Food for Airplane Travel?
I'm heading home for the holidays in a week or so, and I'd like to bring some tasty food with me. I need some kind of breakfast-y food and a tide-me-over. Since I'm traveling by plane, it can't be liquidy -- and I've had things like yogurt (!) confiscated before.
Advice?
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18 Comments:
baked goods would travel well...I would suggest a doffee cake or banana nut muffins.
mayoxqueen at 11:45PM on 12/08/08
Actually while we are on the topic... general ideas for easy to make and easy to travel airplane food?
tugttw at 11:59PM on 12/08/08
Jello shots? Rum balls? Bourbon balls
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 12:26AM on 12/09/08
I had a really really bad experience this summer and was stuck at JFK with three kids for three days. It was such a nightmare. I was so glad I had packed extra food for the trip, but we did eventually purchase some food at the airport. I brought us each a ziploc bag of washed grapes, apples, trail mix, a bagel, stuffed grape leaves, sandwiches, and a Snickers bar. We had to buy water at the airport (almost $3 a pop), but we got wise and kept the bottles and refilled them as needed. Good luck! The friendly skies aren't so friendly any more.
yankeesgal at 2:03AM on 12/09/08
Cliff bars and/or granola. PB&J sandwichs, celery, tortilla or potato chips a tin of mix nuts, beef jerky, dried fruit, red devil spread they (I love the chicken spread myself) but they also make beef and ham spread along with crackers
pjracz10 at 3:08AM on 12/09/08
For breakfast: I like a good bagel sandwich or wrap like a breakfast taco/burrito. Add a piece of fruit and you have a decent breakfast. If you prefer a breakfast on the sweeter side, again, a bagel with PBJ or cream cheese is pretty filling. You can always pack your own granola and buy yogurt after you pass through security.
For snacks: I pack a variety of savory and sweet snacks such as trail mix, sturdy fruit (bananas, apples, oranges, clementines, etc.), and granola bars. If you like packaged chips and cookies, buy them ahead of time and bring them with you. You will get ripped off for sure at the airport. Oh, don't forget to pack gum and/or hard candy.
@MISSTEXAS: great ideas for unexpcted delays, cancellations, lost luggage, etc.
Esmeralda at 6:38AM on 12/09/08
* PB & Nutella on a nice baguette. (What is wrong with me? I'm craving sweets.)
* Cream cheese with roasted bell peppers on a tortilla, roll up and wrap in plastic.
* A couple of bags of Stacey's pita chips in a variety of flavors.
* Scrambled egg with cheese and other bits of goodness wrapped burrito style - wrap in plastic. It won't be hot but it will be goooood.
* Definitely some granola or Clif bars.
As much as fresh fruit makes sense, it tends to get banged up in transit. Maybe some dried fruit?
This thread made me think of the time I took a Pizza Grano to my brother's in Jersey. The thing weighed a ton. I carried it in the springform pan and had to show it to all the officials between the security checkpoint and the plane. One security guy was funny. He said, "If I only had a fork but of course...those aren't allowed!"
therealchiffonade at 8:00AM on 12/09/08
These suggestions all sound splendid!
A general FYI, though -- don't pack your fruit and electronics in the same bag. Apparently, that can set off the same sensors that some types of bomb do. All your bags get searched. Not fun.
@yankeesgal: I've started bringing an empty water bottle and filling it after security. It hasn't been confiscated so far!
Skythe at 8:09AM on 12/09/08
Make a berakfast pizza cut it up and wrap it. It travels well.
joanpieroni2 at 9:25AM on 12/09/08
Bagel sandwiches are my go-to meal for air travel.
Kerosena at 9:31AM on 12/09/08
I really like to make my own granola bars. Also, bags of nuts and trail mix, PB and honey sandwiches on toasted bread and prosciutto apple brie sandwiches.
bitchincamero at 10:06AM on 12/09/08
I also do my own trailmix - usually some home made granola with raw pepitas and dried cranberries, raisins, and/or goji berries. I had an old tin from tahini that is a nice size/durability for trail mix/granola. Sandwiches go well too, as long as they won't be smushed or put off til so much later that they'd not taste good anymore. Nuts, string cheese/other cheese in bite-sized pieces, fruit, etc. I hate clif and other 'bars' with a passion, so I like to stick with other simpler snacks.
I also take an empty nalgene bottle with me and fill it up at a water fountain once I'm through security so that I don't have to pay through the nose for water. Just don't leave it on the plane! (I've done that before, but it was an old one with the BPA or whatever in it so my friend who I was visiting said I should have thrown it out anyways :P)
joyyy at 11:41AM on 12/09/08
Ooo I bet frozen grapes would be great.
tugttw at 1:00AM on 12/10/08
Fly business class... lots of good food up there...
;-P
LoCo at 1:23AM on 12/10/08
@LoCo forget about the food, they have alot of good drinks.
pjracz10 at 6:22AM on 12/10/08
Lunch in a box (bento blog) has done a few tasty entries on airplane foods
machellebelle at 7:20AM on 12/10/08
I find I have enough cargo to drag along with me without worrying overly-much about food. I'll bring some small packaged snacks and cheese or peanut butter crackers. Generally, I'll buy a Wolfgang Puck lite meal (not too bad) an bring a good book to keep my mind off eating. I once tried to bring a full water bottle through security which we now know is a no-no. Unfortunately, it was filled with vodka :-( I'm an anxious flier, so I'd rather carry on booze than food. The moral of my story is stuff your belly or drink yourself silly before you get to the airport. Either way, you'll probably sleep through the whole thing.
Josdean at 4:37PM on 12/10/08
Travel a lot for business - little pleasure. I always / always / always carry on a bottle of water and try and make it a point never to be hungry. I spend the $2.00 after security. Happened too many times where we're delayed in take off and have to sit for an hour or two. The water comes in handy. The other thing I do is carry almonds, they seem to kill my appetite if it's around meal time. But Continental actually serves food for free...it's airline food, but adequate. Have also been known to rush through the junk food vendors and grab a few tacos......
Ribster at 3:27PM on 12/13/08