Snacks you take on a flight

unforeseen

Aircrafts are pressurised below normal. I think they are pressurised to the equivalent of 7000' so any sealed bag item contains air or anything else will expand as the aircraft climbs

eDicky

Ganga wrote: »

The packets are filled with nitrogen (at least Walkers are ) to keep the crisps fresh,maybe the nitrogen expands in the aircraft due to the increased pressure?

In the reduced cabin air pressure the enclosed volume of gas in the bag expands to fill it. Another effect is the leakage of liquids/gels such as toothpaste if not carefully capped.

Blue264

pompeyrich wrote: »

On a non catered flight, we usually either go for a "meal deal" at Boots or take some sausage rolls and those little pots of Pringles that are 3 for a £ at Poundland or £1.50+ each on board.

Flying home from the UK, I always get a Boots Mexican Bean wrap, or a couple of M&S salads.

Flying out from Switzerland, I always try to get a bottle of lemon juice with mint because it's so refreshing and really hydrates me.

dickydonkin wrote: »

To be honest, BA's food is woeful to very moderate - even in First and Business.

Totally agree. On my last three BA flights, I've given my food to my OH because it was far too salty.

Best inflight food I've ever had is with Air New Zealand. Best coffee and fastest meal service is with (surprisingly) Aegean. Most generous food service is if you get a Swiss flight at the end of the day. I don't know if this is standard, but on our last flight home to Zurich (2hr 10mins), my OH got 4 rounds of coffee and three bagettes.

hollydays

A prepacked salad?
Some baby bel cheese ?
A packet of crisps?

missytake

Cant you have a bite to eat at the airport before you board the plane?

Gloomendoom

missytake wrote: »

Cant you have a bite to eat at the airport before you board the plane?

You can but, with inflated airport prices, it's not very MSE.

greatgimpo

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You can but, with inflated airport prices, it's not very MSE.

Unless you prepare it and bring it with you.

Gloomendoom

greatgimpo wrote: »

Unless you prepare it and bring it with you.

Then you might as well eat it on the plane.

Moto2

We once watched a guy ask the attendant for an empty cup.
He then proceeded to unwrap some hard boiled eggs, cracked them on the side of the window and then peeled each one into the cup.
He ended up with half a dozen lined up on his seat tray before eating them one by one, we called him Luke

sazaccount

Pack up ideas if you take lunches to work/out... wraps/pitta bread/pasta, packet of crisps, fruit, cereal bar

when I flew out of the UK i bought one of the boots meal deals getting a wrap instead of the sandwich, its not much more than outside the airport. Flying from Aus to NZ I had picked up some trail mix and cereal bars before going to the airport and an empty water bottle, all of the airports i've been in (its been a few in the last 12 months) they've had a place to refill water, on my first flight I had some of the super concentrate squash as less than 100 ml. But other than a couple of low budget flights in asia the food has been alright on the planes and you can normally walk to the back and get another bag of pretzels/drinks etc if you ask nicely.

And some or your favourite sweets to pick at (if you have a sweet tooth)

Hope your going somewhere nice :beer: