In article >,
(Dan Abel) wrote:
> Don't planes have barf bags? There always used to be one in every seat
> pocket. I've never seen one used, though.

Good thing you weren't sitting next to me on my flight from LA to
Honolulu. . . . .

I like 'em for putting cookies in -- they're lined and I say, "Here,
have some of my cookies." OK, so I've *thought* about it, but
haven't had the guts yet.
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

In article >,
wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> > Don't planes have barf bags? There always used to be one in every seat
> > pocket. I've never seen one used, though.
>
> (laugh!!) Well, I don't know if they still have them, but I can't
> imagine the humiliation if I had to use one. I oddly try to confine
> such activities to out of sight, and out of sound if possible.
>
> nancy

Honey, sometime it can't be helped. My hat went off to the flight
attendant who removed the, gack, warm bag from my hands and steered me
to the head.
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

Peggy wrote:
> Gang -
>
> In a couple of months I'll be boarding a plane for cross-country
> travel (snip)

> Peg (in New York's glorious Finger Lakes where, for some peculiar
> reason, the leaves are still on the trees -- in living color!)

You won't be in the air that long Take some snack crackers - peanut
butter or cheese. Boxed raisins. Maybe a bag of granola to munch on or
some granola bars. It's not like you're traveling on the Titanic in 3rd
class for 3 weeks. You'll be touching down on the left coast before you
know it Depending upon exactly how you are flying, you may have to make
connections or have a layover and they DO have restaurants in most airports.

Jill

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:33:27 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> You won't be in the air that long Take some snack crackers - peanut
> butter or cheese. Boxed raisins. Maybe a bag of granola to munch on or
> some granola bars. It's not like you're traveling on the Titanic in 3rd
> class for 3 weeks. You'll be touching down on the left coast before you
> know it Depending upon exactly how you are flying, you may have to make
> connections or have a layover and they DO have restaurants in most airports.

Getting from Dayton, OH alone to San Francisco takes about five
hours, and that doesn't include the time you spend sitting in airports
(most airlines recommend getting there an hour in advance...maybe more
if you're checking in luggage), waiting in security lines or in
transit lounges. I don't know if you've been on a cross-country
flight since 9/11, but I have and I can tell you that it takes longer
than it used to just to make it through the lines, even if you _don't_
get pulled over for a search. That could easily be seven hours, more
if there's a delay, and it doesn't pass in the blink of an eye, not by
a long shot.

All this, and your flight could well be during a mealtime.
Raisins and granola aren't going to cut it for me, and I don't want to
be at the mercy of airport food. I pack something substantial when I
can, because being hungry on top of everything else doesn't make me a
happy traveler. <g>

Ariane

>Peggy wrote:

> In a couple of months I'll be boarding a plane for cross-country
> travel (snip)

> what kinds of foods do you recommend packing along
> for flight? It's months away, but I'm feeling deprived already.
>
In one of Calvin Trillin's "Tummy Trilogy" books (sorry, can't
remember which one) he describes what he packs for a "no frills"
airplane trip. Pretty exotic fare. When I made semi-regular train
trips to DC (4 hrs), I'd pick up a lovely croissant sandwich at the
American Cafe close to Union Station to sustain me on the way home.
Maybe a carton of pasta salad, too.

How much stuff are you going to be schlepping? There's nothing that
makes travel more uncomfortable and annoying than having a half-dozen
carry-on parcels to stow/move/crawl over. You should prepare for a
room-temperature picnic in a very confined space. Keeping in mind that
humans, absent serious medical conditions, can easily go 4-6 hours
*without* food. :-)

Hark! I heard (Dan Abel) say:

<snip>

> Such things are not possible, in my limited experience. If you gotta
> barf, ya gotta barf. I personally wouldn't think the humiliation of
> barfing into a barf bag in public would be that hard to imagine. However,
> barfing into some little napkin is likely to result in barf everywhere

It's nice to see that this thread is still on topic with its subject
header... ;-)


--
j*ni p. ~ mom, gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

Ariane Jenkins > wrote:

> We also bring along extra water if there's room. Food and drink
> prices in airports are usually heinous, and one gets dehydrated easier
> on planes. Caffeine and alcohol only make that worse, not better, so
> we usually stick to fruit juices and water.

I don't know how it is at other airports, but the food concession stands at
Philadelphia's airport and also Las Vegas are quite reasonable. Depending on
the flight time, I sometimes just grab a haumburger, slice or two of pizza,
and a soft drink at the airport before my flight departs. This holds me over
just fine. The food at Philadelphia's airport is pretty good, actually.