US Airways recently announced that it will begin charging for bottled water and just about every other snack item. Things being what they are in the airline industry, there's a good change that their competitors will soon do likewise. So I thought you might like to be reminded of the way it used to be, based on a recent NY Times article:
Air France - Paris to NY, 1964
Fresh caviar
Haunch of Roe Deer Grand Veneur
Breast of chicken coq hardy
Mashed Chestnuts
Steamed baby string beans with butter
Green salad
Selection of Cheeses
Bombe ice cream
Petits fours
Basket of fresh fruit
B.O.A.C. London to Johannesburg, 1964 (lunch)
Seafood canape
Roast duck - Begarrade Sauce
Minted Garden Peas
Noisette Potatoes
Fruit Gateau
Cheese - Cream Crackers
Graf Zeppelin, Rio to NY, 1930 (breakfast)
Poached eggs on toast, sauce bresillenne
Cream porridge
Coffee - Fruit & Berries
Pan Am Clipper, 1966 (dinner)
Selected delicacies from various countries
Roast Sirlion of Beef au jus
Oriental Lamb Shishkabab
Poached Turbot Diepoise
Chicken Curry
Great wines of Burgandy
Great wines of Bordeaux
Specially selected Champagne
It looks like an almost unlimited variety of goodies with the exception of cherries flambe on the Graf Zeppelin. Times of changed.
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I've read predictions of dirigibles coming back in style partly as a response to fuel crisis. Perhaps they will bring along with them the mashed chestnuts.
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