anyone ever tried the vegan air canada food? i'm bracing for the worst, but
it would be nice to have an idea what to expect.

also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an airplane/checked
luggage? since i'll be away for a week, i figured i could bring some
soymilk (which i guess i have to bring carry on so it doesn't explode) and
dried fruit, etc, but my dad's all paranoid that customs will take away
anything that i bring. which i don't think they will, since it's not like
dried apples and soymilk will screw with europe's flora & fauna...but just
want to be on the safe side. all i can find so far is what you can't bring
back to canada with you. any ideas?

In article ers.com>,
says...
> also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an airplane/checked
> luggage?

I've brought cookies, nuts and other general snacks that are pre-packed.
Some gets packed in my hand luggage and some gets packed in my checked
luggage. I've never had any trouble with bringing any food to any
country.

The worst that can happen is that whoever checks your luggage will
remove the food. It's not like you can't get vegan safe snacks in Canada
=)

J.C.

katie > wrote in message =
.rogers.com...
> anyone ever tried the vegan air canada food? i'm bracing for the =
worst, but
> it would be nice to have an idea what to expect.

I found this link a while ago whihc might be some help. It has =
photographs submittted to the site by the general public of their in =
flight food. Some of the submitters mention the vegan options.

http://airlinemeals.net/indexMeals.html

Sarah
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thanks, that's good to hear. i've had folks in my family have food taken
away when they've just crossed from canada into the states before, (stuff
like grapefruits) so i was a little worried. i wouldn't be so gung ho on
bringing so much food, except that i'm going to vienna, so it's like they
cook everything there in butter and bacon! there are some cool vegan
restaurants there though, but still, i can't afford to eat at restaurants
much, and don't really want to have to decipher german food labels too much.
yikes!

"Jennifer Huebl" > wrote in message
k.net...
> In article ers.com>,
> says...
> > also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an airplane/checked
> > luggage?
>
> I've brought cookies, nuts and other general snacks that are pre-packed.
> Some gets packed in my hand luggage and some gets packed in my checked
> luggage. I've never had any trouble with bringing any food to any
> country.
>
> The worst that can happen is that whoever checks your luggage will
> remove the food. It's not like you can't get vegan safe snacks in Canada
> =)
>
> J.C.
>

thanks, that was a neat site. some of the food looks so gourmet. and some
of it looks like pure, foil-wrapped nasty! think i'll stick to my snack
plans : )
"Sarah Carter" > wrote in message
...
katie > wrote in message
.rogers.com...
> anyone ever tried the vegan air canada food? i'm bracing for the worst,
but
> it would be nice to have an idea what to expect.

I found this link a while ago whihc might be some help. It has photographs
submittted to the site by the general public of their in flight food. Some
of the submitters mention the vegan options.

http://airlinemeals.net/indexMeals.html

Sarah
--
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http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....r id=pookledo

"katie" > wrote in message
ogers.com...
> thanks, that's good to hear. i've had folks in my family have food taken
> away when they've just crossed from canada into the states before, (stuff
> like grapefruits) so i was a little worried.
======================
Yes, whole fruits and veggies, and flowers will be taken. As long as you
take processed, packaged foods you 'should' be ok.
Somebody somewhere will inevitably make a different call on you though.
We've never had problems with dreid fruits, jars or cans of fruit/veggies.
I'm not sure that packaged meats would make it through though. I don't try
any meats at all when traveling across borders.


i wouldn't be so gung ho on
> bringing so much food, except that i'm going to vienna, so it's like they
> cook everything there in butter and bacon! there are some cool vegan
> restaurants there though, but still, i can't afford to eat at restaurants
> much, and don't really want to have to decipher german food labels too
much.
> yikes!
=================
you should be able to get peanut butter and crackers through...\

>
> "Jennifer Huebl" > wrote in message
> k.net...
> > In article ers.com>,
> > says...
> > > also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an
airplane/checked
> > > luggage?
> >
> > I've brought cookies, nuts and other general snacks that are pre-packed.
> > Some gets packed in my hand luggage and some gets packed in my checked
> > luggage. I've never had any trouble with bringing any food to any
> > country.
> >
> > The worst that can happen is that whoever checks your luggage will
> > remove the food. It's not like you can't get vegan safe snacks in Canada
> > =)
> >
> > J.C.
> >
>
>

In article s.com>,
says...
> i wouldn't be so gung ho on
> bringing so much food, except that i'm going to vienna, so it's like they
> cook everything there in butter and bacon! there are some cool vegan
> restaurants there though, but still, i can't afford to eat at restaurants
> much

I've never been there, but I've never had a problem bringing snacks into
or out of Europe.

If you have to eat cheaply, your best options are rice from Chinese
places, spaghetti with plain sauce, some Mexican foods, or Burger King
fries if they're not cooked along with anything else...though I remember
there was some recent controversy about the BK fries maybe not being
vegan after all?). Other than that, you probably won't have much trouble
finding people who speak English, so you should be able to get your
point across if you have food questions.

J.C.

Sorry, I've been away from my email for a while - but in case this is
still valid.

I'm a Canadian living in London and we take air canada all the time
back for visits. the vegan food is pretty good on air canada, but do
watch out - i think that every time we've flown with them at least one
thing on our plate has not been vegan. normally this is a muffin that
is a side thing to your main meal, so it's not too inconvenient.

i can't imagine that you'd need to take your soy milk with you - but i
suppose that depends on where you're going. we've had no trouble
getting soymilk in the uk, france and belgium.

:-)

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:38:11 GMT, "katie"
> wrote:

>anyone ever tried the vegan air canada food? i'm bracing for the worst, but
>it would be nice to have an idea what to expect.
>
>also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an airplane/checked
>luggage? since i'll be away for a week, i figured i could bring some
>soymilk (which i guess i have to bring carry on so it doesn't explode) and
>dried fruit, etc, but my dad's all paranoid that customs will take away
>anything that i bring. which i don't think they will, since it's not like
>dried apples and soymilk will screw with europe's flora & fauna...but just
>want to be on the safe side. all i can find so far is what you can't bring
>back to canada with you. any ideas?
>

thanks for the info, carole! ()

"carole" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry, I've been away from my email for a while - but in case this is
> still valid.
>
> I'm a Canadian living in London and we take air canada all the time
> back for visits. the vegan food is pretty good on air canada, but do
> watch out - i think that every time we've flown with them at least one
> thing on our plate has not been vegan. normally this is a muffin that
> is a side thing to your main meal, so it's not too inconvenient.
>
> i can't imagine that you'd need to take your soy milk with you - but i
> suppose that depends on where you're going. we've had no trouble
> getting soymilk in the uk, france and belgium.
>
> :-)
>
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:38:11 GMT, "katie"
> > wrote:
>
> >anyone ever tried the vegan air canada food? i'm bracing for the worst,
but
> >it would be nice to have an idea what to expect.
> >
> >also, do you know what kindof food you can bring on an airplane/checked
> >luggage? since i'll be away for a week, i figured i could bring some
> >soymilk (which i guess i have to bring carry on so it doesn't explode)
and
> >dried fruit, etc, but my dad's all paranoid that customs will take away
> >anything that i bring. which i don't think they will, since it's not
like
> >dried apples and soymilk will screw with europe's flora & fauna...but
just
> >want to be on the safe side. all i can find so far is what you can't
bring
> >back to canada with you. any ideas?
> >
>