5 foods you shouldn’t eat on a plane
Airplane food is definitely not the nicest part about travelling. Due to the reputation it has built up over the years, many passengers now prefer to bring their own meals and snacks with them on their flight. A yoghurt, fruit or even a sandwich is great in-flight snack but Conde Nast Traveler have made a list of the foods that passengers shouldn’t bring on their flight.
1. Cheetos
"The crunch is incessant, and it’s like there are a thousand garage doors closing right by my eardrum. And while licking your fingers clean and placing them on our shared armrest is one way to mark your territory, it’s also making me nauseous. Cheetos are for the couch, not Coach." —Sebastian Modak
2. Nicoise salad
"This comes from personal experience—I had just boarded a flight when the woman sitting next to me pulled out a Nicoise salad, which she somehow found at LaGuardia. How? No idea. The only options are Auntie Anne's pretzels, Au Bon Pain, and those packaged turkey sandwich fridges. But boy, did she go to town on that salad (before takeoff, mind you), and every smell assaulted my already queasy stomach: tuna, hard-boiled eggs, olives, anchovies, and a vinaigrette that made everything extra unctuous and un-delicious. I still feel queasy thinking about it." —Laura Dannen Redman
3. Fast food
"If you want to down McDonald's before the flight, no judgment. But once, on a red-eye to London, a guy sat next to me with a bag of burgers and fries, which he held onto for three hours before opening. The smell lingered for the entire flight, both in the air and off of him. Grease sticks; there's not enough hand sanitizer in the world to mask it." —Caitlin Moscatello
4. Chewing gum
"I have no problem with gum on planes in theory—ear popping is real, and it’s a scourge. But what I hate is bad gum etiquette. There is nothing more disgusting than opening up your tray table and realizing that you can’t because someone mistook it for a sidewalk and now it’s fused to the back of the chair. Use the barf bags for your gum disposal, people. That’s why they exist. Well, except for that other thing." —Lilit Marcus
5. Peanut butter sandwich
"It might be tasty, and it might be convenient, but way too many people have peanut allergies these days, and it's not worth the risk of making someone else feel less-than-stellar. The TSA prohibits any peanut butter more than 3.4 ounces, anyway, which is hardly even worth it. In fact, skip the peanuts altogether." —Katherine LaGrave
What foods do you hate eating on flights? Let us know in the comments below.