first, and even turn it upside down a few times before serving. In doing this you ensure event nut distribution. If not, the small nuts settle on the bottom and the big nuts stay on the top.

Afterwards, you can open the bag and pour it into containers. Solves the nut problem.

Beyond this, I'll wait to cast judgement regarding the topic at hand, but I'm hoping for no sugar nuts. Lightly salted and roasted is fine.

I'd agree with all these comments. But I'd also say that adding sugar to non-dessert dishes is especially characteristic of the USA. I doubt that British Airways would have done this to the macadamias they serve in F.

(British English uses the word "savoury" as the opposite of sweet, but US English uses it merely to mean "tasty" because many non-dessert -type dishes/products in the US have sugar/sweeteners added).

Way to many Almonds; usually > then 50%

agreed Zeffer! dfw-ord, same old nuts.

My wife prefers that I serve her nuts this way. I don't really handle nuts around anyone else though, so I'm curious if others would freak out they were served nuts this way. I'd think a nut bag would be confusing upside down.

paging whirledtraveler

Costco sells a nut mix that is, as far as I can tell, identical to the mixed nuts AA serves. I had the Costco mixed nuts the other day, and I really could not tell the difference between their mixed nuts and the AA mixed nuts -- same types of nuts, same makeup (number of each nut). I warmed them up, and they tasted exactly the same.

Maybe I'm nuts, but I think that AA's mixed nuts come from the same place as Costco's mixed nuts.

In food service, as in life. :D

I think you're right. The Costco nut mix is basically identical to the one from the AA food service contractors.

I would be upset if the caterers had switched permanently to a sugary nut mix. On Hawaii routes it's okay because it's supposed to be "tropical," but I'm not sure I like the idea of systemwide.

I love the cashews. I'd take a whole bowl of them. I could do without the pistachios (they always taste stale) and the walnuts (allergic).

I believe the AA nut mix contains pecans, not walnuts. I may be wrong though.