Special meals in lhr ccr?
Aug 5, 2018, 1:18 pm
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On a similar note... just had my first Hermolis CE Kosher meal, I’m nowhere near Jewish but had heard good things about them. The starter was at least five times the size of the usual CE salmon (it was still salmon) and came with potato salad. The main was a nice bit of chicken and rice, the pudding was a sort of profiterole. Made a very nice change from the usual CE rotation, even if I baffled myself when it arrived as I’d forgotten I ordered it. The amount of plastic wrapping, both cellophane and hard plastic, on every individual item, plus over the whole thing, seemed rather OTT given recent press about single use plastics. It was nice to have masses of cutlery though.
Aug 5, 2018, 1:30 pm
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Thank you for the update!
Flying Cyclist, welcome to the world of kosher in-flight packaging! Seems like over-kill, but there is a requirement of specific wrapping needed in order to heat meals in non-kosher ovens on the plant (or CCR) which is what drives the yards or plastic used. Being US based where there are no KSML offered on any domestic flights, I suppose the overall kosher plastic impact is still down from a few years back when we would get meals on longer flights....
Flying Cyclist, welcome to the world of kosher in-flight packaging! Seems like over-kill, but there is a requirement of specific wrapping needed in order to heat meals in non-kosher ovens on the plant (or CCR) which is what drives the yards or plastic used. Being US based where there are no KSML offered on any domestic flights, I suppose the overall kosher plastic impact is still down from a few years back when we would get meals on longer flights....
Aug 5, 2018, 1:44 pm
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On a similar note... just had my first Hermolis CE Kosher meal, I’m nowhere near Jewish but had heard good things about them. The starter was at least five times the size of the usual CE salmon (it was still salmon) and came with potato salad. The main was a nice bit of chicken and rice, the pudding was a sort of profiterole. Made a very nice change from the usual CE rotation, even if I baffled myself when it arrived as I’d forgotten I ordered it. The amount of plastic wrapping, both cellophane and hard plastic, on every individual item, plus over the whole thing, seemed rather OTT given recent press about single use plastics. It was nice to have masses of cutlery though.
It prevents the risk of "cross contamination" either from forbidden foods (pork, shellfish, crustaceans, etc) or between products which people who strictly keep kosher cannot mix (such as meat-based and dairy products).In fact, most crew will ask you if they can remove the wrappings before serving you a KSML.
Aug 5, 2018, 1:57 pm
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Yes, I understand why it needs to be there, it just seems like something to consider re environmental responsibility. There was an awful lot. Cardboard...? And yes, I know saying “environmentalism” sounds a bit daft having just spent 3 hours in a metal tube spewing masses of CO2 into the air...and having ordered a KSML as I am in a metal tube spewing CO2 into the air too often. And I race bicycles, which are meant to be environmentally lovely, other than when they are transported around Europe every other week in said metal tube... One of life’s great contradictions.
Aug 6, 2018, 12:42 am
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Aug 21, 2018, 5:19 am
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Aug 21, 2018, 6:23 am
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Aug 21, 2018, 8:32 am
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