Eating on the plane

My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
to eat during the flight.
I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)
The only thing I've come up with is ...... FRIED CHICKEN! ! No joke.
I will wrap it in alum foil until the proper time to devour it.
Any one have different ideas ?

In article <QYWdneAKnKKPyGbZnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@>,
"Ralphie" <rtherien@> wrote:

> My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
> to eat during the flight.
> I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
> me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)

May I suggest asking the food vendors inside security? Bring a plastic
ziploc bag with you full of ice, and keep it on the food (in a small,
soft-side cooler) until you get to the airport and up to the security
checkpoint. When it comes time to go through security, dump the ice in
the trash can.

When you get inside, ask one of the food vendors if you can have some
ice for your bag. I'd offer to buy a soda, and just ask for "extra ice"
for your bag. Or if it comes to it, buy a soda, fill the cup with ice,
and don't get the liquid -- presto, more ice, and you can use it to keep
your food cold until the flight's ready to deaprt. Chuck the bag as you
board the flight. That should provide more than enough refrigeration to
keep your food safe, be it fried chicken, a sandwich, or whatever.

From which airport will you be departing?

"Ralphie" <rtherien@> wrote in message
news:QYWdneAKnKKPyGbZnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@. ..
> My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
> to eat during the flight.
> I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
> me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)
> The only thing I've come up with is ...... FRIED CHICKEN! ! No joke.
> I will wrap it in alum foil until the proper time to devour it.
> Any one have different ideas ?
>
>

Are you taking medication? Insulin? Are you trying to prevent
hypoglycemia?

why not ask your doctor for a certificate or letter saying you are a
diabetic and then taking on the appropriate food. or maybe the airline
can give you something if you explain your medical needs.

Quark



Ralphie wrote:
> My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
> to eat during the flight.
> I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
> me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)
> The only thing I've come up with is ...... FRIED CHICKEN! ! No joke.
> I will wrap it in alum foil until the proper time to devour it.
> Any one have different ideas ?

"Ralphie" <rtherien@> wrote in message
news:QYWdneAKnKKPyGbZnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@. ..
> My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
> to eat during the flight.
> I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
> me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)

Frozen peas or corn is allowed. They make great cold packs to keep
something cold, if that's the problem.

In article <1157339047.793431.186030@i42g2000cwa. .com>,
qquark99m wrote:

> why not ask your doctor for a certificate or letter saying you are a
> diabetic and then taking on the appropriate food. or maybe the airline
> can give you something if you explain your medical needs.

Speaking as a diabetic who has flown many times, this is really not a
big deal. A five hour flight is not that long. The OP can just eat a
decent meal prior to boarding and carry on board some glucose tables,
and box of crackers, some cheese, or anything else along those lines
that's easily transported.

For those who use insulin, your best bet is to contact the airline
directly to make arrangements to refrigerate your insulin on board.

Ralphie wrote:

> My trip will be non-stop for five hours and I am diabetic so will need
> to eat during the flight.
> I've searched around for something other than snack food to take with
> me but to no avail. (Cold gel packs are not allowed)
> The only thing I've come up with is ...... FRIED CHICKEN! ! No joke.
> I will wrap it in alum foil until the proper time to devour it.
> Any one have different ideas ?
>
>

Gel Packs are not allowed but why not some other frozen product for cooling?

Sandwiches should be OK. Just don't use mayo or salad dressing.

Baggies would probably be better than foil for packaging. They should
contain the grease better.

Slim wrote:

> What do you do when you are home??
>
> This is a lame question. If you are so ditzy that you cannot look
> after your condition for 5 hours you should not be allowed to fly.
>
> Anywhere.

Hey Slim,

I take it you are a diabetic? Insulin dependent (type 1) or type 2?

If you are not a diabetic then you have NO practical knowledge of managing
DM, and thus YOU should not be allowed to voice YOUR opinion here on that
topic.

And now for one final question - are you a physician who specializes in
treating diabetics and helping them cope with their metabolic condition? I
am just wondering about your comment to the OP, as I just returned to YWG
from SYD via LAX. I am a type 1 diabetic and have been one for over 42
years.

Ken, Canada

Shawn Hirn wrote:

> For those who use insulin, your best bet is to contact the airline
> directly to make arrangements to refrigerate your insulin on board.

Current insulin DOES NOT require refrigeration. I am involved in a insulin
research project and returned from 9 weeks in Australia with the insulin I
took with me from Canada. It has not been refrigerated since I left Canada
on July 1st. I bicycled the Savannah Way from Cairns to Darwin in 6 weeks
and my MAIN concern was checking my blood sugar levels 5 or more times a
day, and not keeping my insulin refrigerated.

The max temp while bicycling was 31C.

Ken, Canada

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:33:52 -0500, Ken Pisichko <kenp@mts.net> wrote:


>
>Hey Slim,
>
>I take it you are a diabetic? Insulin dependent (type 1) or type 2?
>
>If you are not a diabetic then you have NO practical knowledge of managing
>DM, and thus YOU should not be allowed to voice YOUR opinion here on that
>topic.
>

>Ken, Canada

Dear Mr. Ken Canada,

You are saying that I have no right to an opinion? I am not allowed to
voice my opinion??

Amazing.