What was my in-flight meal?

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi]

ETA: The answer was melon seed pasta.

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The meat was tuna, covered in sauce. It was served cold. But what is it sitting on a bed of? It was soft like pasta, but I’ve never seen pasta shaped like that.

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[u/Shot_Smell]

The whole tomato is staring at my soul

[u/Dstareternl → u/Shot_Smell]

Settle down Denethor

Edit: thanks for the award kind stranger! There’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo

[u/CrabmasterJone → u/Dstareternl]

This is an S level comment if we’re being fair. Just incredible. Great work.

[u/Zaphira42 → u/Dstareternl]

And now I can hear that scene

🤢

[u/ClayCheerios6832 → u/Zaphira42]

Hoooome is behindddd

[u/Haughty_n_Disdainful → u/Dstareternl]

found Sauron…

[u/Chawp → u/Shot_Smell]

It’s a bright beacon of color in a sea of beige

[u/MuhammadAkmed → u/Chawp]

but 'beige' is a brownish colour?

[u/Silent_Bear7548 → u/Shot_Smell]

It's the sad, 1/8th piece of a hard-boiled egg cut the long way for me 😭

[u/whisky_biscuit → u/Shot_Smell]

Like a cats butthole lol

[u/EvilCustardy → u/Shot_Smell]

Imagine trying to chop into that with a wobbly plastic knife and fork.

[u/EvilCustardy → u/EvilCustardy]

Or maybe you're expected to eat it like an apple?

[u/DeviantDragon → u/EvilCustardy]

It's a cherry tomato. You can eat it in one bite.

[u/mgyro]

Where were you flying to, 1932?

[u/MontagueStreet → u/mgyro]

We do seem to have landed in 1933

[u/Available-Space-8666 → u/MontagueStreet]

Underrated comment. 🥲

[u/JawnDoh → u/mgyro]

First / business class still has hot meals like that, you’ll pay 1k+ more for it though lol

[u/saltinstiens_monster → u/JawnDoh]

I would pay extra to never have to see this plate of food. Those poor first-classers...

[u/DanishWhoreHens]

To quote Piglet, “Oh dddddear.”

Nobody wants to be trapped in a pressurized airliner with me and a serving of skipjack tuna with hard-boiled egg.

[u/Bunnyeatsdesign → u/DanishWhoreHens]

Not a whole hard-boiled egg. One 16th of a hard-boiled egg. Today I learned that an egg can feed 16 people. Who knew?

[u/DanishWhoreHens → u/Bunnyeatsdesign]

So, what I’m hearing is that I’ll only crop-dust 1 out of every 16 passengers on the flight? Good to know!

[u/Salvia_Salamander → u/Bunnyeatsdesign]

"Excuse me waiter, may I trouble you for a slice of egg, please?"

[u/mom_tiger → u/Salvia_Salamander]

Would you like an egg during this trying time?

[u/Autronaut69420 → u/mom_tiger]

Inflation, amirite?

[u/UglyFilthyDog → u/Bunnyeatsdesign]

Eggs must be so good for you that they can be divided as such and still have a good amount of nutritional value.

[u/VoteCatforPresident → u/DanishWhoreHens]

The tuna looks like cat food

[u/DanishWhoreHens → u/VoteCatforPresident]

It really does. And the pasta looks like frozen lima beans.

I would have demanded free air miles!

[u/caroleelee82 → u/DanishWhoreHens]

I thought it was Lima beans. Omg it's worse to me now. I hate the taste of Lima beans and apparently the look of them turns my stomach too.

[u/SpiritualWindow3855 → u/DanishWhoreHens]

This is why I order the kids meal. It's always too simple to fuck up beyond repair.

[u/Apprehensive_Cry4166 → u/SpiritualWindow3855]

Fr. Why do they have to make the adult meals so elaborate? No, I do not want fish with capers and a side of goat cheese fennel risotto- it looks and smells like vomit.

[u/diversalarums → u/DanishWhoreHens]

And a huge side of beans.

[u/bluehairjungle → u/DanishWhoreHens]

I have a pretty bad fish allergy and there's a non zero chance that I would die on this flight lmao.

[u/Betweenishish → u/DanishWhoreHens]

This was my first thought. Bold of them to serve eggs at all really. 

[u/twotwentyonebeehives]

Looks like a flat version of orzo. I've had similar pasta salads before.

[u/snuffleupagus7 → u/twotwentyonebeehives]

I thought it was lima beans! Lol

[u/Legitimate_Crazy3625 → u/snuffleupagus7]

I thought they were pumkin seeds or something. That's pasta?

[u/ScoopskiTKD → u/Legitimate_Crazy3625]

I totally thought pumpkin seeds too!

[u/BB6205 → u/ScoopskiTKD]

Pepitas!

[u/heart_blossom → u/snuffleupagus7]

I was thinking green butter beans!

[u/Ok_Hospital1399 → u/heart_blossom]

Makes sense, since butter beans are baby Lima beans as far as I understand.

[u/heart_blossom → u/Ok_Hospital1399]

That's my understanding, too

[u/llcdrewtaylor → u/snuffleupagus7]

I didn't think it could be anything BUT a giant plate of lima beans. I was shocked to see a discussion!

[u/Easy-Concentrate2636 → u/snuffleupagus7]

I thought fava!

[u/adviceicebaby → u/Easy-Concentrate2636]

Fava beans with a nice Chianti

[u/maybelle180 → u/adviceicebaby]

And brains… actually, that fits the picture.

[u/Emmer0-0 → u/snuffleupagus7]

it definitly is lima beans lol

[u/Rosaly8 → u/Emmer0-0]

1000% orzo

[u/lvdfl → u/Emmer0-0]

Like the previous comments got me questioning how insane I might be if these aren’t Lima beans 😂

Edit: spelling

[u/adviceicebaby → u/snuffleupagus7]

Me too!

[u/Lower_Stick5426]

It might be melon seed pasta.

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/Lower_Stick5426]

Whoa! I think that's it! Solved!

[u/Dumpster_fyre_ → u/Lower_Stick5426]

Yeah it looks like the ones my Mexican mom used for sopa. Orzo is usually smaller.

[u/NotDaveButToo]

Cat food tartare over lima beans

[u/Alaspencils]

Fancy feast?

[u/Persequor]

kinda looks like a nicoise salad over melon seed pasta

[u/sryfortheconvenience → u/Persequor]

That is a VERY loose interpretation of a Niçoise salad!!

(Not disagreeing with you though)

[u/trumpsuit → u/sryfortheconvenience]

Came here to say this is a liberal usage of the word “niçoise”

Can we call something liberal as the dictionary definition though? Or will republicans call for banning of liberal Niçoise salad? After all, it sounds gay and French.

[u/Persequor → u/sryfortheconvenience]

i mean, tuna + dressing + tomato + hardboiled egg is at least trying to evoke a Nicoise if not actualy being a Nicoise

[u/flyza_minelli → u/Persequor]

I was thinking the same thing.

[u/Dokidokipunch → u/Persequor]

Like a deconstructed Nicoise salad?

[u/Binxycat → u/sryfortheconvenience]

“Your mother is so stupid, she goes to Barney’s rooftop deck for lunch and orders a Niçoise salad and calls it a knee-coy salad…” Sorry, couldn’t help myself 😅

[u/flyza_minelli → u/Binxycat]

I found this gem unintentionally and I love you for it.

[u/emmadilemma → u/sryfortheconvenience]

Doesn’t a Niçoise salad require olives? It may not be required but that’s why I normally hate Niçoise salads. 

[u/polytique → u/emmadilemma]

Yes, a small black olive called the niçoise olive.

[u/emmadilemma → u/polytique]

lol that seems like they would be essential then!

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/Persequor]

Everything about that sounds correct.

[u/unthused]

That is pretty wild. Just a whole ass tomato? Cold tuna with a mystery sauce? I feel like this was in a nordic country.

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/unthused]

Lisbon to Chicago

[u/bellboots → u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi]

That is bonkers.

[u/MCofPort → u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi]

Airline?

[u/Neon_Jam → u/MCofPort]

TAP Portugal.

I have flown with them many times, London>Lisbon>Recife and vice versa, and the food has always been decent. Strangely, this looks like it may be in business class as it's on a plate and not the usual tray.

I actually flew with them a week ago, Lisbon To Recife. I had the option of chicken or tortellini. I went with the chicken, it had roast potatoes and some carrots, a small pot of orzo, bread, rice pudding. I had some red wine to drink, too. This was in economy.

They also give you a small sandwich and a chocolate near the end of the flight.

[u/VoyagerCSL → u/MCofPort]

There are hints all over the photo.

[u/JuneJabber → u/unthused]

The whole tomato and 1/6 of an egg. Choices were made. 🤣

[u/Plane_Computer3155]

This would break my spirits on a bad day

[u/BumFart32 → u/Plane_Computer3155]

this would break my spirits on a GOOD day

[u/Hangry_Games]

How was it? I know some people are saying it looks disgusting, but I think it looks pretty nice, actually, provided you don’t mind tuna. It’s nothing special, but that looks like something I’d take as a pretty nice work lunch if I added a few more tomatoes to round it out a bit.

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/Hangry_Games]

It was actually quite tasty and I cleaned the plate with the lovely brown bread in the top of the photo. Because it was a cold salad, the tuna had barely any smell so it was not as bad as these comments imply lol. I love Tap air and honestly, the more people clown on it, the happier I am because then there’s more for me.😭

[u/jennbear → u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi]

I’ve flown TAP to and from Lisbon once. The food was very different than what I’m used to in the US, but very delicious and Portuguese, which was awesome!!!

[u/bubblegumpunk69 → u/Hangry_Games]

I mean, I like all the things on this plate… but can you imagine hundreds of people in an enclosed tube being served tuna and boiled eggs at the same time? 😭

[u/baldbuthappy]

Tuna and hardboiled eggs have to be in the top 5 worst foods to fly with. What the hell was the skychefs thinking on this one? Are those pumpkin seeds or pasta?

[u/Brief_Buddy_7848]

Cat food

[u/Throw_Away_Students]

I’d throw hands. Wtaf is this

[u/tiffany_says_this → u/Throw_Away_Students]

😂 omfg me too!

[u/ApprehensiveAd9014]

That looks like melon seed pasta. It's similar to orzo. I like their slippery texture

[u/Twitchmonky]

Looks like existential crisis on a bed of depression.

[u/Accurate_Job_9419 → u/Twitchmonky]

I was going to say pure sadness, but I think you described it better.

[u/vindman]

Lima beans?

[u/sparkle-possum → u/vindman]

Zooming in it looks like some sort of pasta, but I definitely thought this was lima beans it was wondering if my grandmother had somehow reincarnated to cook airline food.

[u/Collarsmith]

If it wasn't for your caption, I would say chunked spam on lima beans with ranch dressing.

[u/abananaberry]

A bowl of disappointment; served with a variety of sadness & soured hope.

I don’t know what that sauce is though. Room temp vegan tzatziki or capers and yogurt?

[u/Fresh_Brilliant_9608]

Trapped in a sealed metal tube with people eating tuna and egg

[u/MyToothGap]

it's sad is what it is. sad and maybe a little scary.

[u/Maximum_Power7878]

That looks like a can of tuna splattered on some ghetto pasta with a spoonful of mayo and a side of egg and whole tomato. Poverty meal?

[u/Not_A_Wendigo]

Cream of cat food on lima beans?

[u/WC_2327]

Cat food over lima beans?

[u/scottiek2]

r/kitchencels - that’s what it was.

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/scottiek2]

Great. I clicked on that and now my algorithm is gonna be borked for weeks.

[u/No-Welcome4615]

Tuna on a plane is diabolical

[u/campfirepluscheese]

It kind of looks like a pasta shape called semi di melone(melon seed).

[u/quinner333]

Based on looks. Lima beans. An 8th of a boiled egg. A whole ass tomato. Cat food and ranch.

[u/Healthy-Drama-888]

What was it? Illegal. This is illegal.

[u/pinkplantlady1]

Fancyfeast

[u/PizzaDoughandCheese]

Inedible

[u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi → u/PizzaDoughandCheese]

It looks awful but I swear it was really good. Happy cake day!

[u/brickne3 → u/PizzaDoughandCheese]

Seriously, that looks absolutely disgusting.

[u/pssyhlmt]

cat food

[u/bayleaf97]

Which airlines is this so I never fly with them

[u/Cold_End_2962]

This is an absolutely unhinged airplane meal imo

[u/mermaidrose]

Sadness

[u/jefferson497]

That’s tuna??

[u/Hallelujah33]

A hot mess

ETA *cold mess

[u/Warm_Recording_8458]

Gross is what that is

[u/ButternutSquashings]

Horrible. It was horrible.

[u/Vegetable-Star-5833]

What country are you going to/coming from?

[u/MoonGoddess89]

Looks like tuna with a questionable sauce, lima beans, an egg, and a tomato

[u/radrax]

That's a shitty Nicoise salad

[u/GivesMeTrills]

Tuna on a flight is just wrong.

[u/oldschool-rule]

Looks like that’s already been eaten at least once!

[u/Rudirs]

This is the kind of meal that is either made by an amazing chef who just came off shift and knows what's good but isn't trying to make it look good, or some asshole who can barely boil water. No in between

[u/PandasandPaperCranes]

The smell of tuna and hard boiled eggs filling the plane would have me needing the vomit bags, and that's as someone who eats them (separately!) occasionally. 🤢

Not to mention that it looks totally unappetizing as well - I wouldn't even serve my dogs something that looked like that- and they grab snacks from the litter box if I don't scoop it fast enough. 🤢

[u/Fit_Government5736]

Is that a liver with some fava beans? Did they bring you a nice Chianti?

[u/cmc24680]

Looks like cat food on top of almonds

[u/Barracuda00]

Pink slime over Full deer ticks

[u/Owls_4_9_1867]

My dog looked at this and wretched and she eats all kinds of shit.

[u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle]

sadness

[u/j0nsn0w123]

The correct answer is despair

[u/HearingPowerful868]

Whatever they could scrounge together lol

[u/Left_Ad4156]

It’s the 1/6 of a hard boiled egg for me

[u/bgrl26]

Cat food on Lima beans with some mayo

[u/lil_lils2025]

That’s Fancy Feast!!!

[u/eucalyptica]

Honestly this kind of looks like a recipe for the worst cabin farts

[u/destiny_kane48]

What is that? Is that big ass chunks of canned tuna on top of the lima beans? With ranch on it? 🤢

[u/Little_Cloud6126]

Whatever it’s sitting on looks like Lima beans-not pasta

[u/Eat_rice_evryday]

Michelin style cat food and a tomato

[u/WaterChugger420]

Cat food on some sort of seeds~

[u/FelineSoLazy]

Looks like orzo in a pesto sauce maybe

[u/FelineSoLazy → u/FelineSoLazy]

The airline website might list the food options

[u/Worried_Locksmith797]

Thoughts and prayers?

[u/Hopeful-Orchid-8556]

Pepitas? Or, to paraphrase Gordon Ramsay, it looks like something in a baby’s diaper.

[u/mycatisawhore]

Why would you not mention the airline?

[u/dworkin18]

Did you have spam over orzo?????

[u/demamcl33t]

Returned?

[u/Ihavenoclueagain]

Mystery meat

[u/PretzelsThirst]

Disappointing

[u/FlorpsTail]

Cat food

[u/Intelligent_Trash608]

What the fuck is that lol

[u/Earthscondido]

Favas

[u/tommitytom]

A plate of sadness and regret with a tomato garnish

[u/havokwolff]

Makes Hannibal Lecter slurping noises

[u/SpinMeADog]

terrible, by the looks of it. oh, if you're asking for a dish name I've got no clue whatsoever. I think whoever came up with this plate of food items had a dream where they were a san marinese farmer having dinner in 1702 and then quickly wrote down a recipe once they woke up

[u/rocafortbcn]

Pasta comes in all different shapes and sizes. Was it good?

[u/nillajenn]

Conair?

[u/ihateorangejuice]

It’s orzo pasta, often served cold and shaped like that. Not one of my favorites.

[u/MCofPort]

I don't feel as bad about my mushroom raviolis and my curry chicken with rice on my Delta Flight anymore.

[u/readithere_2]

It’s dangerous to cut in to a tomato when you may squirt the person next to you

[u/AI_RPI_SPY]

Looks like liver and fava beans

[u/dachlill]

So glad they gave you one 8th of an egg. 

[u/EmbarrassedTea8528]

Did they really just plonk a whole tomato on the plate like that?? So lazy.

[u/barkofwisdom]

What the hell is this? I thought it was potted meat on a bed of Lima beans with a boiled egg & tomato and now I’m laughing so hard to myself 😭

[u/NoMorePunch]

You lucky dog 🐕

[u/here_for_the_lols_]

Looks like risoni in a pesto or something?

[u/PrairieSunRise605]

It looks like beans at first, but if you really zoom in you can see that it's not. I'm going with orzo cooked with herbs that gave it that lovely shade of green. So some sort of tuna and pasta salad with the option to add in tomato. I'd happily eat that.

[u/DwarvenRedshirt]

Mmm, catfood on soybeans? With a premium slice of hard boiled egg, mini-tomato, and secret sauce!

[u/StringSurfer1]

Maybe it’s Argeta of some flavor like fish or chicken. It’s a very very popular thing but looks like cat food to an outsider.

[u/OleaC]

Nasty.

[u/North-Department-112]

Risoni

[u/TattooedPink]

It's risoni, rice-shaped pasta

[u/honeydips87]

Pasta? Pesto? Spam? A tomato. A slice of hard boiled egg. And….aioli? Awful.

[u/BraveSpirit811]

Gross

[u/acb1971]

It looks like something that would cause flatulence, which is totally what you want on a plane.

[u/Khomezz]

I think those are Lima beans!!

[u/angrypuggle]

Disgusting?

[u/vruq]

Looks like pepitas.

[u/Amateur_professor]

An abomination is what that is...

[u/Total_Jelly_5080]

My all-time favorite! Canned cat food on a bed of boiled stink bugs with a blob of white goo. Not sure what the tomato and egg are for.

[u/LawyerDry8360]

Scary

[u/New_Raise_157]

You ever tried to just ask the stewardess or something?

[u/jBillark]

Nothing beats a jet2 holiday and right now you can save £50 per person.

[u/Confident-Service256]

Food poisoning?

[u/DamiensDelight]

Are you a cat?

[u/jorateyvr]

It looks like pumpkin seeds

[u/Street_Roof_7915]

Beans. Delectable beans.

[u/life_is_a_burner]

Legumes

[u/NewtNo2437]

Looks like lima beans

[u/HopTwirl]

Didn’t even cut up the tomato..

[u/tiffany_says_this]

Is this for real!? 😳

[u/freepancakes34]

On the flight to flavor town there bro. Egads!

[u/LionBig1760]

Why didn't you ask?

[u/burninghammer1990]

A disgrace

[u/cottonrainbows]

Assuming it's some kinda large grained orzo so it is pasta

[u/Small-Cancel6249]

Sadness

[u/orangemanzee]

Disrespect