Food ideas for long travel

"Jayjay" wrote in message
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In "soon enough" time, I will be travelling a great distance.
Between flights, layovers, customs, etc and so on, the travel time is
29 hours. (34 if you include the trip to the airport and the waiting
time there) and arriving in the due location at 5am.

I need ideas for food/snackitems that might 1. fit nicely in carry on
luggage. 2. not cause allarm in customs 3. not cause bloating/gas
4. healthy, nutritious, low calorie, 5. non parishable, no
refridgeration or heating available.


I would suggest cereal bars - oaty ones are nice and also something fruity,
chewy fruit flavoured sweets are nice. Remember to drink plenty - crisps
would be fine (low fat if preferred) same for nuts as this will encourage
you to drink more. Don't just drink water - drink fruit juice, tea,
coffee - too.

Michelle

"Ignoramus32199" wrote in message
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In article , Jayjay wrote:
In "soon enough" time, I will be travelling a great distance.
Between flights, layovers, customs, etc and so on, the travel time is
29 hours. (34 if you include the trip to the airport and the waiting
time there) and arriving in the due location at 5am.

I need ideas for food/snackitems that might 1. fit nicely in carry on
luggage. 2. not cause allarm in customs 3. not cause bloating/gas
4. healthy, nutritious, low calorie, 5. non parishable, no
refridgeration or heating available.

Many countries ban any importation of meats and vegetables and
fruits. Check on where you are going.

That said, most fresh vegetables will survive a day of travel, so will
nuts etc. For your first and second meal, you can take real food in a
plastic container, if youcook it well, chill it and take it cold, it
will stay fresh for quite a few hours.

i

I'll second that - I recently travelled from the UK to Australia and the
USA. Customs are totally obsessed with anything organic.

You *will* have removed from you:-

Any vegetable matter.
Any meat.
Any cereal matter not in a wrapper.

You will probably have to have all your shoes disinfected too. It's a sad
world

--
Succorso

"Jayjay" wrote in message
...
In "soon enough" time, I will be travelling a great distance.
Between flights, layovers, customs, etc and so on, the travel time is
29 hours. (34 if you include the trip to the airport and the waiting
time there) and arriving in the due location at 5am.

I need ideas for food/snackitems that might 1. fit nicely in carry on
luggage. 2. not cause allarm in customs 3. not cause bloating/gas
4. healthy, nutritious, low calorie, 5. non parishable, no
refridgeration or heating available.

A friend of mine just recently completed a trip to China. She brought along
some "energy" bars like Pria & Luna and she said she made some turkey wraps
because they didn't get smooshed as bad as sandwiches would and I'd assume
she ate those earlier in the trip rather than later. She also had a few
whole fruits with her like apples.

I have a little insulated lunch bag that fits nicely in my briefcase with a
little rubbermaid ice pack. You might want to look into one of those in
order to keep something like turkey or cheese cold enough for the trip.

HTH
Jenn

"Jayjay" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:30:12 -0600, "JMA" wrote:

Space is totally an issue here, as airlines limit carry on, and all
our camera gear as well as some essential change of clothing and legal
documentation will be taken as a carryon. Many people keep telling
me I should have my gown and tux also as carryong, so the don't get
lost.

Oh, I hope everything goes ok - this makes me nervous!

I also loaned my friend all of my "space bags" - those things you see on tv
where you put stuff in the bags and then compress the air out. I got them
at a luggage store while on a trip when I realized I bought so much stuff I
didn't have room in my suitcase. Look into those for your suitcases and
carryons. I keep a medium sized one in my carry on with the standard
emergency fare - clean undies, socks, shirt - just in case my luggage
doesn't make it with me. The only times my luggage didn't make it (only a
few and I used to fly 10 or more times a year), it arrived within 24 hours.
Anyway - I strongly/highly recommend them!

Jenn

"Jayjay" wrote in message
...
In "soon enough" time, I will be travelling a great distance.
Between flights, layovers, customs, etc and so on, the travel time is
29 hours. (34 if you include the trip to the airport and the waiting
time there) and arriving in the due location at 5am.

I need ideas for food/snackitems that might 1. fit nicely in carry on
luggage. 2. not cause allarm in customs 3. not cause bloating/gas
4. healthy, nutritious, low calorie, 5. non parishable, no
refridgeration or heating available.

Airports are getting better about having healthy food these days. I
packed some energy bars when I traveled over Christmas plus was able to
get grilled chicken sandwiches and salads at the various airports.

I don't want to be stupid, but....I know what space bags are but I thought
you needed your vacuum to take out the air...what do you do on the return
trip? Just wondering.

Elise
"JMA" wrote in message
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"Jayjay" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:30:12 -0600, "JMA" wrote:

Space is totally an issue here, as airlines limit carry on, and all
our camera gear as well as some essential change of clothing and legal
documentation will be taken as a carryon. Many people keep telling
me I should have my gown and tux also as carryong, so the don't get
lost.

Oh, I hope everything goes ok - this makes me nervous!

I also loaned my friend all of my "space bags" - those things you see on
tv
where you put stuff in the bags and then compress the air out. I got them
at a luggage store while on a trip when I realized I bought so much stuff
I
didn't have room in my suitcase. Look into those for your suitcases and
carryons. I keep a medium sized one in my carry on with the standard
emergency fare - clean undies, socks, shirt - just in case my luggage
doesn't make it with me. The only times my luggage didn't make it (only a
few and I used to fly 10 or more times a year), it arrived within 24
hours.
Anyway - I strongly/highly recommend them!

Jenn

Borrow the hotel's or relative you're visiting's vacuum, I suppose.

Tonia

"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message
news:PZZKb.27010$WQ3.6675@lakeread05...
I don't want to be stupid, but....I know what space bags are but I thought
you needed your vacuum to take out the air...what do you do on the return
trip? Just wondering.

Elise
"JMA" wrote in message
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"Jayjay" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:30:12 -0600, "JMA" wrote:

Space is totally an issue here, as airlines limit carry on, and all
our camera gear as well as some essential change of clothing and legal
documentation will be taken as a carryon. Many people keep telling
me I should have my gown and tux also as carryong, so the don't get
lost.

Oh, I hope everything goes ok - this makes me nervous!

I also loaned my friend all of my "space bags" - those things you see on
tv
where you put stuff in the bags and then compress the air out. I got
them
at a luggage store while on a trip when I realized I bought so much
stuff
I
didn't have room in my suitcase. Look into those for your suitcases and
carryons. I keep a medium sized one in my carry on with the standard
emergency fare - clean undies, socks, shirt - just in case my luggage
doesn't make it with me. The only times my luggage didn't make it (only
a
few and I used to fly 10 or more times a year), it arrived within 24
hours.
Anyway - I strongly/highly recommend them!

Jenn

"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message
news:PZZKb.27010$WQ3.6675@lakeread05...
I don't want to be stupid, but....I know what space bags are but I thought
you needed your vacuum to take out the air...what do you do on the return
trip? Just wondering.

Elise

The ones for suitcases have some vents on one end of the bag. After you put
stuff in the bag, you roll up the bag to force out the air. The vents are
like the end of a whoopie cushion, they make little fart noises when you
force air through them. I like them even for overnighters because I can put
my sweaty workout stuff in one and then toss it in my suitcase.

Jenn

"Jayjay" wrote in message
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Got em already. :-) Believe me - packing for 4 weeks of travel in
weather that can fluctuation anywhere from the 30's up to the 90's as
well as dive gear, wedding and multiple formal nights as well as
dressy and casual wear. And my shoe fetish. :-)

Any idea how to condense a pair of knee high leather NineWest boots?
:-) I LOVE them, and need them for a few of my outfits.

I was able to roll my boots up for my last trip. DH complained that I had
to take two suitcases on that trip, one was for clothes & stuff, the other
for my shoes and some additional workout attire. We went by car and didn't
have much room to spare because of the dog.

I know that there are now services that will ship things to your hotel and
guarantee to have them there waiting for you when you arrive, but I'll bet
that's mostly domestic travel. It's how I plan to get my golf clubs down to
Florida if I decide to fly down there for spring break. If you have time
you might want to look into it. Some of them work in conjunction with the
airlines.

Jenn

"Jayjay" wrote in message
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In "soon enough" time, I will be travelling a great distance.
Between flights, layovers, customs, etc and so on, the travel time is
29 hours. (34 if you include the trip to the airport and the waiting
time there) and arriving in the due location at 5am.

I need ideas for food/snackitems that might 1. fit nicely in carry on
luggage. 2. not cause allarm in customs 3. not cause bloating/gas
4. healthy, nutritious, low calorie, 5. non parishable, no
refridgeration or heating available.

Trail Mix. Special K breakfast bars (90cal - yum!!). Dried Fruit. Water
.... lots of it ... long dry flight. Orange/tangerines. Tim Tams on the way
home ... lots of 'em :-)
Teri