| DebbyC
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I'm going to be flying on Friday - about 6 hours [if all goes well] from drop off to getting to mom's. I know the airline guide says you can take "consumable food" but has anyone had any problem getting food on a plane?
I am too nervous to eat in the morning before I fly and always too rushed to make real breakfast ... but I was thinking of making the bean muffins or cake, baggie of veggies, maybe a few slices of turkey, cheese sticks. Fruit hurts my stomach....so that's out
Ideas appreciated - especially in regard to what might not be allowed. |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:53 pm |
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| Magna
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| I flew this weekend, and took a ham and LF cheese sandwich with me. I put it in the freezer the night before and kept it in my carry-on. (It was still cold about an hour into the flight.) |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:22 pm |
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| DebbyC
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| I wasn't sure how closely they checked food items, if at all - I guess I'll have to buy water after I'm checked in. Can always get a salad at DFW if there's time between flights but I don't want to leave it to chance. |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:24 pm |
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| Magna
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I think "consumable" means you can only bring food you could eat on the plane, which is what you want anyway.
I think you will have an easier time with solid food than with anything paste-like. I've heard them say anything paste-like or spreadable has to be under 3 ounces and has to be put in that little plastic bag. So for that reason I wouldn't bring peanut butter, soft cheese, or applesauce for your meal.
Personally I wouldn't buy water - they'll serve you pretty much all the bottled water you want on the plane, if you ask. |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:30 pm |
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| RedRox
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You can also bring in an empty water bottle through security and fill it up at a drinking fountain once past security. We do that a lot.
For us it's kind of round up the usual suspects. nuts, cheese sticks, dried apricots, apples, oranges, bread w/ PB and agave, etc. They don't like yogurt and they don't like "freezies" in a soft sided cooler. :lol: |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:37 pm |
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| MrsDayna8992
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Hi DebbyC
Great thread. Thanks for posting!
Last year when I flew from Detroit to Nashville, I remember packing peanut butter balls. I made smaller balls and froze them. I also packed a cheese stick. The flight was only 1.5 hours so it worked out well.
On another note- I noticed that you are from San Antonio. Great town! I was there a few years back for a convention. had a ball!!!! |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:26 pm |
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| Kimboroni
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The topic title keeps making me picture food flying through the air... or soaring, really.
:lol: |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:01 pm |
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| DebbyC
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Kimboroni wrote: The topic title keeps making me picture food flying through the air... or soaring, really.
:lol:
me too - after I posted it! |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:50 pm |
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| fab50
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| I've brought hard boiled eggs, turkey breast, bread products, cheese, cut up veggies, and nuts on a plane. You can also get V8 or tomato juice and nonfat or lowfat milk on the plane. I'd figure out non-liquid, easily portable foods that let you stick as close to your normal eating pattern as possible during the 6 hours. |
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Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:25 pm |
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| BITsie
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| I got stopped once for having cheese sticks in my carry on... they searched my bag, found them (saw 'em on the xray) and had me put them in my "3-1-1" bag. They said that cheese sticks were "gel-like". If you take nuts, it's a good idea to ask anyone seated around you if they have a nut allergy. Not related to SB, but certainly a considerate thing to do... |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:31 am |
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| Magna
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BITsie wrote: I got stopped once for having cheese sticks in my carry on... they searched my bag, found them (saw 'em on the xray) and had me put them in my "3-1-1" bag. They said that cheese sticks were "gel-like".
That sounds a little strange of them, unless the cheese was some spreadable kind. Of course, if something is a liquid or gel (packets of mustard, salsa, or mayonnaise, for example), it should go in the little plastic bag.
For me, the worst situation is a delay, especially if I've already eaten my snacks. Unless there's a reasonably good restaurant in the terminal, there aren't a lot of good options. Nuts or sunflower seeds and sometimes dried fruit are available in airport shops, but chances are I've already had as much as I should eat that day. |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:40 am |
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| BITsie
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| I thought so, too, Magna. But I got pulled for a hand search after my bag went through the xray at security. He kept asking me what I had in my bag... finally he pulled out my baggie of snacks (cheese sticks, nuts, SBD bars, tea bags, Crystal Light packets, Splenda packets) and went, "A-HA! There they are!" He was looking for them. On the xray he said he could see solid tubes of something... turns out it was my string cheese. LOL He told me they had to go into my 3-1-1 baggie. Since then I've always carried them there and never been told I didn't need to put them in there. |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:16 am |
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| bsktcase27
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| I fley all the time. I bring celery sticks and hummus, laughing cow or lf mini bonbel cheese and nuts. Never had any issues getting through security. |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:33 pm |
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| bsktcase27
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| Oh yeah, and dried apricots |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:55 pm |
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| Magna
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bsktcase27 wrote: I fley all the time. I bring celery sticks and hummus, laughing cow or lf mini bonbel cheese and nuts. Never had any issues getting through security.
A container of hummus might be a problem, since it is spreadable, like a paste or gel. |
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:05 pm |
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