Aircraft meals...
Aren't actually *that* bad.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:05, 7 replies)

nor is
hospital food
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:16, closed)

or
School dinners...

I realise im about to drop into insanely bored territory but it's keeping me amused for the last half hour of work
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:42, closed)

You wouldn't say that if you'd ever flown Finnair...
Actually, I'm probably doing them a disservice here. They were by no means the worst meals I've ever eaten on a plane, that honour would probably go to Delta circa 2001. A small cup of orange juice and a frozen banana the size of my thumb does not constitute breakfast on either side of the Atlantic.
( wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:43, closed)

It does if you are a golden lion tamarin.

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 26 May 2011, 20:28, closed)

Or Continental?
On an internal flight from Chicago to San Fransisco I was given a tray that had on it:

1. Mini can of root beer soda
2. Small bag of "beef" jerky
3. Packet of technicolor puffed rice bits
4. Plastic cutlery(!)

I laughed out loud when the stewardess passed it to me and said I must have been given a child's meal by mistake. She scowled and just pointed to the (adult) passengers next to me who were tucking in to their identical delicacies.

I handed it back and asked for a bag of nuts instead as I tend to only eat things recognisable as food. She said in all seriousness that they'd "never had any complaints from Europeans before". Well bravo, sweetie.
( daikoku has been on a ragga tip since, Thu 26 May 2011, 20:53, closed)

Trolling was last week
But here's two tips for improving airline food:

1) Order a special meal. I usually go for Asian Vegetarian. Much better, AND you get served first!

2) Fly Austrian Airlines. They use Michelin-starred Viennese restaurants to supply the food.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 27 May 2011, 13:07, closed)

I can safely say
that Virgin Upper Class and Emirates Business Class food are both very very good. Egyptair Business class food is on a par with school dinners....
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sat 28 May 2011, 21:04, closed)