Do you take your own food on the plane?
Mar 29th, 2005, 07:36 PM
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Hi LoveItaly-I hope it's OK to chime in here-we use a small softsided,insulated lunch bag-similar to the one pictured here
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...sin=B0002IC1XY
we have purchased them at Long's,Target
OSH and safeway-I think ours are smaller,and minus the water bottle,but the pic will give you an
idea.
Either a small Rubbermaid
"blue ice" pack or a frozen bottle of water does the trick to keep it cool
(put either of these in a baggie as there will be condensation as they slowly un-freeze.)
I pack the bread/chicken/lettuce/condiment
all seperately in baggies and tiny
Rubbermaid containers or get your mustard or mayo in those little fast food packets-and put it all in the frig the night before. The nice thing about the fast food condiment packages is if they have never been opened they do not need refrigeration.
It's a zip to do a quick assemble on board and nothing gets soggy. I frequently toss in some celery or carrot sticks and fruit-the smaller yogurts are great on a trip of 4+ hours.
We do this all the time on our flights. Really these things are very lightweight and compact-most have a shoulder strap. They pack flat to bring home.
Hope this helps!
R5
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...sin=B0002IC1XY
we have purchased them at Long's,Target
OSH and safeway-I think ours are smaller,and minus the water bottle,but the pic will give you an
idea.
Either a small Rubbermaid
"blue ice" pack or a frozen bottle of water does the trick to keep it cool
(put either of these in a baggie as there will be condensation as they slowly un-freeze.)
I pack the bread/chicken/lettuce/condiment
all seperately in baggies and tiny
Rubbermaid containers or get your mustard or mayo in those little fast food packets-and put it all in the frig the night before. The nice thing about the fast food condiment packages is if they have never been opened they do not need refrigeration.
It's a zip to do a quick assemble on board and nothing gets soggy. I frequently toss in some celery or carrot sticks and fruit-the smaller yogurts are great on a trip of 4+ hours.
We do this all the time on our flights. Really these things are very lightweight and compact-most have a shoulder strap. They pack flat to bring home.
Hope this helps!
R5
Mar 30th, 2005, 08:44 AM
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Only if I want to eat something while on board...
Peanut butter crackers, water, NIPS hard candies, sandwiches made on frozen bread or rolls which will be thawed when I want to eat...pringles in the can are always good...raw carrots and celery with dip (in a small zip lock bag). We're flying to HNL next month from Minneapolis, and the NWA food offering is 'pay for a sandwich' or nothing...
Peanut butter crackers, water, NIPS hard candies, sandwiches made on frozen bread or rolls which will be thawed when I want to eat...pringles in the can are always good...raw carrots and celery with dip (in a small zip lock bag). We're flying to HNL next month from Minneapolis, and the NWA food offering is 'pay for a sandwich' or nothing...
Mar 30th, 2005, 11:47 AM
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My DH & I always laugh at ppl that freak about food safety/refrigeration. We both remember in gradeschool (in the late '70s) our brown bag lunches that included a tuna salad sandwich w/ mayo, & how that bag would sit near the radiator or in a hot cloak room for 5 hours b/4 we ate it. Shoot - he even took egg salad!
The point being is that you probably don't need to worry about ice packs, or cooler bags, etc. If you're really worried, avoid mayonaise. Yogurt, cheese - its fermented or cured to prevent spoilage. Its safe for at least 5-6 hours if not longer.
A sandwich trick to prevent sogginess: spread a bit of butter/margarine on the bread b/4 adding other condiments. Grandma used to do this, and I recall that every sandwich I had in Scotland, they did this (even those horrible excuses for sandwiches that have 2 tissue thin sheets of ham on them; more calories from butter than from meat there!)
The point being is that you probably don't need to worry about ice packs, or cooler bags, etc. If you're really worried, avoid mayonaise. Yogurt, cheese - its fermented or cured to prevent spoilage. Its safe for at least 5-6 hours if not longer.
A sandwich trick to prevent sogginess: spread a bit of butter/margarine on the bread b/4 adding other condiments. Grandma used to do this, and I recall that every sandwich I had in Scotland, they did this (even those horrible excuses for sandwiches that have 2 tissue thin sheets of ham on them; more calories from butter than from meat there!)
Mar 30th, 2005, 06:11 PM
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Hi erika, you are right. Thanks for your post. I too took lunch to school, 8:30 school started and we ate at noon. Meat sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches etc. and I am still here. Interesting!
Thanks for your post.
Thanks for your post.
Mar 30th, 2005, 06:30 PM
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I pack a sandwich along with a juice box that I froze. I also like dried fruit, sunflower seeds, and home made jerky.
I would never keep my meal unrefrigerated. LoveItaly, I would not take the chance, as I have experienced food poisoning while on vacation. I wasted 2 and a half days of my five. It was unpleasant and an experience I would soon never repeat again. I have worked as a caterer, a baker, and now I am in the restaurant industry I have been Food Safety Certified. I would never eat anything not properly cooked or stored.
I think I must have posted to a similar question before on this subject. I think I told this story before:
My grandmother insisted that I take a peppers and egg sandwich on the plane and while everyone was eating horrible airplane food I had that sandwich. I barely got to eat it as I had to fend people off my sandwich. I was seated by a whole bunch of Italian Americans from NYC. They were all coming home from snowbirding in florida, and that is a dish that there mother's always fed them growing up.
I would never keep my meal unrefrigerated. LoveItaly, I would not take the chance, as I have experienced food poisoning while on vacation. I wasted 2 and a half days of my five. It was unpleasant and an experience I would soon never repeat again. I have worked as a caterer, a baker, and now I am in the restaurant industry I have been Food Safety Certified. I would never eat anything not properly cooked or stored.
I think I must have posted to a similar question before on this subject. I think I told this story before:
My grandmother insisted that I take a peppers and egg sandwich on the plane and while everyone was eating horrible airplane food I had that sandwich. I barely got to eat it as I had to fend people off my sandwich. I was seated by a whole bunch of Italian Americans from NYC. They were all coming home from snowbirding in florida, and that is a dish that there mother's always fed them growing up.
Mar 30th, 2005, 07:55 PM
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Hi dsm22, just read your post. Was it the egg/pepper sandwich which gave you the food poisoning? I guess it was. What a horrible experience.
So I will follow razzledazzle advise. At this point I just feel like making this flight a famine day, LOL.
I am flying on Delta. On the day I am flying is the day they are beginning to NOT serve any food. But airline food is so terrible anyway I really do not care.
So I will follow razzledazzle advise. At this point I just feel like making this flight a famine day, LOL.
I am flying on Delta. On the day I am flying is the day they are beginning to NOT serve any food. But airline food is so terrible anyway I really do not care.
Mar 30th, 2005, 08:23 PM
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Hi dsm22-
Good idea about the frozen juice box - I like multi-taskers!
I agree that food safety & a pleasant trip are important, but I personally feel that if I packed the food, it is probably safer than what happens in a restaurant or in other food handling facilities where the bottom line is so important. I guess I'm saying that I would trust my 4 hour old tuna salad sandwich LOOONNNG before I buy that sandwich from a restaurant who supposedly kept it safe. And, don't those little buggers sort of keep your immune system on its toes? 
Seriously though - if I were packing a sandwich for this situation, I'd choose salty/cured meats that were invented to sit at room temps, or peanut butter, and use mustard, oil & vinegar, etc. I'd avoid onions just to not offend ppl.
BTW - what is a pepper & egg sandwich? (sorry for the digression/OT question!)
Good idea about the frozen juice box - I like multi-taskers!
I agree that food safety & a pleasant trip are important, but I personally feel that if I packed the food, it is probably safer than what happens in a restaurant or in other food handling facilities where the bottom line is so important. I guess I'm saying that I would trust my 4 hour old tuna salad sandwich LOOONNNG before I buy that sandwich from a restaurant who supposedly kept it safe.
And, don't those little buggers sort of keep your immune system on its toes? Seriously though - if I were packing a sandwich for this situation, I'd choose salty/cured meats that were invented to sit at room temps, or peanut butter, and use mustard, oil & vinegar, etc. I'd avoid onions just to not offend ppl.
BTW - what is a pepper & egg sandwich? (sorry for the digression/OT question!)
Mar 31st, 2005, 04:27 AM
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I always take hard boiled eggs or a bagel or muffin on morning flights -- and a GOOD cup of coffee from Starbucks! We have quite a few good restaurants at the MSP airport. Many pack food specifically for taking onboard flights. I save the plastic wrapped packs of fork/knife/salt/pepper/napkins from take out food to use on flights. They fit nicely into a small carry-on.
Mar 31st, 2005, 02:17 PM
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LoveItaly, it was indeed the sandwich that my grandmother gave me. I can finally eat peppers and eggs again, for a long time I couldn't. I now refer to them as "the sandwich of death". I swear she tried to kill me. She gets mad when I tease her. Believe me though, I thought I would die, I was so ill.
I don't want to write a dissertation on Food Safety but you would be suprised that it happens quite often in home kitchens. Erika, I used to fight with my dad in the kitchen because he would use the same knife or cutting board for meats as he did for veggies/raw food. Also this goes way back to 15 - 20 years ago with me and him. He knows now. I think that back then people were not as knowledgable on the subject. (when I passed my certification with a perfect score the highest in the class, my dad said "Why am I not suprised!")
I have been in peoples homes where they do not wash their hands while they are prepping food too.
It also depends on the restaurant. I walked out on my first day in a kitchen that I would not work in. I reported them immediately.
As far as peppers and eggs goes, it is just some sauted onion, green and red peppers, maybe a clove of garlic, in good olive oil, and scramble a few eggs in it. It is cheap. We would eat it also for lunch on Friday. (no meat)
You can also do potatoes and eggs the same way. Also cheap!!
I don't want to write a dissertation on Food Safety but you would be suprised that it happens quite often in home kitchens. Erika, I used to fight with my dad in the kitchen because he would use the same knife or cutting board for meats as he did for veggies/raw food. Also this goes way back to 15 - 20 years ago with me and him. He knows now. I think that back then people were not as knowledgable on the subject. (when I passed my certification with a perfect score the highest in the class, my dad said "Why am I not suprised!")
I have been in peoples homes where they do not wash their hands while they are prepping food too.
It also depends on the restaurant. I walked out on my first day in a kitchen that I would not work in. I reported them immediately.
As far as peppers and eggs goes, it is just some sauted onion, green and red peppers, maybe a clove of garlic, in good olive oil, and scramble a few eggs in it. It is cheap. We would eat it also for lunch on Friday. (no meat)
You can also do potatoes and eggs the same way. Also cheap!!
Mar 31st, 2005, 03:21 PM
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Heavens-
I would pack some granola bars to tide me over for breakfast....and also
get some terrific sandwiches and chips for the lunch portion...
I just flew last week and bought a sandwich in the RIC airport ( it was terrific) and ate it on the next leg of the trip....
The sandwiches last a long time....
This was the first time I brought a sandwich on board..
On the return flight from FL , we had a enough time to have some terrific pizza in the airport so no need to carry on my food...
I would pack some granola bars to tide me over for breakfast....and also
get some terrific sandwiches and chips for the lunch portion...
I just flew last week and bought a sandwich in the RIC airport ( it was terrific) and ate it on the next leg of the trip....
The sandwiches last a long time....
This was the first time I brought a sandwich on board..
On the return flight from FL , we had a enough time to have some terrific pizza in the airport so no need to carry on my food...
Mar 31st, 2005, 09:24 PM
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Here's something I just recently discovered and will definitely use on my next flight.
Waldbaums, 7-11 and some other stores carry ready made salads and wraps. I found one great grilled chicken ceasar salad in a container that had everything sectioned (grilled chicken in one section, grated cheese in another, dressing in another and under was the lettuce) and it even came with a plastic fork all in a disposable container.
I also just bought sliced apples with caramel dip in a disposable container. Yum.
I found these by the vegetable and deli sections in Waldbaums and by the sandwiches in 7-11.
I also like everyone else carry granola bars, dried fruit, protein bars, cereal bars, and plenty of water as I can go through a gallon a day easily.
But you would be surprised at the range of ready-to-go meals now available in the stores! I too don't trust airport food because of food allergies. (Imagine being on a flight and getting a life threatening food allergy and having to ask someone to inject your epinephrine (or adrenaline) into your thigh). This is what I have to fear!!!
Waldbaums, 7-11 and some other stores carry ready made salads and wraps. I found one great grilled chicken ceasar salad in a container that had everything sectioned (grilled chicken in one section, grated cheese in another, dressing in another and under was the lettuce) and it even came with a plastic fork all in a disposable container.
I also just bought sliced apples with caramel dip in a disposable container. Yum.
I found these by the vegetable and deli sections in Waldbaums and by the sandwiches in 7-11.
I also like everyone else carry granola bars, dried fruit, protein bars, cereal bars, and plenty of water as I can go through a gallon a day easily.
But you would be surprised at the range of ready-to-go meals now available in the stores! I too don't trust airport food because of food allergies. (Imagine being on a flight and getting a life threatening food allergy and having to ask someone to inject your epinephrine (or adrenaline) into your thigh). This is what I have to fear!!!
