Cherry tomatoes onboard
Mar 17, 2019, 9:13 am
#16
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A nice touch of retro, and the gravy/tomato/wine stains are unlikely to show.
No fee for that proposal, BA ... feel free to use it.
Mar 17, 2019, 9:16 am
#17
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I would settle for a napkin with a buttonhole. Didn't realise that napkins with buttonholes were a thing until recently, but such a splendid idea if you happen to be availed of a button on which to hang the napkin...
Mar 17, 2019, 9:26 am
#19
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I don't think there is something worse than the cooked cherry tomato.
I don't even like them that much. Fresh it's ok, but cooked and ready to explode... I admit to have left them in the plate more than once to avoid the trouble.
Oh, about the button-ready napkins: they're no use when you don't have any buttons
I don't even like them that much. Fresh it's ok, but cooked and ready to explode... I admit to have left them in the plate more than once to avoid the trouble.
Oh, about the button-ready napkins: they're no use when you don't have any buttons
Mar 17, 2019, 9:49 am
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I find I have a near 100% record for inducing turbulence by ordering red wine. I'm considering taking a travel mug with a lid next time.
And whoever thought cous cous was a good idea on a plane has clearly never tried to eat it!
And whoever thought cous cous was a good idea on a plane has clearly never tried to eat it!
Mar 17, 2019, 11:13 am
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A subtle difference between halved full size tomatoes, grilled, and oven-roasted red pellets best suited (raw) for salads. But the little ones look ‘cute’, especially ‘on the vine’.
Mar 17, 2019, 11:36 am
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I learnt long ago that, whether cooked or not, a cherry tomato should be consumed whole and not cut or pierced in any way. Whilst this may make you look like a hamster temporarily, it prevents massive staining.
Mar 17, 2019, 11:39 am
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Mar 17, 2019, 12:39 pm
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I don't think there is something worse than the cooked cherry tomato.
I don't even like them that much. Fresh it's ok, but cooked and ready to explode... I admit to have left them in the plate more than once to avoid the trouble.
Oh, about the button-ready napkins: they're no use when you don't have any buttons
I don't even like them that much. Fresh it's ok, but cooked and ready to explode... I admit to have left them in the plate more than once to avoid the trouble.
Oh, about the button-ready napkins: they're no use when you don't have any buttons
Mar 17, 2019, 1:54 pm
#26
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I like cherry tomatoes, but they always remind me of a piece I read in a 90s lads mag when I was younger. Can't remember the exact wording, but the idea was that the in-mouth explosion from a bursting cherry tomato was as close to the sensation of something far more unpleasant "exploding" in your mouth. They've never been quite the same since I read that.
Mar 18, 2019, 5:31 pm
#28
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I like cherry tomatoes, but they always remind me of a piece I read in a 90s lads mag when I was younger. Can't remember the exact wording, but the idea was that the in-mouth explosion from a bursting cherry tomato was as close to the sensation of something far more unpleasant "exploding" in your mouth. They've never been quite the same since I read that.
Mar 19, 2019, 4:54 am
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I like cherry tomatoes, but they always remind me of a piece I read in a 90s lads mag when I was younger. Can't remember the exact wording, but the idea was that the in-mouth explosion from a bursting cherry tomato was as close to the sensation of something far more unpleasant "exploding" in your mouth. They've never been quite the same since I read that.
I am delighted at this thread as I had long treated these as scatter bombs designed to reach any exposed bit of clothing. I would tell you that Him Indoors managed to get hot tomato on himsef as he sat having breakfast on the veranda in his Birthday Suit. Again, I can say no more than that I had to apply Brulodine. This doesn't really have anything to do with BA, as who sits on an aircraft thus attired?
Mar 19, 2019, 4:59 am
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Those bloody little 'sticks' of milk wind me up (right hand side of your tray).
Seemingly impossible not to spray a little bit either on you, or the back of the seat in front of you when you open them at altitude.
In the halcyon pre-BOB days it was rare to find an SH seat without little white specs of UHT milk all over the back of it.
Seemingly impossible not to spray a little bit either on you, or the back of the seat in front of you when you open them at altitude.
In the halcyon pre-BOB days it was rare to find an SH seat without little white specs of UHT milk all over the back of it.