A man can live on cold deli plates alone!
Jan 14, 2008, 2:50 pm
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A man can live on cold deli plates alone!
I just finished IAH-SMF-IAH-PHL-IAH-SMF-IAH-PHL-IAH-SMF-IAH
Pretty much all I had over the last 3 days was the cold deli plate (they did offer me breakfast once and the shrimp salad once - due to the meals at mealtime rule
)
The cold plate is a surprisingly consistent well balanced meal consisting of:
3 salami slices
1 turkey slice
5 - 6 cheese cubes
1 marinated sun-dried tomato
3-4 mini carrots
3 celery sticks
3 Carr’s table crackers
1 pack of Milano cookies
1 Fruit bowl (grapes, pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, orange, grapefruit)
Caloric needs can be supplemented with wine, beer, or the High-fructose corn syrup soda of your choosing.
p.s. Philly catering, the 3 blueberries were a nice touch yesterday!
p.s.s. I am delirious
Pretty much all I had over the last 3 days was the cold deli plate (they did offer me breakfast once and the shrimp salad once - due to the meals at mealtime rule
) The cold plate is a surprisingly consistent well balanced meal consisting of:
3 salami slices
1 turkey slice
5 - 6 cheese cubes
1 marinated sun-dried tomato
3-4 mini carrots
3 celery sticks
3 Carr’s table crackers
1 pack of Milano cookies
1 Fruit bowl (grapes, pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, orange, grapefruit)
Caloric needs can be supplemented with wine, beer, or the High-fructose corn syrup soda of your choosing.
p.s. Philly catering, the 3 blueberries were a nice touch yesterday!
p.s.s. I am delirious
Last edited by Matthewski; Jan 14, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Jan 14, 2008, 3:01 pm
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All the nutrients a growing flyer needs 
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Jan 14, 2008, 3:04 pm
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You got a tomato!? I never get a tomato!
Jan 14, 2008, 3:09 pm
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Don't forget that offering of a free (squished) mouse at IAH yesterday. 
I had the deli plate last night IAH-OAK and it was pretty good!
I had the deli plate last night IAH-OAK and it was pretty good!
Jan 14, 2008, 3:12 pm
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If ever a mileage run called for one's own victuals, this one did.
Jan 14, 2008, 3:25 pm
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... I had the deli plate on an OAK->IAH red-eye last week. Cheese wedge instead of cubes, with 2 small sundried tomato blobs. Surprisingly good for a snack (although I would rather have had a few Casper's Hot Dogs)...
Jan 14, 2008, 3:26 pm
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I hear it was an escapee from the test-kitchen for CO's new BF-Only lounges. They're going super high-scale, with ancient Roman Recipes. Yummm, can't wait 
Jan 14, 2008, 3:34 pm
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I hear it was an escapee from the test-kitchen for CO's new BF-Only lounges. They're going super high-scale, with ancient Roman Recipes. Yummm, can't wait
Jan 14, 2008, 3:43 pm
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The cold plate is okay for a snack, but I definitely could not live off of it for three days. The cheese cubes/wedges and fruit are the highlights - I generally do not touch the meat.
Jan 14, 2008, 6:02 pm
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Maybe the "stomper" was "Lar’baby©?"
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Jan 14, 2008, 6:52 pm
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congrats on getting through that. The chicken burrito I had was passable, though I think I would prefer the shrimp from the chemical packet.
