pure wrote on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:19:33 -1000:

>> On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:26:18 -0700, "gloria.p"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why do people want to eat on a flight that is less than 5
>>>> hours long?
>>>
>>> Because they must arrive at the airport two hours ahead of
>>> the flight which may mean leaving home many more hours
>>> prior? And they may be transferring to another flight (with
>>> not much time between) which adds additional time to their
>>> fasting period.
>>
>> Arriving that far ahead of time means there's plenty of time
>> to eat at the airport before the flight takes off. Not
>> planning a liberal lay over for change of flights not only
>> means no snacking, it also means you may not make your
>> connecting flight. So, it's bad planning IMO... especially
>> for those who just *have* to eat every two minutes.
>>
>>> Luckily most foreign flights do serve food and it's not that
>>> bad. Our last flights included a choice of Bailey's or
>>> cognac after meals and complementary wine with dinner.
>>>
>> Nice. Which airline? Business class?

> I must be odd, but I have never minded airplane food. Of course it
> has taken a nose dive in the last 5 years and
> rarer---sometimes I actually get hungry in anticipation of
> landing. I have always found airplane food breaks up the
> monotony of flying. Everything seems tasty and served is such
> cute amounts.

In the days when you could get it, airline food did break up the routine
of reading, sleeping and not watching the usually abysmal movie.
However, the food was bland and rather unchanging in my opinion. It was
not perhaps the fried chicken of decades ago that I swear I ate over
every state in the union.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not