I look for the least overpriced meal and I get that meal.
Often it's a sandwich, but sometimes it's a burger. It's still overpriced, but 200% overpriced is better than 500% overpriced and pretending to be bougie.
Oddly enough, I have had both gourmet burgers and pizza. The latter at an airport. And before anyone jumps that it is obscenely expensive, I was travelling on the federal government's dime.
The airport is a wild place to judge and gatekeep others. Everyone is stuck there waiting, and depending on specifically where, you have limited access to anything brought-in and are at the mercy of massively overpriced options.
So an empanada isn't a rare delicacy or anything, but it's a stretch to say that they just gave it a fancy name. It's not being fancy to call a food by its name, and it's not even foreign for a food to have a Spanish name in Miami.
I consider myself lucky to not have to eat at airports. When I fly, it's usually direct flights, so I only have to wait maybe an hour. Not worth it (for me) paying prices 2-3 times higher than the already ridiculous ones.
F'real man. Like, I love all sorts of food, but nothing hits quite like a really shitty cheap pizza, with that "cheese" that just comes off in a flat sheet.
Yeah, I guess not, when you tack on the "in this economy..." to it.
And those fries were pretty friggen good, too. Grilled cheese was mid tho. Best grilled cheeses use mayo. Good grilled cheeses use butter. This had neither. It was more like a toasted cheese.
I don't know, how big a fruit pie. What kind of fruit? What temperature was it at when he fucked it? When did I acquire a son? Wait, was this my cat son? BAD CAT! NO FUCKING PIES WITHOUT A PERMIT! YOU GOT TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE! YOU KNOW BETTER!
Well I have experienced Non-Real Pizza when I moved to the west coast, a few BC places just gave you cheese on bread with toppings with no tomato sauce. Sacrilegious.
I've tried to explain to a few places (who do use tomato sauve) that they shoukd ouble the sauce they put on for a better flavour.
That question has a clear and very simple answer that most people dont like because it doesn't correspond to their version of it.
The Wikipedia page sums it up:
Region or state
Naples, Campania
And
Raffaele Esposito is often credited with creating the modern version of pizza in Naples at the end of the 19th century. In 2009, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG) dish. In 2017, the art of making Neapolitan pizza was included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Pizza = Neapolitan pizza. Everything else is a variation (and that's fine).
Sure, I'll accept that. Pizza didn't exist until 2009.
Or, more seriously, are you saying pizza was invented in 1889 in naples, years after people were selling pizza in New York?
Later research cast doubt on this legend, undermining the authenticity of the letter of recognition, pointing that no media of the period reported about the supposed visit and that both the story and name Margherita were first promoted in the 1930s–1940s.
Like all things pizza, everyone claims to be the first and they're all liars.
If you demand true authenticity, accept nothing after the early 990s oiled flatbreads with buffalo cheese, sharing a common ancestor with pita. Because you're not going to find an actual origin for who, where or how people first "properly" put stuff on their bread when we've been eating bread and stuff for all of human history.
It's like saying that the only real sandwich is a single slice of salt beef between two slices of toasted bread with no toppings or condiments. Everything else is just some manner of dumpling.
I do think a lot of things called pizza should be called flatbreads or something, but this is the first time I've ever expressed that opinion. It's just not that important.
What kind of life do people like this lead where they think EVERY SINGLE PASSING THOUGHT they have is SO important and insightful that they need to get it all out there?
I mean, this is a top 3 boilerplate response to someone sharing something boring online. Sharing is generally a pretty meaningful activity for humans. Sharing person to person is a lot better for us than shouting things out on social media but that’s the model that’s provided and the behavior that’s being modeled.
It's boilerplate because it's still true and people STILL can't tell the difference between insightful, useful information to share, and spewing stream of consciousness like they're a junior high school student who just learned about the concept and is ABSOLUTELY certain they're about to blow the world's mind with their unique and mind-blowing interpretations.
By the time you're old enough to be jetsetting, it's just pitiful.
Yeah I dunno what to tell you, I’m just pointing out that it’s not much of an original insight either. Menial, non life changing conversations are perfectly normal and fine. In my opinion what’s weird is how few people are in our lives and how little time we have to talk to them, and also the giant bullhorn in everyone’s hands when they go online. Everything becomes a stance instead of just shooting the shit and getting reproached when you are too much of an asshole about your dumb little opinion. This guy chatting in the corner with some colleagues about liking empanadas more than burgers? Seems pretty harmless.
Well, he literally called dissenters 10-y.o.'s, and that kind of behavior is not "harmless" as the mindset behind it bleeds into other, related abuse and negativity.
I don't know how you get the impression that the poster thinks it's particularly important or insightful. People usually just post random things to interact with other human beings. It's no different here on Lemmy.
You can talk all the shit you want about MIA as the airport logistics and operations are trash, but the $6 empanadas at Versailles, la carreta on gate D37 and a couple of standalone empanada places are the best food at MIA by leaps and bounds, and way safer than any of the sushi, sandwich other of the microwave to table restaurants there.
Source : used this airport for +20 years living here.
Who gives a shit what you eat at an airport? That's probably the most utilitarian food imaginable. Plus, because of all the unknown international cross-contamination, there's also the major "at your own risk" consideration. Complaining, judging, negging, or memeing about who eats what at the airport in any sort of serious capacity when it doesn't affect anybody AT ALL is bizarre and gives me "we have Seinfeld at home but he's just a cringe asshole" vibes.
I think they’re joking around because the idea is such insecure, hyperbolic clout chaser nonsense. It felt like a Simpson reference. “Only the most sensual dances. The lambada, the Macarena.”
Seriously. I traveled 100% for work for about 12 years and I ate at an airport maybe twice, and that was only because I missed my connection and was going to be there for like 6 hours.
Having been to airports in 20+ countries, they pretty much all suck. Decent meal in Hong Kong, one place in the US, and an ok one in Japan. The granola bar in the back of my pantry I forgot about until packing for trips is better than almost anywhere. Airports aren't for food.
What ? People are often stranded in airports for hours and have been traveling on airplanes which almost always have either no food or awful food. People are tired, hungry, sometimes lonely, and seeking nourishment. They very much are a place for food. Having bad food and terrible prices is something the management of these places and the leaders of the respective cities should be ashamed of. I've had very decent meals at a number of European airports and Argentina and Brazil. I'm not talking about taking a date there to impress, I'm talking about a decent meal that doesn't fill me with regret like every single damn place at JFK for example.
It seems like in us airports, you have to follow your nose to That One Restaurant That Actually Makes Good Food. Most of the places make substandard versions of whatever their chain sells outside, and for whatever reason their corporates are okay with them representing their brands that poorly. But there's always That One Restaurant, usually a local chain, never Sbarro gods I hate that place never eat there they are the only place I have ever given a thumbs down to I don't even think the cheese was melted on my "Arizona style pizza" I need an entire gram of weed to tolerate them and my niece loves them so I have to have a slice a year dear gods help me I'm getting nauseated just remembering eating there and I love pretty much everything
okay haha funny wife she changed the autocorrect on my phone to change "everything" to "scrotum" because I like to write I love everything when talking about food. Or I just love scrotum that much and my thumbs are gettin real fat, could be a lot of things I guess. She's asleep right now. I'm going to have to ask her which niece put her up to this. I've gotten completely derailed and I don't care this means war. I think I'm going to... Hm. A good creative prank requires thought. Maybe something next week.
Cheeseburger - provides a bunch of protein, fat, some salad and bread; it's an ultimately balanced meal and one designed for sustain people (e.g through flights or staying up at night/in the morning)
Some of us don't eat them that often because of our culture, anyway.
It's definitely what I would get. I always need extra protein packed all together.
Pizza - You just know it's going to be nice. Need I say more? It's less about comfort but about safety and not wasting money
Got to the airport really stupidly early once and stayed there all night, because I was travelling with two people who also couldn't drive. One's dad was going to drive us but injured himself so we took a train over there 8 hours earlier than we would have.
Tl;DR trains make people do long visits at station.
And weirdly there were a lot of other passengers entering the airport at 6AM or sooner and they were having a great time wasting their money on everything.
But also I presume the pizza comes already made and kept warm or something. If not, then some authentic Italian pizzas, the basic topping, softer and chewy ones, can take just 6-12 minutes to cook. People have time to sit down at cafes and restaurants sometimes :). Maybe only the USA has the speedy aeroplane infrastructure you're used to
Panda express is the best airport food imo. Its the only place I've consistently been able to get plain grilled chicken, white rice, and broccoli. Very boring meal, but it doesnt cause my digestive system to bloat up or twist itself into knots, which is pretty peak for air travel days
Can you guys like eat at home before going to the airport? Domestic flights don't last more than 8 hours or so and international ones usually have food. Just don't eat food 8 hours. Problem solved. Or bring snack/PBJ with you. Blows my mind how many people are eating at the airports. Should be a fraction of that.
I could, but I don't live near an airport, so I have to leave home roughly 4 hours before my flight departs to account for driving, parking, and airport security. So 4 + 8 = 12 hours without food, and that's not even counting waiting for bags and getting to your destination on the other side of the flight.
Miami International? I think that was more likely a Cuban Uncrustable. And it was probably amazing. I’ve gotten the “fast” food at MIA (Cafe Versailles).
Comfort food is about emotion, not quality.
I will happily munch on an Easyjet snack pack because it's all I could afford as a student and I rarely feel hungry on short flights anyway... and so here I am thirty years later, as happy as can be with my tiny Vache Qui Rit on a salt cracker 😅
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I look for the least overpriced meal and I get that meal.
Often it's a sandwich, but sometimes it's a burger. It's still overpriced, but 200% overpriced is better than 500% overpriced and pretending to be bougie.
My go to airport meal is pounding as many beers as I can at the bar so I hopefully pass out after I get on the plane.
Wine
You don't have to pee like if you drink beer
I fly from Australia to the US several times a year and rarely piss on the 15 hour flight, because I stick to wine
I've got a trip to Vegas coming up in September. I'll give it a try next time.
Cheers to my Australian friends!
The Australians know their stuff
Won’t you be visiting the lav a lot though?
Oddly enough, I have had both gourmet burgers and pizza. The latter at an airport. And before anyone jumps that it is obscenely expensive, I was travelling on the federal government's dime.
I can't believe you would take missiles out of the innocent government's hands just to create happiness in a human.
The audacity!
Great so I paid for this. /s
The airport is a wild place to judge and gatekeep others. Everyone is stuck there waiting, and depending on specifically where, you have limited access to anything brought-in and are at the mercy of massively overpriced options.
Right? Captive “audience.”
Also the comment is right, the Beff Empenada is just some.boring ass basic shit but they gave it a fancy name.
If they called the burger a "Beef Slabion con Quisito" or some shit to make it spunds fancy and foreign, he wouldn't complain.
So an empanada isn't a rare delicacy or anything, but it's a stretch to say that they just gave it a fancy name. It's not being fancy to call a food by its name, and it's not even foreign for a food to have a Spanish name in Miami.
I consider myself lucky to not have to eat at airports. When I fly, it's usually direct flights, so I only have to wait maybe an hour. Not worth it (for me) paying prices 2-3 times higher than the already ridiculous ones.
Airports aside, I love it when people assume just because you like cheap food, it means you can't stomach or don't love good food, too.
One of Gordon Ramsey's all time favorites in an IN-N-OUT burger.
F'real man. Like, I love all sorts of food, but nothing hits quite like a really shitty cheap pizza, with that "cheese" that just comes off in a flat sheet.
Yeah. When I eat Taco Bell, it's not because I want Mexican food. It's because I want Taco Bell.
There's a certain itch that good food can't scratch.
How do you feel about shit-tier ice cream? Like knockoff hoodsie cups, or store brand ice cream sandwiches?
I think it's weird that eating pizza is somehow a sign of someone who lacks the correct values or something
I usually have second thoughts about eating food made by someone who knows his customers will be a thousand miles away when the dysentery hits.
Flying to Oregan, "You have died of dysentery."
Just like in the simulations.
De gustibus non disputandum. What a gatekeeping cunt.
If I am at an airport, I'm probably not gonna eat anything because I refuse to pay $50 for a single meal.
I just got 3 grilled cheese, 3 orders of fries, and two (12oz canned) sodas at a city beach on Cape Cod. $52.
Not Nantucket...not Martha's Vineyard. Not even outer cape or P-town. Inner Cape.
What the fuck man. Like, I get captive audiences...but that's theme-park prices as far as I'm concerned.
That doesn't honestly seem too awful for what sounds like 3 whole meals in this economy.
Yeah, I guess not, when you tack on the "in this economy..." to it.
And those fries were pretty friggen good, too. Grilled cheese was mid tho. Best grilled cheeses use mayo. Good grilled cheeses use butter. This had neither. It was more like a toasted cheese.
Was it just straight grilled cheese? Not something fancy like 3 cheese or added meat?
No. Regular grilled cheese. Orange American. Which, if you're gonna make a grilled cheese with American, I guess is the better choice.
I probably am because I'm high as balls on edibles and ate the food supposed to last me the whole trip during the first flight.
People who gatekeep fucking food can just shove it in their mouths and shut the fuck up.
How about we don’t fuck food at all
Whoa. You're the worst kind of gatekeeper. Simultaneously gatekeeping food and kink shaming.
Then you explain it to your mother. That pie was supposed to be for eating, not for sating your carnal lust.
Now you're gatekeeping camel lust? We ought to chuck you in the horny hole
Camel Lust?
Must be the eyelashes. I get it.
Bactrian or Dromedary?
Any humpie will do
If your Puritan morales are getting in the way of eating it, that sounds like something you need to come to terms with.
You think it is morally OK to eat a fruit pie filled with your own son's semen?
Answer quick, the FBI watch list guy is waiting.
Have I been watching too many episodes of "family pies"?
I don't know, how big a fruit pie. What kind of fruit? What temperature was it at when he fucked it? When did I acquire a son? Wait, was this my cat son? BAD CAT! NO FUCKING PIES WITHOUT A PERMIT! YOU GOT TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE! YOU KNOW BETTER!
Over airport food no less
Pizza gate keeping is amusing, no that isn't real pizza! OK, wtf is it then?
Well I have experienced Non-Real Pizza when I moved to the west coast, a few BC places just gave you cheese on bread with toppings with no tomato sauce. Sacrilegious.
I've tried to explain to a few places (who do use tomato sauve) that they shoukd ouble the sauce they put on for a better flavour.
That question has a clear and very simple answer that most people dont like because it doesn't correspond to their version of it.
The Wikipedia page sums it up:
And
Pizza = Neapolitan pizza. Everything else is a variation (and that's fine).
Sure, I'll accept that. Pizza didn't exist until 2009.
Or, more seriously, are you saying pizza was invented in 1889 in naples, years after people were selling pizza in New York?
Like all things pizza, everyone claims to be the first and they're all liars.
If you demand true authenticity, accept nothing after the early 990s oiled flatbreads with buffalo cheese, sharing a common ancestor with pita. Because you're not going to find an actual origin for who, where or how people first "properly" put stuff on their bread when we've been eating bread and stuff for all of human history.
It's like saying that the only real sandwich is a single slice of salt beef between two slices of toasted bread with no toppings or condiments. Everything else is just some manner of dumpling.
I do think a lot of things called pizza should be called flatbreads or something, but this is the first time I've ever expressed that opinion. It's just not that important.
I would normally think of flatbread as plain bread. When its covered in typical pizza toppings, now its pizza
Cannibals agree.
What kind of life do people like this lead where they think EVERY SINGLE PASSING THOUGHT they have is SO important and insightful that they need to get it all out there?
You've seen what people post to NoStupidQuestions, right?
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/04/23/le-twittre
2008?! Fuck.
It’s honestly shocking how much worse the art has gotten, considering he’s been doing it for decades: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/07/24/the-leto-protocol
Wtf
Took the wtfs right out of my wtf hole
I mean, this is a top 3 boilerplate response to someone sharing something boring online. Sharing is generally a pretty meaningful activity for humans. Sharing person to person is a lot better for us than shouting things out on social media but that’s the model that’s provided and the behavior that’s being modeled.
It's boilerplate because it's still true and people STILL can't tell the difference between insightful, useful information to share, and spewing stream of consciousness like they're a junior high school student who just learned about the concept and is ABSOLUTELY certain they're about to blow the world's mind with their unique and mind-blowing interpretations.
By the time you're old enough to be jetsetting, it's just pitiful.
Yeah I dunno what to tell you, I’m just pointing out that it’s not much of an original insight either. Menial, non life changing conversations are perfectly normal and fine. In my opinion what’s weird is how few people are in our lives and how little time we have to talk to them, and also the giant bullhorn in everyone’s hands when they go online. Everything becomes a stance instead of just shooting the shit and getting reproached when you are too much of an asshole about your dumb little opinion. This guy chatting in the corner with some colleagues about liking empanadas more than burgers? Seems pretty harmless.
Well, he literally called dissenters 10-y.o.'s, and that kind of behavior is not "harmless" as the mindset behind it bleeds into other, related abuse and negativity.
Narcissistic personality disorder.
Oh man, don't go looking me up on Mastodon then...
I don't know how you get the impression that the poster thinks it's particularly important or insightful. People usually just post random things to interact with other human beings. It's no different here on Lemmy.
He's probably a LinkedIn poster
Not enough grindset content or some form of subtle worker shame.
You replied.
Bro got the palate of a latino 10 year old
Which is probably healthier than a lot of children in the US.
Nah man you see they used long words and therefore it's fancy
Americans when they don't translate the food:
It is pronounced "quasson" 🥐
You can talk all the shit you want about MIA as the airport logistics and operations are trash, but the $6 empanadas at Versailles, la carreta on gate D37 and a couple of standalone empanada places are the best food at MIA by leaps and bounds, and way safer than any of the sushi, sandwich other of the microwave to table restaurants there.
Source : used this airport for +20 years living here.
Who gives a shit what you eat at an airport? That's probably the most utilitarian food imaginable. Plus, because of all the unknown international cross-contamination, there's also the major "at your own risk" consideration. Complaining, judging, negging, or memeing about who eats what at the airport in any sort of serious capacity when it doesn't affect anybody AT ALL is bizarre and gives me "we have Seinfeld at home but he's just a cringe asshole" vibes.
Airports are stressful, chaotic, and uncomfortable. I'm just surviving when I'm in one. Definitely not trying to be doing any fine dining.
Excuse me, I brought my suitcase just for fine dining. It's full of milk. and skittles!
People eat at airports?
Yes, Usually way better then the food served on the plane.
ppl eat at airports and brag about it?
I think they’re joking around because the idea is such insecure, hyperbolic clout chaser nonsense. It felt like a Simpson reference. “Only the most sensual dances. The lambada, the Macarena.”
Seriously. I traveled 100% for work for about 12 years and I ate at an airport maybe twice, and that was only because I missed my connection and was going to be there for like 6 hours.
I mean I'll stuff myself with food and booze when at a lounge for a layover
Don't see much point in visiting the airport restaurants tho
Also don't fly very often
People don't eat shitty overpriced airport food because they like it. They do it because they have no other choice.
Seems like such an American phenomenon. Food in US airports is by and large horrible, but in many countries it's pretty decent.
Having been to airports in 20+ countries, they pretty much all suck. Decent meal in Hong Kong, one place in the US, and an ok one in Japan. The granola bar in the back of my pantry I forgot about until packing for trips is better than almost anywhere. Airports aren't for food.
What ? People are often stranded in airports for hours and have been traveling on airplanes which almost always have either no food or awful food. People are tired, hungry, sometimes lonely, and seeking nourishment. They very much are a place for food. Having bad food and terrible prices is something the management of these places and the leaders of the respective cities should be ashamed of. I've had very decent meals at a number of European airports and Argentina and Brazil. I'm not talking about taking a date there to impress, I'm talking about a decent meal that doesn't fill me with regret like every single damn place at JFK for example.
Fair enough, and I almost listed Argentina. It would be great if airplane restaurant food improved. Until then, I'll just get snacks.
The US is not near the bottom from what I've eaten. More expensive, of course.
It seems like in us airports, you have to follow your nose to That One Restaurant That Actually Makes Good Food. Most of the places make substandard versions of whatever their chain sells outside, and for whatever reason their corporates are okay with them representing their brands that poorly. But there's always That One Restaurant, usually a local chain, never Sbarro gods I hate that place never eat there they are the only place I have ever given a thumbs down to I don't even think the cheese was melted on my "Arizona style pizza" I need an entire gram of weed to tolerate them and my niece loves them so I have to have a slice a year dear gods help me I'm getting nauseated just remembering eating there and I love pretty much everything
okay haha funny wife she changed the autocorrect on my phone to change "everything" to "scrotum" because I like to write I love everything when talking about food. Or I just love scrotum that much and my thumbs are gettin real fat, could be a lot of things I guess. She's asleep right now. I'm going to have to ask her which niece put her up to this. I've gotten completely derailed and I don't care this means war. I think I'm going to... Hm. A good creative prank requires thought. Maybe something next week.
Mexican airport food also isn't that great.
Cheeseburger - provides a bunch of protein, fat, some salad and bread; it's an ultimately balanced meal and one designed for sustain people (e.g through flights or staying up at night/in the morning)
Some of us don't eat them that often because of our culture, anyway.
It's definitely what I would get. I always need extra protein packed all together.
Pizza - You just know it's going to be nice. Need I say more? It's less about comfort but about safety and not wasting money
You guys have time to wait for pizza at the airport?!
It's not uncommon for connecting flights to be multiple hours apart.
Not to mention some places just have slices out, under a heat lamp, so it's just grab-and-go.
Got to the airport really stupidly early once and stayed there all night, because I was travelling with two people who also couldn't drive. One's dad was going to drive us but injured himself so we took a train over there 8 hours earlier than we would have.
Tl;DR trains make people do long visits at station.
And weirdly there were a lot of other passengers entering the airport at 6AM or sooner and they were having a great time wasting their money on everything.
But also I presume the pizza comes already made and kept warm or something. If not, then some authentic Italian pizzas, the basic topping, softer and chewy ones, can take just 6-12 minutes to cook. People have time to sit down at cafes and restaurants sometimes :). Maybe only the USA has the speedy aeroplane infrastructure you're used to
You can’t trust ‘regional’ food at a US airport. Some of it is decent, but the supply chain is often national.
If he is eating at an airport his beef likely came from the same factory as the cheeseburger.
Probably came from the same horse too.
Panda express is the best airport food imo. Its the only place I've consistently been able to get plain grilled chicken, white rice, and broccoli. Very boring meal, but it doesnt cause my digestive system to bloat up or twist itself into knots, which is pretty peak for air travel days
Can you guys like eat at home before going to the airport? Domestic flights don't last more than 8 hours or so and international ones usually have food. Just don't eat food 8 hours. Problem solved. Or bring snack/PBJ with you. Blows my mind how many people are eating at the airports. Should be a fraction of that.
I could, but I don't live near an airport, so I have to leave home roughly 4 hours before my flight departs to account for driving, parking, and airport security. So 4 + 8 = 12 hours without food, and that's not even counting waiting for bags and getting to your destination on the other side of the flight.
Doesn't seem like a lot. Not like any significant energy is being expended sitting in the plane
Miami International? I think that was more likely a Cuban Uncrustable. And it was probably amazing. I’ve gotten the “fast” food at MIA (Cafe Versailles).
"I spent way too much instead of eating before I left and need to make this about being better than everyone else."
Empanadas are like, all crust tho
Yeah but when you get an excellent crust
Comfort food is about emotion, not quality.
I will happily munch on an Easyjet snack pack because it's all I could afford as a student and I rarely feel hungry on short flights anyway... and so here I am thirty years later, as happy as can be with my tiny Vache Qui Rit on a salt cracker 😅
More like a hot pocket
No one's stopping you from microwaving your uncrustables.
In fact, Satan is egging you on.
You don't want to put deviled eggs in a microwave
Only because you can't improve upon perfection.
They make guacamole at the table!
I've still not tried one and I want to
Comfort food has nothing to do with health and nutrition unless your momma use to make you kale salad and organic quinoa bowls, which she didn't.
Hey, I make my kids kale salad and
organicquinoa bowls.So that time will come, just not today.