Rumor? New Nut mix on AA flights / and current Ramekin shortage
Oct 7, 2009, 9:41 pm
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DFW-CLT this afternoon:
Same old nuts, but served in a wine glass, not ramekins.
They were... hard to eat, at least the last few.
Same old nuts, but served in a wine glass, not ramekins.
They were... hard to eat, at least the last few.
Oct 7, 2009, 10:29 pm
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Oct 7, 2009, 10:32 pm
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looks like the sugar was just a one time coating.
Oct 7, 2009, 10:39 pm
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(working LGA-ORD pretty much all month and same nuts as we've always had. Me thinks it was a caterer issue at BNA)
Oct 7, 2009, 10:45 pm
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I don't think AA caters at BNA - they "back cater" at either DFW or LGA (from wherever the plane was coming).
Separately, on DFW-NRT on Sunday, the nuts tasted slightly different. Almost as though some Gardetto seasoning was used. Strange.
Oct 7, 2009, 11:13 pm
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Oct 8, 2009, 2:20 am
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No new nuts on the last 3 transcons this week. Must have been an anomoly.
Oct 8, 2009, 4:46 am
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Oh! My bad, I thought you were speaking about passengers on your last flight!
Oct 8, 2009, 7:03 am
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Oct 8, 2009, 7:13 am
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Got my info from the FA, who told me, "We just started serving these today." Noticed about half the seated cabin (we were about 3/4's full) was sending them back not completely consumed. Maybe AA was just trying it out on a few limited runs. Or they got a special at CostCo. But apparently it's one of the minutiae that touches a nerve amongst us who spend to much time in those freakin' Boeing (and Bombardier) tin cans.
Oct 8, 2009, 7:37 am
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Oct 8, 2009, 8:07 am
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1 transcon and two midcons in the last two days; the nut mix wasn't sugar coated (praise be!) but I did notice that it was only cashews and almonds.
Oct 8, 2009, 9:09 am
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Oct 8, 2009, 9:53 am
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I'm sitting here at HDQ, baffled that there is a whole thread about nuts..lol
Oct 8, 2009, 10:38 am
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The regular mix has way too many almonds and almost no pistachios. BTW, if you're ever stuck in coach, the buy-on-board mixed nuts (which come with cheese and crackers and raisins, IIRC) are far better than the warm nuts served up front. They're not stale and have a little bit of flavor.
