call me crazy, but i just love them
 

call me crazy, but i just love them. you know, airline meals served on flights. most people would gasp at this statement. but in all honestly they are really pretty darn tasty. i think the best meal i had was lasagna served with ceasar salad, garlic bread, choc fudge brownie cake. this was back in 1988 on a flight from denver to l.a. on continental. if anyone else likes airline food i want to know. its better than salted peanuts and pop, or those nasty chex party mix snacks caked down in powdered cheddar. yuck.

I didn't know that airlines served food on planes anymore, guess I have used the wrong airlines, LOL.

it usually depends a lot on who you fly with and what route youre flying. most domestic low fare carriers (like southwest) dont serve meals. sometimes there is a service upcharge for the meal. i am not sure if any carrier serves meals anymore for domestic flights (CONUS). But Im sure that for a long 16-19 hour international flight theres bound to be some meals served.

baraka, that sounds Deeeelish!! YUM, YUM!!

Just fyi, baraka, they do still serve meals on overseas flights or flights within Europe. Perhaps you should plan a European vacation. Don't book a non-stop to your final destination!! Make sure you have a stop somewhere in Europe, that way you can squeeze another yummy airline meal out of your inter-European flight. :-))

I was just about to log off when I saw this post. Your love of airline meals tickled my funny bone, and I needed that. My beloved pal LoveItaly knows why. >:D<

60 min flight LHR to EDI -- Full cooked breakfast (eggs, sausage, bacon, juice, pastry, fruit, coffee, refills) -- on a discount fare no less.

60 min flight SMF to LAX -- one SMALL bag of pretzels and 1/2 a coke -- on a "legacy" airline at full fare

Yep - Europe does it better.

seems like European airline attendants do have better culinary skills. They are actually able to cook a complete breakfast..and serve it in under 60 seconds!!..That is amazing. And yes, youre right, that is much better than any U.S. flight where the attendants are rolling the metal cart down the aisle tossing bags of stale crunchy pretzels at you. Yipes!!!!

ooops,..I meant minutes,.not seconds...sowry!!

I love airline food too! If someone next to me or across the aisle doesn't want their food, i've been know to eat theirs too! Only had 1 bad meal flying, that was on South African Airlines flying from Johannesburg to Atlanta...some kind of lamb fat in curry!

I seem to remember, a long time ago, when I was a wee Scarlett flying alone to NYC from Ca, First Class no less, they served all sorts of wonderful food, and drink. But those days seem so long ago and far away.
I think Virgin Airlines serves something good :)
Yes, P_M, LoveItaly knows just what to do and say to make a person smile.

Baraka,

Hope you can fly Midwest Express sometime. Afternoon flights feature still warm chocolate chip cookies baked in flight.

wowie!! warm chocolate cookies,...ahhh,.im in heaven. i wonder if the airline attendants have to follow those cooking directions that say "high altitude", LOL,..but as long as i get milk too with my cookies, im a happy camper,..err...flight passenger!

One can also eat quite well, even in coach, on all Asian bound flights. I've had some tasty meals on Cathay Pacific. Also, Qantas knows how to take care of their passengers.

Hi my darlin's, well my dear daughter who had to fly to Rome suddenly the 1st of June with her husband due to a lot of family problems in Rome flew in BC. The FA gave her a glass of champagne, and then talked to them and found out their problems. And so the champagne flowed. My daughter swore up and down the food was fantastic but later said "who knows, after several glasses of champagne anything would have tasted good". So that is the answer I assume, LOL. Enough champagne and even airline food tastes wonderful.

I've said it before here, I had a nice meal recently on ATA airlines on my way home to Hawaii. I can't remember what it was, but the bonus was after the movie--the flight attendants gave everyone a full-sized single serving of sorbet! In this day and age, where airlines are cutting back on the meals, this was a pleasant surprise. You could see that in the expressions of delight on everyone's faces.

By contrast, I recently had a yucky meal on Delta where the mashed potatoes tasted like they were made with sour milk, and the cooked spinach tasted rotten.

Beware....An airline meal that is served "hot" is most likely @ least 24 hours old...Think about it....Would you eat a meal in your own home that was a process taking 24 hours from start to finish?Not me.

I had a very nice meal on flight to Hawaii last year (ATA!) Was very pleasantly surprised to even get food, let alone a nice meal (with nice FAs).
Hate the peanuts, hate getting a whole can of soda (I'm probably alone there), hate paying $5 for a glass of wine (bottle cost that much), so don't do that anymore.

I can take or leave airline food. What I really miss is sitting in a drenched paddy and trying to heat up some C's on a rainy morning.

Iambooth, how long was your tour of duty in Vietnam?