Comments on: No steaks on a plane (Day 80)… http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/ making one change every day to greenify my life (and hopefully not being too smug about it) Sun, 13 May 2012 15:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Melissa_H http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-2110 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:07:51 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-2110 Hey Vanessa,

Having just got back from my big vacation (I missed you while I was away!), I can sadly report that (at least at the Munich airport) there were cute little cartoons of things you cannot bring on the plane, and these included (to my surprise) chopsticks. Other places don’t have them in their pictures, but do forbid knitting needles… which look pretty similar to chopsticks to me. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news…

Melis

]]> By: tara http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1747 Fri, 25 May 2007 17:32:07 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1747 I know this can be tiresome if you have a ton of flights, especially with today’s strict luggage restrictions and airline seats which give you 0.00001 square foot to make your own for the duration of your flight, but I pack my online meals. Things like PB&J keep for hours and hours (and of course, can be with made with local, organic breads, jams and nut butters). Actually, a lot of things keep for longer than people expect. And next time you fly – put your hand on the floor beneath your seat. It is quite cold, so food can last a while. Get creative – veggie sticks, sandwiches with nut butter and bananas/apples/avocado/veggies (maybe not all at once!). There are great recipes for homemade “nutrition bars” which are much healthier than the packaged kind, and travel well, too. Best of luck on your travels!

]]> By: This Week's Wandering News « The Daily Transit http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1597 Tue, 22 May 2007 05:16:12 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1597 [...] Green as a Thistle, a Canadian blogger who’s giving up a non-green habit a day, talks about giving up certain kinds of airplane food to make a smaller environmental [...]

]]> By: Rhett http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1575 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:42:33 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1575 Amusingly, every time I book my flights, I request a vegetarian meal simply “to see if anyone notices”. In a decade, I have never once received my vegetarian meal.

A lot of the more mercenary airlines now sell the food ala carte, though, so a meal has not been specifically planned for me and I can bring what I want. I feel so much more comfortable with this arrangement in the long run, because I generally dislike the food I’m given on flights.

I hear Amtrak has lovely meal services, and we were considering a train ride to New York in August, which is about 24 hours from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I suppose that would give us adequate time to find out.

]]> By: Shawn http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1493 Sat, 19 May 2007 21:49:37 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1493 I hope some of your flights are on Lufthansa. They have the best vegetarian meals =) I have noticed that pretty much all vegetarian airline meals are also vegan. I assume because it is easier for them to get both groups with one meal.

Don’t feel too bad though, I recently took 13 flights in a 3 week span. Sometimes you just gotta do it.

I’ll be curious how the chopsticks do at security. Let us know. Assuming we don’t read about you in the news =)

]]> By: Alina http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1484 Sat, 19 May 2007 15:33:19 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/05/19/no-steaks-on-a-plane-day-80/#comment-1484 Hey, there’s a good place where you can start writing your angry letters :p You can write to the airlines and explain to them how organic/fair trade options are important to you and that they should also provide them if someone asks for them… I’m guessing that’s how they started providing all the other weird diet meals ;)

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