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Try flying Air France. Incredible food!

I'm a minimalist when it comes to air travel - I want as little as possible to worry about. I don't carry anything on a flight with me to eat. I generally plan ahead and eat before so I don't get all that hungry in the three or four hours I'm on the plane (if that long). International flights are different.

DocChuck, it really is irksome when someone comes on board with some odorous food. I remember one flight from SanFran to Atlanta ... something happened with the food deliveries and ALL that flight crew had only Fritos to pass out. Can you imagine how the plane smelled after two hundred folks opened Fritos bags? It was awful.

Frankly, I think drink and snack service should be done away with on a plane anyway. It's a waste of money, and the carts seem to always be blocking my path to the restroom. On International flights a cabin service could still be beneficial, but not on domestic flights.

Air travel is too expensive anyway - maybe this could help with fares ...

i also agree that smelly foods are very annoying on a flight. stuck on an airplane with someone eating fast food? yuck.

Always request a vegetarian meal! I've learned my lesson from my last two flights (on Continental) where my boyfriend got a bean and cheese burrito and channa masala while I had a grey lump of meat both times. Ug.
I will usually bring some protein bars or PB+J and hope for the best with my airline-provided food.

Trail mix, an apple, maybe a peanut butter sandwich.

Re. peanut butter - there's always the chance that there are people on the flight with an allergy, so maybe I'm overly concerned, but I try to avoid it. (On Southwest, however, I assume people with allergies know they serve peanuts, so they can avoid it.)

I usually want something like a chicken salad or turkey sandwich, which means I have to eat it pretty quickly, even if it's cold... but at least it helps me avoid the lousy little snack boxes they have now.

i usually bring a peanut-free trail mix (dried cherries, dried cranberries, pistachios and pecans is definitely my favorite mix!), and some pretzels, if it's a longer flight. candy is also a must -- lots of licorice and swedish fish :-)

British Airways is OK as long as you get the vegetarian meal.

@wickedlady:

Interesting comment: "British Airways is OK as long as you get the vegetarian meal."

What was it, how was it, how was your flight?

And where did you fly "from" and fly "to"?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Doc

Lufthansa had some pretty good meals on an international flight from Denver to Frankfurt...maybe because I was flying business class but it was good.

i loved air france food! i remember flying back from florence and having a lovely time over crusty bread, a hunk of cheese, and red wine. there was a main course as well, but i don't remember what it was.

also, midwest airlines serves warm chocolate chip cookies on their flights which is awesome.

i still get excited for flights like a little kid so i'm usually okay with whatever they give me. i used love airline food when i was little because it was the only meal my mom used allow me to not finish.

I packed a bento (filled rice balls, an asparagus-and-morel handroll, blueberries, mini cookies, meltykisses, pickled ginger and a pickled plum) for a friend to take with her on a flight to LA this weekend, and have decided that it's such a great idea that my various family members who will be here to visit this weekend will all get bentos for the flights home.