What are the best foods for frequent travelers to bring on board?
Feb 10, 2009, 10:14 pm
#121
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Returning home on late night red-eye connecting to early JFK/LAX (not much to choose from there) would do Costco run before leaving LIH. Usually get some poke, some baked goods, nuts and something sweet from bakery (once brought a whole Cheesecake Factory assortment). Got teased going through security.. (they wanted some) and also was very popular w/flight crew (had exit row near galley) since we like to share. Kids got some hot cookies then 
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Now to plan for our next "long flight days" meals.
Carolyn
.Now to plan for our next "long flight days" meals.
Carolyn
Feb 11, 2009, 8:53 am
#122
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I'm trying to lighten my carryons so I no longer get so elaborate with onboard picnics, but I slip pre-packed snacks into my purse: Trader Joe's sells bags of 1-oz packs of trail mix, cashews, almonds that stave off hunger nicely. Smaller apples, sold in two-lb. bags at some grocery stores, are easy to eat onboard, as are those loose-skinned clementines. Trader Joe also sells good 72% Belgian chocolate in 3-packs of 1.65-oz bars. Still haven't figured out the "meal" part of the formula, though.
One food writer wrote about the gourmet composed salads she would bring onboard. When the FA saw the caliber of the food she was eating, she started bringing her some of the better wines from biz class :-)
One food writer wrote about the gourmet composed salads she would bring onboard. When the FA saw the caliber of the food she was eating, she started bringing her some of the better wines from biz class :-)
Feb 15, 2009, 2:45 am
#126
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My favorite thing when I'm flying out of SJC (rare these days) is a sandwich from Max's at the AA terminal - if you get it dry w/o condiments or veggies, it will hold up nicely for quite a long while, and unlike Subways their meat, cheese and bread are good enough to be palateable without condiments.
Bagel with cream cheese will also hold up nicely, as will yoghurt if you can find someplace that sells it after security. Whole fruit that can be eaten without a lot of mess is always good (apples are awesome for this as they are pretty sturdy...), as are the prepacked single serving cheese chunks ("Tillamoos" for one brand of them.)
Within security, going through of DFW if I'm in the terminal that has it I'm rather fond of Popeye's, although fried chicken is not the most "fellow passenger-friendly" choice.
I've also occasionally brought a dry chicken soup mix (just the liptop cup-o-soup although I'm sure there are better ones out there), and asked for a cup of hot water. Not bad when flying with a cold!
Oh, and Kudos bars for a sweet treat that's a bit more durable and less likely to melt than actual chocolates. Sometimes my wife will send along actual vegetables - carrots are a very durable choice, cucumbers are good in the very dry environment but don't travel as well.
Oh, and for very long flights, beef jerky is a good very durable one (although for international you need to be careful as virtually everywhere, foreign meat is a no-go at their customs, although Japan doesn't seem to care for transit-only.)
Oh, dried pineapple is another personal favorite.
Bagel with cream cheese will also hold up nicely, as will yoghurt if you can find someplace that sells it after security. Whole fruit that can be eaten without a lot of mess is always good (apples are awesome for this as they are pretty sturdy...), as are the prepacked single serving cheese chunks ("Tillamoos" for one brand of them.)
Within security, going through of DFW if I'm in the terminal that has it I'm rather fond of Popeye's, although fried chicken is not the most "fellow passenger-friendly" choice.
I've also occasionally brought a dry chicken soup mix (just the liptop cup-o-soup although I'm sure there are better ones out there), and asked for a cup of hot water. Not bad when flying with a cold!
Oh, and Kudos bars for a sweet treat that's a bit more durable and less likely to melt than actual chocolates. Sometimes my wife will send along actual vegetables - carrots are a very durable choice, cucumbers are good in the very dry environment but don't travel as well.
Oh, and for very long flights, beef jerky is a good very durable one (although for international you need to be careful as virtually everywhere, foreign meat is a no-go at their customs, although Japan doesn't seem to care for transit-only.)
Oh, dried pineapple is another personal favorite.
Feb 16, 2009, 2:15 am
#127
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Not my fault the airlines don't feed us anymore. I'm not saying they will go back to the old ways if enough folks bring bratwurst and beans on board, but there was some planning that went into airline catering back in the day. And the grab-and-go food, if any, available airside at most U.S. airports leaves a lot to be desired.
Feb 16, 2009, 3:42 am
#128
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Because I can't have gluten and not every airline or restaurant employee knows how to deal with that, I never travel without a fistful of Luna Chocolate Peppermint energy bars. Compact, nonperishable, cheap, reasonably nutritious, pretty filling, and they taste like cookies!
If I have time, I'll grab a salad at the airport if they don't look too wilted and hope they have gluten-free dressing (balsamic vinaigrette is usually safe). Breakfast is easier as long as I can find eggs and potatoes, though I don't usually take that kind of meal on the plane (and not everybody enjoys the smell of eggs).
If I have time, I'll grab a salad at the airport if they don't look too wilted and hope they have gluten-free dressing (balsamic vinaigrette is usually safe). Breakfast is easier as long as I can find eggs and potatoes, though I don't usually take that kind of meal on the plane (and not everybody enjoys the smell of eggs).
Feb 18, 2009, 4:16 am
#132
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Once I got a cheeseburger and brought it on board a United flight. Unfortunately there wasn't enough room for both my laptop and the burger and there was a good amount of turbulence going out of SFO. I should have gotten one of those japanese rice bowl thingies.
Apr 26, 2009, 1:32 pm
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