Delta One Transcon Vegetarian Meal?
Dec 13, 2016, 7:58 am
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Agreed. They strangely will serve a pasta that is full of cheese along side other dairy substitutes.
Dec 13, 2016, 9:37 am
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Dec 13, 2016, 2:13 pm
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Dec 13, 2016, 2:46 pm
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But the point is that regular meals get a dessert (not fruit) but VLML meals get fruit, when a dessert would have been preferred by some.
Dec 13, 2016, 2:50 pm
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Dec 13, 2016, 2:57 pm
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I think the point is that all SPML get fruit as the dessert - basically they have one tray setup for the SPML, so everything has to fit the lowest common denominator. Fruit works as a dessert for vegan, bland, diabetic, etc. not just vegetarian. It's also why there's margarine instead of butter, even if the special meal is a three cheese pasta.
Dec 13, 2016, 6:20 pm
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I think the point is that all SPML get fruit as the dessert - basically they have one tray setup for the SPML, so everything has to fit the lowest common denominator. Fruit works as a dessert for vegan, bland, diabetic, etc. not just vegetarian. It's also why there's margarine instead of butter, even if the special meal is a three cheese pasta.
Dec 13, 2016, 7:03 pm
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And DL doesn't do a very good job differentiating between them. There are vegetarians (some of whom are ok with various combinations of dairy and/or eggs) and there are vegans (who are restricted to plant-based foods - I'm not sure where things like yogurt or honey stand with vegans).
The complaint I (and some other vegetarians) have with Delta is that they don't do a very good job with their VLML (Vegetarian Lacto-ovo Meals).
The complaint I (and some other vegetarians) have with Delta is that they don't do a very good job with their VLML (Vegetarian Lacto-ovo Meals).
Dec 14, 2016, 9:56 pm
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My opinion is that they serve fruit because there is a perception that people are vegetarian for health reasons and that people who choose to eat vegetarian would prefer a healthier dessert. For me, this is actually true, though I often don't like the fruit.
Dec 15, 2016, 12:40 am
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Wrp got the point, LCD is what matters. The rest was to show that fruit can be a desert the even for non special meals. Thus it's not far fetched to use it as one across special meals.