As someone who occasionally splurges on PremiumPlus for transatlantic flights I’m fascinated by the concept of ‘not being able to sleep’ in First Class – but the highest class I’ve ever flown was “only” business (the very occasional upgrade).
The food in cattle class is generally so awful that we grab a bite at EWR, then split a pill and wake up about an hour before landing. That makes arrival at some godawful hour much more bearable, though it doesn’t cut down much on the actual jet-lag.
As for airport food in Germany, I’ve noticed an abundance of bakeries at most of them, and fewer chains than stateside. But that’s most of the country, not just the airports .
And really, nothing beats German bread, cheese & wurst. Not that I’m biased or anything
One of the care packages I received from dear friends last year while dealing with shit life threw my way was a selection of Rogue Creamery blue cheeses, which also included their Blue Heaven Blue Cheese Powder.
Since my PIC is a purist when it comes to popcorn (salt only plz ), I only lightly sprinkled some of it on top. It’s very good
I also have an NYT subscription and almost never use my gift links. Let me know if there isever something you want to post but can’t. I’d be more than happy to help out.
Aw, thank you, what a kind offer! I’ll keep that in mind if I run out of links, given how popular NYT recipes are here & in my other food groups.
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Even in those nice cozy wrap-around bunk type things (only twice, when flying from US to Japan and Malaysia), I can’t sleep on the plane. I’ve never been able to sleep on any sort of conveyance, plane/train/car. But at least once I started that fasting trick, I could sleep pretty well at the proper night time there after arrival.
And other sausages/sliced charcuterie as well. Hotel breakfast buffets could cost me 1500 KCal and then I’d have to skip lunch…
Neither could I until I discovered the magic of half an Ambien. I’ve never had a sleeping pill that felt so close to natural sleep, with zero grogginess the next day.
German hotel breakfast buffets are legendary. Never seen anything even remotely close elsewhere.
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I’ve found with their recipes that it really helps to hit that “Community notes” link and skim advice from prior users, and incorporate any that seem to make sense. And skip past all those that are angrily decrying how the recipe “isn’t authentic”.
I modified a shrimp jambalaya recipe that I found on NYT Cooking that said it was “based on” Paul Prudhomme’s. Lots of livid commenters about how “Paul would never have done it like that”. But also a lot of tips on improving it.
When I visited Turkey, we had to skip lunch (or delay it and turn it into a snack) almost every single day because the breakfast buffets were absolutely insane (especially for more often than not being included in the room rate)!
I had never seen that kind of spread (range and quality both) anywhere in the US or Europe and I’ve spent a lot of nights in hotels for work .
Maybe the legendary Sunday brunch at the Ritz in Philly would be in play as a contender, but there’s a hefty price tag on that, so not apples to apples. It reminded me of Asia, which is on another level. Buffets are almost sport there — one can never actually make even a tiny dentin addressing what’s on offer
They absolutely “make it work”
A large percentage of Ethiopians are Orthodox Tewahedo Christians. They have TONS of fasting Days when no Animal Products are allowed to be consumed, so basically Vegan but without the Vegan Dogma.
So there are many Recipes that do not use Nitter Kibbeh or use a Vegetable Fat instead of Butter.
So good! We grabbed a nice honk of the Rogue River Blue when we were in Philly - I didn’t even know it was a seasonal cheese. I would absolutely LOVE to visit that creamery some time (not having seen much of the PNW, either)!
I love Rogue Creamery cheese, but had a less than stellar experience with ordering the cheese powder from them on-line. At the time they advertised a 1 year shelf life. Sounds great, but what they sent me was close to expiring. I was not impressed, and have not reordered.
), I only lightly sprinkled some of it on top. It’s very good 
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