Jiragen sama suna ƙoƙari don cin abinci mai tashi sama

A ina za ku sami masu cin abinci tare da mafi wuyar farantawa? Gwada ƙafa 30,000 sama da ƙasa.

Yayin da kamfanonin jiragen sama ke kokawa da hauhawar farashin mai da kuma kara gasa, suna ƙoƙarin ba da abinci mai gamsarwa a cikin jirgin a ƙoƙarin haɓaka amincin fasinja. Masu ɗaukar kaya kamar Delta Air Lines Inc. suna fitar da girke-girken mashahuran dafa abinci akan ƙarin jirage yayin da US Airways Inc. ke saka hannun jari a cikin ingantattun kayan abinci. Har yanzu, yana da wahala a dafa abinci mai daɗi saboda masu dafa abinci na jirgin sama suna fuskantar ƙalubale takwarorinsu a gidajen cin abinci na ƙasa.

"Muna da hani gwargwadon abin da za mu iya yi," in ji mashahuran shugaba Todd Turanci, wanda ke keɓance sanwici da girke-girke na salad na Delta. Wannan yana nufin abincin Ingilishi na cikin jirgin sama ya ƙaru fiye da fassarorin abinci na Rustic Rustic da ya gina sunansa akan: "Abin da ya fi ci gaba da muka yi shi ne salatin spaghetti na zaitun baƙar fata."

Jerin matsalolin da masu dafa abinci na jirgin sama za su shawo kansu sun daɗe. Na ɗaya, masu dafa abinci na jirgin sama dole ne su ƙara kayan yaji saboda ikon fasinja na iya gane ɗanɗanonsa ya ragu da kashi 15 zuwa 40 bisa ɗari a ƙafa 30,000. A kan haka, yawancin abinci na buƙatar a dafa shi sa'o'i kafin tashiwa kuma a sake yin zafi a cikin tanda na tsawon minti 20, wanda zai iya bushe ruwan 'ya'yan itace na halitta. Kuma man shanu da miya na miya suna karye idan an sake zafi, don haka galibi ana barin su.

Har yanzu, kamfanonin jiragen sama a cikin shekarar da ta gabata ko makamancin haka suna ƙoƙarin ƙara daɗin abincinsu. Delta tana haɗin gwiwa tare da wani mashahurin mai dafa abinci, tsohuwar tauraruwar Cibiyar Abinci, Michelle Bernstein, wacce ke ƙara ɗanɗano ta dafa dankali mai daɗi tare da ginger. Kuma US Airways na jefa gasasshen nonon kajin da aka gasa a cikin salads ɗin sa, maimakon dogaro da ɓangarorin daskararrun kaji.

Sake mayar da hankali kan abinci ya zo ne bayan fiye da shekaru goma na tabarbarewar hidimar abinci a cikin jirgin, abin da ya kara tabarbarewa lokacin da akasarin kamfanonin jiragen sama na Amurka suka yi watsi da abinci kyauta a kan kociyoyin jiragen sama na cikin gida bayan harin ta'addanci na 11 ga Satumba ya jefa masana'antar cikin halin kunci. Kudaden da kamfanonin jiragen sama na Amurka ke kashewa kan abinci da abin sha ya ragu da kashi 43 cikin dari tun daga shekarar 1992, lokacin da ake kashe dala 5.92 kan kowane fasinja. A shekara ta 2006, manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama tara suna kashe $3.40 ga kowane fasinja, a cewar Ofishin Kididdigar Sufuri na Amurka.

Abincin jiragen sama ya dade yana zama abin dariya, wasu kuma na cewa suna ya dace. Mawaƙin mako-mako Alan E. Gold na Burlington ya tuna sarai abincin da ya ci a watan Disamba – “ɗayan waɗannan sandwiches ɗin da aka naɗe – Ina tsammani tumatir busasshen rana ne. Kaya ce ta mushy. An shirya miya, kuma duk ruwan ya koma ƙasa.”

Wasu fasinjojin ma sun dan shagaltu da abincin jiragen sama. A airlinemeals.net, matafiya a kan kamfanonin jiragen sama 536 sun ɗora hotuna 18,821 na abincin da suke ci a cikin jirgin tun ƙarshen 2001 kuma sun soki dandano, laushi, da sassa. Wani fasinja a kan Jirgin Alaska ya nuna shaidar "karamin" da "rashin haske" burrito. A halin da ake ciki, wani mai cin abinci na US Airways wanda ya ci abincin rana kaji a jirgin sama na ƙasa da ƙasa na 2006 ya koka da "shigan ya yi zafi sosai amma ya yi gishiri sosai" kuma almond cannoli mai rakiyar ya kasance "mai dadi sosai."

Yana da wayo don rama abubuwan ɗanɗanon ɗanɗano ba tare da wuce gona da iri ba. Samfuran abinci a kan jirgi na iya zama maɓalli. “Na ɗauki jirgi na ɗanɗana abincin. Ba zan iya yarda cewa abu ɗaya ne ba, ”in ji Bernstein. "A ƙasa, abin da za ku iya samu ya zama mai gishiri da yaji da über-dadi idan aka kwatanta da lokacin da kuke cikin jirgin sama."

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Tattauna Me ya kamata kamfanonin jiragen sama su yi don inganta abincin jirgin sama?
karin labarai irin wannanA sakamakon haka, "Na sanya shallots da tafarnuwa a kusan komai," in ji Bernstein.

Makanikai na samar da abinci na jirgin sama na iya kashe dabarar mai dafa abinci. Bernstein ya daina ƙoƙarin haɗa abinci mai zafi da sanyi. Dalili? Babu isasshen sarari gida ko lokaci don ma'aikatan jirgin zuwa saman kifin da aka sabunta tare da salsa mai sanyi. Kuma yayin da ta yi bulala farar gazpacho wanda masu gwada gwajin jirgin sama ke so, da alama tasa ba za ta shiga cikin menu ba. "A bisa ma'ana, yana da wuya," in ji ta. "Lokacin da jirage suka tashi, gazpacho na iya fitowa daga cikin kofin."

Ko da ƙirƙirar kofi mai kyau ya tabbatar da tasiri ga Dunkin'Donuts, wanda ya ba da alamar sa akan jiragen JetBlue Airways Corp. tsawon shekaru biyu. Ruwa yana tafasa a ƙananan zafin jiki a mafi tsayi, amma saitunan injin kofi na kan jirgin ba za a iya canza su ba. Kofi a cikin jirgin kuma yana iya ɗanɗano abin ban dariya bayan an dafa shi daga ruwan da ya girma a cikin cikin jirgin sama. Don haka, Dunkin'Donuts dole ne ya daidaita rabon ruwa da filaye don kofi a cikin jirgin da kuma amfani da ruwan da ke gudana ta hanyar tsarin tacewa a kan jirgin.

Duk da kalubalen, masu dafa abinci suna jayayya cewa abincin ya inganta. "Na tuna kwanakin da kuka samu wani nama mai ban mamaki da aka lulluɓe da miya tare da kayan lambu," in ji Bob Rosar, babban shugaban kamfani tare da Gate Gourmet, mai kula da jirgin sama na biyu mafi girma a duniya. "Waɗannan kwanaki sun daɗe."

Wani dan jarida wanda ya zana abincin jirgin sama a kasa ya sami American Airlines Inc.'s quiche cike da tsiran alade na Portuguese, namomin kaza na shiitake, da cuku na Monterey Jack don zama mai dadi, mai tsami, da kuma dadi. Abincin sa hannu na mashahuran shugaba Sam Choy na Hawaii ana yin hidima a farkon da kuma ajin kasuwanci akan wasu jirage. Har ila yau, abincin Ingilishi yana da kyau don cin abinci a kowace rana, musamman sandwich mai ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗano mai laushi tare da cheddar, turkey, da naman alade don karin kumallo da salatin Rum tare da gasassun shrimp don abincin rana.

Ɗaya daga cikin jita-jita na Bernstein na Delta - ɗan gajeren haƙarƙari a cikin jan giya - ya shahara sosai har yana kawo flies a cikin gidan abincinta na Miami, Michy's. Don iri-iri, nan ba da jimawa ba Delta za ta maye gurbin shigar da wani sabo - watakila kifin Bernstein da aka yi ta cikin ginger, koren mango, tumatur, ɗan ɗanɗano na curry, jalapeno, da ɗan madarar kwakwa mara daɗi.

Bernstein yana son tasa kifi sosai ta ƙara shi zuwa menu na Michy. Duk da haka, "Na canza shi kadan," in ji ta. Sigar da aka yi aiki a matakin teku an ɗora shi da wani sanyi mai sanyi-koren-papaya, haɗe-haɗe na zafi da sanyi wanda "Bana tsammanin zan iya yi a jirgin Delta."

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