jb1012xna

The Spinach and Mushroom Omelet on SEA-ATL this week. It was decent, maybe a 6/10. The bread and fruit were fairly fresh. The omelet was definitely messy once you cut into...spinach and cheese and mushrooms everywhere. I think I would have preferred the chia "pudding"with blueberries but unfortunately that wasn't a choice.

JAXPax

The cookies at Midwest were par-baked pucks (so generally safe to eat since that came from a commercial kitchen). The station received them sort of like a bag of cookies to finish you'd get from Schwan's. Ramp agent usually then placed them on oven trays (this is where dubious prep took place - usually in a break room, and not real sure the oven inserts were cleaned often) and load into an atlas container to put on the aircraft. They did get to a point where all catering was done solely in MKE/MCI/OMA and everything was double catered. The airline bought commercial fridge/freezers and put them in the break room for the ramp agents to pull the containers with the next day's "fresh" food buy on board for the night, if they remembered to do so.

But last 20-25% of the cooking was done on board, but mainly for firming up. Yeast should be dead and the starches set from the first cooking episode. But you are correct in not baked from scratch. I have seen cookies baked from scratch on board.... while riding out a rain storm waiting on the busses of passengers on an Omni B777... for the crew (and me) of course.

MSPeconomist

Yeast? That's not at all common in cookie recipes. If the cookies are supposed to rise, this would be accomplished with baking powder and/or baking soda.

I think the issue is that some flour should be heated thoroughly before it's eaten, although there are commercial producers of cookie dough who seem to encourage it to be eaten raw, plus common grocery store items like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream suggest that they contain raw cookie dough.

flyerfirsts

I wonder what in the world mushroom and scallion bulgogi is when bulgogi means fire meat, and the bulgogi part is literally meat and nothing other than flavorings. Honestly, the impossible dishes all seem impossibly confused and bad.

MSPeconomist

I find it discouraging that all three out of the three choices are described as spiced. Some people cannot or do not want to eat spicy foods, especially when traveling.

flyerfirsts

I think the chicken is safe and they mean spiced as opposed to spicy. At least they would if they are doing these right. Dukkah is spices but not hot

flyerCO

Even then, normally with three choices one should be a bit "basic." People have issues with simply being spiced, doesn't need be spicy as in hot to ve issue.

PDXNRTLHR

I think those manufacturers heat treat the flour before making the dough. I've done the same at home when I've craved edible cookie dough. I just put the flour on a plate and microwave for a few seconds (I don't remember the specific time required).

findark

I would assume that the mushroom is somehow prepared "in the style of" bulgogi, as if it were a meat substitute. Which is kind of weird since it's on an impossible burger.

I agree that I don't find any of those menu choices particularly appealing, and I think they are shooting themselves in the foot with having two cold options.

Dawgfan6291

bread and butter pickles are a thing. They tend to be more on the sweet side vs a sour dill style pickle.
100% this. Delta really should be offering 1 KISS meal Lot of people don't have expansive palate and want something on the simpler side.

The other thing is, Delta needs to think about kids too. If they aren't going to offer a kids meal anymore, then that is another reason for a KISS meal. They keep talking about the new push for high value leisure travel, well a part of that is that more and more people are bringing their kids with them into first/business classes. They should have something to eat just like everyone else.

Its not like the old days anymore. When I was growing up my parents would stick my happy ... in the back of the plane while they sat up front(full on Home alone style, but they never lost me haha). More and more parents aren't doing this. They are buying their kids a seat up front with them.

had anyone ever had a diabetic meal on Delta? Just curious if they are as good as the ones look on American? I don't think ive ever tried a Delta special meal to be honest.

Dawgfan6291

exactly what I was thinking.

I'm over the impossible stuff. wasn't bad at first but I feel like every damn flight now is impossible something. On that flight im probably trying to chicken and making sure I eat in the club before hand.

jjl468

Meal selection for D1 SEA-JFK. This is going to be my first time in D1 and all of the meal options sound delicious. Currently leaning towards either the omelet or the smoked salmon plate but would appreciate any recommendations if anybody has a favorite from this list.

slidergirl

I saw someone was asking about the cod dish out of CDG. I had it back on aug 6 on the way to SLC. Dinner was served in 3 parts: soup, salad and bread, then entree, finally dessert. The salad was a nice greens mix with tomatoes and little mozz balls. The soup was a very good cream of leek. The bread was warm. The presentation of the cod wasn't pretty, but it was really good. It was moist and the sauce went with it and the veggies. I got the ice cream for dessert.
For the pre-arrival meal, I had the cold salmon salad. A nice little asian dressing to put on it. I was satisfied.

tjm

I'm not sure there is anything worse on a plane than "cold chicken breast" served any style. In the late 90s, it was pretty much the only thing USAirways was serving and I'll never get over it.

As for "Impossible", my daughter is vegan and tells me there is nothing worse than fake meat, regardless of brand. That's enough for me to avoid it.

If presented with these options, there is zero chance I would select any of them.

coke cans and winglets

Not flying a 900+ mile route of JAX any time soon (at least not planned yet) but I’m a little curious what’s going on for their catering. JAX-MSP is running on the A319 right now and JAX-BOS is about to get a frequency on the A220 and somewhat curious if those will have meals or not because I think they could go either way. There’s not many flights out of JAX that are 900+ miles, however, there’s also a SkyClub there so at the same time it seems like they could have something. Just crossed my mind and am curious now, thoughts?