Airplane snacks / food

pattycake

ThorOdinson said:

mlz1413 said:

Long haul flights ask you to check in 3 hrs before so I always treat myself to a sit down meal that takes up to 60 mins of being in departures.   
If you don't want to treat yourself then there is normally a KFC or burger king that are similar prices to the high street.  Or plenty of meal deals in Boots and WH Smith.

Heathrow Terminal 3 is really bad for not having decent and reasonably priced dining options. Scout out before you go on their website to avoid disappointment.

I never eat fast food and any sandwich I make myself is far superior to what you get in a meal deal.  And, as this is a money saving site, far cheaper. It’s a no brainer to take your own.  The other dining options at Manchester which is my closest airport, never look particularly appealing to me and I am a fairly frequent flyer.

Aussie_Tips

If I'm travelling to a sunny & warm destination I pack a Tapas pack. Sliced baguette, sliced meats (salami, beef & ham are good choices), some cheese, olives & maybe a little chutney or honey for a bit extra flavour

Emmia

PGammage said:

If I'm travelling to a sunny & warm destination I pack a Tapas pack. Sliced baguette, sliced meats (salami, beef & ham are good choices), some cheese, olives & maybe a little chutney or honey for a bit extra flavour

But, you'd need to consume almost all of that if traveling from the UK to EU on the journey due to the phyto sanitary rules.

Pollycat

Emmia said:

PGammage said:

If I'm travelling to a sunny & warm destination I pack a Tapas pack. Sliced baguette, sliced meats (salami, beef & ham are good choices), some cheese, olives & maybe a little chutney or honey for a bit extra flavour

But, you'd need to consume almost all of that if traveling from the UK to EU on the journey due to the phyto sanitary rules.

Or leave it on the plane.
Same as other foods that you can't take into the EU.
Consume or leave.

Barkin

Emmia said:

PGammage said:

If I'm travelling to a sunny & warm destination I pack a Tapas pack. Sliced baguette, sliced meats (salami, beef & ham are good choices), some cheese, olives & maybe a little chutney or honey for a bit extra flavour

But, you'd need to consume almost all of that if traveling from the UK to EU on the journey due to the phyto sanitary rules.

Isn't that the whole point?  🤔

Bennifred1

Never drink tea/coffee  on flights - the water to make them comes from improperly cleaned storage tanks.  Only drink from unopened bottles/cans if you want to remain healthy. Wipe the outside with an antiseptic wipe first! 

vacheron

Bennifred1 said:

Never drink tea/coffee  on flights - the water to make them comes from improperly cleaned storage tanks.  Only drink from unopened bottles/cans if you want to remain healthy. Wipe the outside with an antiseptic wipe first! 

Valid advice for some I'm sure, but after 40 years of flying on hundreds of flights all over the world and having never got sick I have neither the desire nor the motivation to become "that guy". 

I'll leave it to my non-overprotected 1980's immune system that grew up in literal dirt to the task it has been tempered to perform.  

Pollycat

Bennifred1 said:

Never drink tea/coffee  on flights - the water to make them comes from improperly cleaned storage tanks.  Only drink from unopened bottles/cans if you want to remain healthy. Wipe the outside with an antiseptic wipe first! 

Is that all airlines?

How do you know this?

J_B

Pollycat said:

Bennifred1 said:

Never drink tea/coffee  on flights - the water to make them comes from improperly cleaned storage tanks.  Only drink from unopened bottles/cans if you want to remain healthy. Wipe the outside with an antiseptic wipe first! 

Is that all airlines?

How do you know this?

It was on TocYTic - didn't you see it?

NoodleDoodleMan

Bennifred1 said:

Never drink tea/coffee  on flights - the water to make them comes from improperly cleaned storage tanks.  Only drink from unopened bottles/cans if you want to remain healthy. Wipe the outside with an antiseptic wipe first! 

If this is true there surely would be widespread reports of subsequent illness ?

I wonder if airlines prohibit their pilots from having a brew on flights ?