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10 Aug 2005, 10:39
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I am an idiot
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The cold hard truth
There are just two types of people in this world;
Those who like aeroplane food and those who dont!
To be honest I find those people who dont like aeroplane food are the sort of people you wouldnt want to spend time with. They tend to be the wastrels of life, people who dont have money or class.
No frills carriers like easyjet were not created for rich cultured men like myself, rather they cater to the lower end of the travelling public who dont have the money to eat at 36,000 feet up.
And that is the cold hard truth.
Last edited by CrashTester; 10 Aug 2005 at 12:14.
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10 Aug 2005, 10:49
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1up on you
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Re: The cold hard truth
To be honest i love aeroplane food, i really do. It tastes nice imo and I always take my mates or familys food if they dont eat, its so yummy i can taste the breakfast (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, bread roll, tea, coffee, orange juice, butter...mmmmm)
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10 Aug 2005, 11:21
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Re: The cold hard truth
Other than the cheap airlines that make you pay for things, I have had great experiences.
Fying mostly Air Nz, I found they have decent food and being a NZer flying from NZ it is always fresh local stuff eg lamb or beef. Then flying on Emirates from NZ they had NZ lamb or NZ fish, and good wine, Air NZ also have good white wine, both had good beers, Emirates had the better whiskeys.
All in all, if you fly the no frills, you get what you pay for, and often if you know what your doing you can get just as cheap international fares on real airlines. Eg when i flew emirates from NZ to Aussie, (i never did the return), it only cost me $130NZ and that was cheeper than most of the no frills airlines. Just gotta shop around a bit and be flexible, then you get good food and wine and whiskey, and the hostesses are less tarty and in turn, hotter.
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10 Aug 2005, 11:25
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1up on you
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Re: The cold hard truth
The best airlines ive found have been emirates, lufthansa and ba.
Emirates imo is a class above the rest, I really enjoyed my experience travelling with them.
Lufthansa has great german beer and as the plane was empty to berlin I got to sit in "business class".
I also enjoyed BAs breakfast, although the last time I travelled with BA (a month ago) there breakfast was shite, being a terrible ham and tomato croissant at 7am it was so wrong, but thats the only real bad experience I have had with them, however I feel they are going down hill but we will see.
Generally airlines are what you make of it, enjoy the experience and see it as a relaxing sit down for 12 hrs and its enjoyable imo.
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10 Aug 2005, 11:48
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Re: The cold hard truth
When I flew in one of these death birds I chose the no frills option - "Freedom Air", an entirely misleading and deceptive moniker as I felt far from free during my hellish adventure.
I recall ordering a packet of nuts from the airline slave people and was forced to pay for the privilege as apparently nuts are a scarce commodity at 30,000 feet.
They tasted as nuts do, neither here nor there; and given the dire warnings of others regarding airline "food" I was pleasantly surprised.
Yet at the end of it all I couldnt help feeling short changed; here I had paid this airline to transport me to the filthy colonial hellhole that is Australia and they had the nerve to charge me for a packet of nuts.
Next time it will be Emirites or nothing. Though for the life of me I cannot think why I would wish to return.
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10 Aug 2005, 12:13
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Next goal wins!
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Re: The cold hard truth
yeah, you normally have to pay for stuff in this world
i blame capitalism, join us and overthrow the unjust system brother!
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10 Aug 2005, 12:19
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Re: The cold hard truth
I think aeroplane food has improved in recent years, but maybe I am just getting less fussy.
I do enjoy it now anyway.
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10 Aug 2005, 12:23
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Guy next door
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Re: The cold hard truth
Last time I had airplane food I got really terrible pieces of chicken that tasted like plastic drowned in a horrible moist which was called the sauce.
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10 Aug 2005, 12:40
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by pig
Generally airlines are what you make of it, enjoy the experience and see it as a relaxing sit down for 12 hrs and its enjoyable imo.
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Yeah, thats why i like emirates, and im assuming singapore, dubai, etc are the same.
You sit, relax, watch movies/send emails/watch TV shows/watch the cameras on the plane/play games (crappy as they are), while people feed you when you need it, and bring you drink when you desire. You can even send txts and shit from your own seat. Whats not to love.
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10 Aug 2005, 13:09
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Re: The cold hard truth
i think good airline food is essential to any enjoyable trip.
i think it helps settle the stomach and passes the time of the flight much better than anything else. Plus it means you are still full of beans when you get to the other end, allowing you to get on with your journey.
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10 Aug 2005, 13:28
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home wrecker
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Re: The cold hard truth
eating helps reset your body clock when travelling across time zones.
true story
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10 Aug 2005, 15:00
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mmm.. pills
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Re: The cold hard truth
I've had varied experiences with airline food, but generally found it quite good. Irrespective of the food content I have an attraction to the concept of a proportioned and cleanly laid out meal. Each dish is in its own compartment and everything is identically set to a particular portion size, I don't know why, I have a simular attraction to army ration packs, go figure. Though the highlight for me is always the crusty bread roll with butter spread on it, as long as I have this it doesn't matter to me what everything else tastes like.
Also, whether you realise it or not, most airline food packages are actually cooked in a kitchen by a real chef owned by the airline franchise itself. This puts the quality a notch above your typical microwave dinner.
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Originally Posted by Cooling
When I flew in one of these death birds I chose the no frills option - "Freedom Air", an entirely misleading and deceptive moniker as I felt far from free during my hellish adventure.
I recall ordering a packet of nuts from the airline slave people and was forced to pay for the privilege as apparently nuts are a scarce commodity at 30,000 feet.
They tasted as nuts do, neither here nor there; and given the dire warnings of others regarding airline "food" I was pleasantly surprised.
Yet at the end of it all I couldnt help feeling short changed; here I had paid this airline to transport me to the filthy colonial hellhole that is Australia and they had the nerve to charge me for a packet of nuts.
Next time it will be Emirites or nothing. Though for the life of me I cannot think why I would wish to return.
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Go back to that island of yours you dirty sheep shagger, and while you're there learn how to pronouce chips
On the topic of airline nuts though, myself and many other people have consistantly been doubfounded by the warnings they put on those packets.
"Serving suggestion - Open packet, eat nuts" - oh shit was that what I was supposed to do with them.
"Warning: May contain traces of peanuts" - How thoughtful of them to let me know, what they negliected to mention was it may also contain pieces of the packet designer's labotomised brain, oh well.
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10 Aug 2005, 15:05
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BlueTuba
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Re: The cold hard truth
On a side note about airline food.
Is there always that one bit that "I'm not touching if you paid me"?
While i've enjoyed airline food, I can't recall ever finishing an airline meal.
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10 Aug 2005, 15:08
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Gone
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Re: The cold hard truth
Airline food has a taste of it's own. I don't know what they do to it, but it's unique and quite awful.
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10 Aug 2005, 15:36
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I am an idiot
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by djbass
Irrespective of the food content I have an attraction to the concept of a proportioned and cleanly laid out meal. Each dish is in its own compartment and everything is identically set to a particular portion size, I don't know why, I have a simular attraction to army ration packs, go figure.
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10 Aug 2005, 15:45
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home wrecker
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Re: The cold hard truth
it's the start of OCD folks, you heard it here first!
(either that or he's just anully rentive)
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10 Aug 2005, 15:48
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Spelling is for pussies
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Re: The cold hard truth
Airline food is barable upto Club class.
At club and above, you get a menu and everything. And you are allowed as many cookies / chocolate bars / sandwiches as you can eat during the flight.
Almost makes up for the x6 cost :eek:
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10 Aug 2005, 16:03
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mmm.. pills
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by MAdnRisKy
it's the start of OCD folks, you heard it here first!
(either that or he's just anully rentive)
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Hey it worked for Howard Hughes!
I just thought about it some more, it's not limited to just portioned food but preserved or long life products as well. I love freeze-dried icecream, and those space bars. I also love long life, powdered or evaporated milk over the regular stuff.
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10 Aug 2005, 16:05
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Re: The cold hard truth
The cold hard truth is that this is a thread about airline food.
And nearly everybody who posted did so gave serious and extensive replies on the subject.
The cold hard truth is this: we're all mongchops.
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10 Aug 2005, 23:31
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Re: The cold hard truth
Airline food sucks.
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10 Aug 2005, 23:36
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Re: The cold hard truth
Airline food should be chopped instantly into small pieces so it can be eaten with fork alone after that point.
This allows you to carry on watching the film/reading your book/whatever while one hand eats food and the other pours wine down your throat to disguise the taste.
Tbh, the food in Club etc is all very nice, but don't for a second go down some sort of 'oh yes, it's Egon Ronay at 30,000ft daaaaaaaaahling' on me, for I shalt tell thee to go **** thyself for thou art lying.
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10 Aug 2005, 23:50
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Bored
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Re: The cold hard truth
of course, yours comes liquidised for you to suck through a straw.
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10 Aug 2005, 23:52
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: The cold hard truth
Ste wins a week in RP for coming up with a new 'DM is old joke' that actually made me smile.
Congratulations!
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11 Aug 2005, 00:20
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Bored
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Re: The cold hard truth
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11 Aug 2005, 00:43
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Re: The cold hard truth
flying is for for yobs and journalists.
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11 Aug 2005, 01:01
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
Airline food has a taste of it's own. I don't know what they do to it, but it's unique and quite awful.
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Agreed.
It smells, tastes, looks, and makes you want to vomit.
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11 Aug 2005, 01:02
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
The cold hard truth is this: we're all mongchops.
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I have noticed that the mongchops on airlines are not as good as the ones you prepare at home.
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11 Aug 2005, 15:52
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Re: The cold hard truth
There's nothing like Mom's warm apple mongchop.
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11 Aug 2005, 16:04
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Re: The cold hard truth
Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashTester
There are just two types of people in this world;
Those who like aeroplane food and those who dont!
To be honest I find those people who dont like aeroplane food are the sort of people you wouldnt want to spend time with. They tend to be the wastrels of life, people who dont have money or class.
No frills carriers like easyjet were not created for rich cultured men like myself, rather they cater to the lower end of the travelling public who dont have the money to eat at 36,000 feet up.
And that is the cold hard truth.
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11 Aug 2005, 17:27
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Re: The cold hard truth
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11 Aug 2005, 17:31
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Re: The cold hard truth
heh.
they saw this thread and revolted.
clearly.
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11 Aug 2005, 17:55
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Re: The cold hard truth
i had a nice steak on the way back from canada on my flight :eek:
ive not noticed anything wrong with airline food, bar the tiny portions and trays they come on
i even got free wine during the flight, and this was the cheapy option too!
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11 Aug 2005, 18:41
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Re: The cold hard truth
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Originally Posted by Phil^
i had a nice steak on the way back from canada on my flight :eek:
ive not noticed anything wrong with airline food, bar the tiny portions and trays they come on
i even got free wine during the flight, and this was the cheapy option too!
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and you keep saying there is nothing wrong with you!
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