Guest guest Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 NEW YORK (Biztravel.com) - When it came to airline food, it used to be that passengers didn't have much of a choice except whether to eat the stuff or not. However, today's airlines offer an increasing array of special entrees for travelers with various dietary requirements, and soon it might be only a very few fliers who eat what's on the default menu. http://cnnfn.com/1998/02/12/travelcenter/airline_food/ American Airlines American offers ten special menus (plus children's), ranging from Kosher to " American Heart Healthy " to seafood and fruit platters. America West Diabetic, vegetarian, low-calorie, fruit plate and Kosher meals are available. Continental Continental offers a dozen special menus, including Hindu, Muslim, and a special Passover menu in addition to the regular Kosher meals. A vegan dinner features tossed salad with fat-free dressing, stuffed pepper with grains and legumes and an all-natural oatmeal cookie. Delta Eighteen special menus including three vegetarian options. Vegetarian entrees -- all of which are served with salad, bread and fruit -- include a choice of black pepper pasta primavera; sautéed spinach with bean ragout; or ratatouille. Northwest Northwest offers 20 special menus, including three vegetarian options. Delta's vegetarian/vegan hot dinner includes salad, low calorie/low sodium dressing, wasa cracker, fresh fruit, an entree of brown rice and mixed vegetables and mixed fruit compote. TWA About a dozen special menus are available. For now, the vegetarian meal is served when Hindu or Muslim meals are requested, but the airline is working on developing specific menus for these religions' dietary requirements. A vegetarian, Asiatic, Indian, and non-lactose lunch includes a salad and fresh fruit with either grilled polenta with rice and a vegetable mix, or a Bombay curry of eggplant and potato with white rice, mixed with pineapples and coconut. United Sixteen special menus, including three vegetarian options. A low-fat/low-cholesterol breakfast features a plain bagel with artificially-sweetened preserves and margarine, a fresh fruit appetizer and an egg-substitute omelet with pan-roasted vegetables and fire-roasted pepper sauce. The Asian vegetarian main meal offers a plain rice cake with natural preserves, fresh garden salad with lemon rice wine vinaigrette dressing, peach halves, vegetarian steak appetizer and vegetarian pasta with curry sauce. U.S. Airways Twenty-one special menus. A sample Hindu/Asian vegetarian lunch includes a tomato and cucumber salad, rice pilaf, cauliflower and coconut melange, stuffed pepper, grapes and melba rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 I had the " Vegetarian non-dairy " on American Airlines recently. It consisted of an adequately tasty risotto, a salad with lemon dressing and an itty bitty bun with no dessert. Not great, but not worse than what everyone else was having. All the garden cocktail I could drink was also part of the deal, I believe. I was very happy to have a vegan meal on an airplane. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2000 Report Share Posted May 11, 2000 yeh I was surprised at our meals on the KLM flight. It was tasty and we even got vegan burritos later as a snack. I didnt need all the corn chips I brought onto the plane after all. Also it was neat to see all the other vegetarians onthe flight. We all got served first, like at least 20 minutes ahead of everyone else. Tres cool. Anthony Wong <anthony Wed, 10 May 2000 23:06:14 -0400 Re: airline food comes of age > I had the " Vegetarian non-dairy " on American Airlines recently. It > consisted of an adequately tasty risotto, a salad with lemon dressing > and an itty bitty bun with no dessert. Not great, but not worse than > what everyone else was having. All the garden cocktail I could drink > was also part of the deal, I believe. I was very happy to have a vegan > meal on an airplane. > > A > > ------ > Win $500 at freewarranty.com! > Click Here: > <A HREF= " http://click./1/4031/5/_/651892/_/958013902/ " TARGET= " _new " ><FONT COLOR= " BLUE " >http://click./1/4031/5/_/651892/_/958013902/</FONT></A> > ------ > > > Post message: > Subscribe: - > Un: - > List owner: -owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > <A HREF= " /community/ " TARGET= " _new " ><FONT COLOR= " BLUE " >/community/</FONT></A> > > -- _____________ Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmamail.com powered by OutBlaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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