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What’s the deal with airplane food?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1913" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/2/10/21117507/airplane-food-explained" target="_blank"><strong>What’s the deal with airplane food? - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>The science and secrets behind how in-flight meals are selected and prepared. </strong></p><p></p><p>As Jerry Seinfeld famously asked, <a href="https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/standup-and-win/2868123" target="_blank">“What’s the deal with airplane food?”</a> The Biscoff cookies you’re given as a participation prize for reaching cruising altitude and the warmed-up plastic container of pasta from your trans-Atlantic flight are shrouded in mystery.</p><p></p><p>Most passengers don’t question where their complimentary food came from or how it got to them, despite how little information is given about the meal selection and preparation process. Would anyone stuck 35,000 feet up in the air turn down free food? Not me.</p><p></p><p>The airline catering services industry is worth <a href="https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/market-research-reports/airline-catering-services-industry/" target="_blank">$6 billion</a> in the United States, but there’s not much behind-the-scenes knowledge bestowed on the average traveler as to how the sausage gets made. In fact, I struggled to find sources willing to explain the ins and outs of airplane food. Two of the major catering companies, Gate Gourmet and Flying Food Group, declined to be interviewed for this story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1913, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/2/10/21117507/airplane-food-explained'][B]What’s the deal with airplane food? - Vox[/B][/URL] [B]The science and secrets behind how in-flight meals are selected and prepared. [/B] As Jerry Seinfeld famously asked, [URL='https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/standup-and-win/2868123']“What’s the deal with airplane food?”[/URL] The Biscoff cookies you’re given as a participation prize for reaching cruising altitude and the warmed-up plastic container of pasta from your trans-Atlantic flight are shrouded in mystery. Most passengers don’t question where their complimentary food came from or how it got to them, despite how little information is given about the meal selection and preparation process. Would anyone stuck 35,000 feet up in the air turn down free food? Not me. The airline catering services industry is worth [URL='https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/market-research-reports/airline-catering-services-industry/']$6 billion[/URL] in the United States, but there’s not much behind-the-scenes knowledge bestowed on the average traveler as to how the sausage gets made. In fact, I struggled to find sources willing to explain the ins and outs of airplane food. Two of the major catering companies, Gate Gourmet and Flying Food Group, declined to be interviewed for this story. [/QUOTE]
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