Det verkar som det inte är att flygbolagen serverar dig dålig mat, det är mer din uppfattning om maten som spelar tricks med ditt sinne.
Endast i dag publicerade Atlanten en bra artikel om detta ämne med lämplig titel " Varför flygplansmat är så dåligt ". Det kokar ner till trycksatta hytter och ekonomi hos massorna.
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Today’s planes, which reach altitudes of 35,000 feet or more, are pressurized so you only feel like you’re about 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. This helps keep you, you know, breathing at those high altitudes, but it also numbs your taste buds, making food taste blander. Older aircraft didn’t fly as high, meaning the prime cuts of steak being served on those early flights tasted more like they would have on the ground.
och det fortsätter
Other aspects of the airplane environment make it less than gastronomically ideal—cabin humidity is typically lower than 20 percent (as opposed to the 30 percent or more that is normal in homes), which can dry out your nose, weakening your sense of smell. And smell is inextricably linked to taste. (The dryness of the cabin makes you thirsty, too.) Also, the air in the cabin is recycled about every two to three minutes. That, plus air conditioning, can dry up and cool down food very quickly, according to de Syon.