# Big ol' nasty box of Bojangles fried chicken and cajun fries on a flight - I LOLd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969 "2012-10-17T04:24:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/21 "2012-10-17T15:09:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So the Dad comes to me and asks if we can exchange seats so he can sit with his family. In what is admittedly not one of my better moments I looked the guy in the eye and said “No fucking way. Y’all just made this flight a living hell with that stink-assed food, so the last thing I’m going to do is give my seat up to one of the people who ruined my flight with their thoughtlessness.” > > He was quite taken aback. And he sat in his seat. Not one of your better moments? That’s an understatement. Sorry that you don’t like the smell of curry but if airlines aren’t going to include meals in the ticket price anymore you can’t blame anyone who wants to bring their own meal aboard. There is no food worth eating that is universally loved by all. I could understand your reaction if they had spilled it in your lap, or asked you to stand up so they could change a baby in your seat. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/22 "2012-10-17T15:13:41Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > 😃 > > Please, let this Yankee know - what’s the best fast-food fried chicken? I spend a lot of business time in the South, but still have no idea. > > From my experience - KFC is poison filth, Popeye’s is decent, Bojangles is good. But if there’s a better alternative, I want to try it. 😉 Church’s! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/23 "2012-10-17T15:15:47Z")
I had no idea you could bring food on a plane. Actually that’s not true… I had pastries from Paris in my carry-on once, but in my mind it was a smuggling operation. I would never have thought to eat it whilst in the air. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/24 "2012-10-17T15:26:07Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Not one of your better moments? That’s an understatement. Sorry that you don’t like the smell of curry but if airlines aren’t going to include meals in the ticket price anymore you can’t blame anyone who wants to bring their own meal aboard. There is no food worth eating that is universally loved by all. I could understand your reaction if they had spilled it in your lap, or asked you to stand up so they could change a baby in your seat. As a father, I would have been glad to assist changing a stinky diaper. That smell dissipates and is nowhere near as bad as fucking curry. There are foods that smell and foods that don’t smell. When you’re entering a pressurized tube with hundreds of other people, it’s obvious that _manners_ dictates one not to bring stink-assed food on a plane. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/25 "2012-10-17T15:27:01Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Church’s! In my area, Church’s ranges from mediocre to “why does the Health Department allow this place to remain open?”. I prefer Popeye’s. If you’ll accept chicken in non-fried format, I like El Pollo Loco. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/26 "2012-10-17T15:27:25Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Maybe an intercontinental flight is NOT the best place to open a can of surstromming? > Bonus question: does SAS serve this stuff in 1st Class? It would be a unique appetizer!😃 It would be OK-ish if you opened the can groundside and transferred the fish bits to a jar of clean water. But with airline food the number one rule is ‘mass-market appeal’ so your chances of getting anything other than semi-international bland-a-thon is effectively zero. Note how when you book there is never a ‘Meal Option’ for Spicy. Or Tasty. But there is one for Bland - presumably that gets you a tub of thickened water. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/27 "2012-10-17T15:33:29Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Not one of your better moments? That’s an understatement. Sorry that you don’t like the smell of curry but if airlines aren’t going to include meals in the ticket price anymore you can’t blame anyone who wants to bring their own meal aboard. There is no food worth eating that is universally loved by all. I could understand your reaction if they had spilled it in your lap, or asked you to stand up so they could change a baby in your seat. But you can choose fairly innocuous food that isn’t going to bleed over into other people’s space. Curry is pretty notorious as being an extremely smelly food. Not that I’m condoning his actual behaviour. But they did start the rudeness. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/28 "2012-10-17T15:36:14Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Not one of your better moments? That’s an understatement. Sorry that you don’t like the smell of curry but if airlines aren’t going to include meals in the ticket price anymore you can’t blame anyone who wants to bring their own meal aboard. There is no food worth eating that is universally loved by all. I could understand your reaction if they had spilled it in your lap, or asked you to stand up so they could change a baby in your seat. I don’t know, part of what I would want to know is did the family take offense to **JohnT’s** reaction? If they recognized the error of their ways, perhaps I could bend a bit. But if they got holier than thou on him, with a side of “you are being racist”, then **JohnT** has my full support. I understand that one person’s normal is not another person’s normal, but curry in an enclosed space is not a tough call. It’s not like he took a seat in a curry restaurant then got upset, or the plane was in an airspace where curry might have been a higher probability of food choice. Knee jerk reaction - maybe not the kindest reaction, but absolutely understandable to me. After all, when you are trying to hold down puke it’s unlikely you are going to smile. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/29 "2012-10-17T18:07:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I was on an ASUS flight (are they still around), one of those wide-bodied cattle-mover planes with 7+ seats per row when this family boards. Their seats were spread out over a couple of rows, and I had the window seat next to two of them, including the mother. > > When the plane takes off, she reaches into her carry on, pulls out this food-warmer thing, opens it up, _and starts serving curried dishes to her family_. > > Now, I fucking HATE the smell of curry. HATE IT! But there’s no escape, right? I’m stuck inside this pressurized metal tube @ 33,000 feet and I have to smell this shit all the way into Denver. > > So the Dad comes to me and asks if we can exchange seats so he can sit with his family. In what is admittedly not one of my better moments I looked the guy in the eye and said “No fucking way. Y’all just made this flight a living hell with that stink-assed food, so the last thing I’m going to do is give my seat up to one of the people who ruined my flight with their thoughtlessness.” > > He was quite taken aback. And he sat in his seat. > > Fuck them. Just retelling the story has pissed me off (and made me a little queasy - as I said, I HATE THE SMELL OF CURRY.) Never fly Malaysia Airlines then. I got curry for _breakfast_ off those guys last time I went, though I did pick the ‘Asian Vegetarian’ food option. Had an awesome flight too- I love curry, and one of the stewardesses seemed to have a mission to get me to accept as much free stuff as possible; peanuts, ice cream, beer… Plus I had three seats to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/30 "2012-10-17T18:20:55Z")
John T, I’m with you and applauding your directness on the curry issue … but hoping you really weren’t using profanity in front of young children. Lost4Life is sipping gin whilst eating White Castle sliders … bwahahaha! I carried a whole box of Krispy Creme donuts back from Arizona back when they were “hot” and Twin Cities MN didn’t have one. Repetition all the way down the aisle, “Are you sharing those?” NO! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/31 "2012-10-17T18:25:38Z")
I wish people would stop bringing McDonald’s food on the bus and metro (subway.) I don’t know what I’d do if I were on a plane near someone eating McDonald’s food. I’d probably throw up, because flying makes me nauseous anyway. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/32 "2012-10-17T20:42:16Z")
Not completely on topic, but being fairly food adventurous I decided to see what the durian fuss was about. I had smelled a cracked durian before and it is…unique, but so is aged cheese and most of them are pretty tasty once you get over the sweaty sock smell; that’s right I’m talking to you, Stilton. I bought some [durian flavoured wafers](http://kisabird.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/what-horror-did-i-bring-into-my-house/http://) figuring that the added sweetness and blander flavour wouldn’t be as intense. I was wrong. The link pretty much parallels my experience. I choked one down; confectionery vomit is the only way I can describe the flavour. I’m in no hurry to eat the real thing, besides if Andrew Zimmern can’t eat it why the hell would I? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/33 "2012-10-17T20:59:51Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And Bojangle’s is not very good fried chicken, but as a Yankee, I guess you wouldn’t know that. 😉 Maybe not where you’re from, but around here it tends to be about the best fast food fried chicken you can get. Maybe it has something to do with the headquarters being here. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/34 "2012-10-18T00:15:03Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > I’d surrender it, but once the smell is out, it’s OUT. So I’m wondering if they can do anything about it. Really. It’s too bad you can’t roll down the windows on an airliner. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/35 "2012-10-18T00:20:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The price was reasonable, and the food was much better that what the railway sold. > > I’m wondering if something like that could be done in airports. My sandwich on the train offended nobody, and it worked to keep me from feeling hungry. You can get just that, minus the reasonable price. We flew out of Minneapolis summer before last. At the airport, we bought our airplane lunch – a sandwich each for my husband and I and a Lunchable for each child. I don’t remember the price of the sandwiches. The Lunchables cost eight dollars each. ---
**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/36 "2012-10-18T00:55:28Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > 😃 > > Please, let this Yankee know - what’s the best fast-food fried chicken? I spend a lot of business time in the South, but still have no idea. > > From my experience - KFC is poison filth, Popeye’s is decent, Bojangles is good. But if there’s a better alternative, I want to try it. 😉 Never go to a chain restaurant for good fried chicken. You want the nastiest hole-in-the-wall you can find. Trust the hot grease to kill any germs and you will get fried chicken like you wished your mawmaw made. Southeast Louisiana and I ain’t dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/37 "2012-10-18T12:57:15Z")
> [@applebetty](#): > > Never go to a chain restaurant for good fried chicken. You want the nastiest hole-in-the-wall you can find. Trust the hot grease to kill any germs and you will get fried chicken like you wished your mawmaw made. > > Southeast Louisiana and I ain’t dead yet. You look up places that get the best health scores and that change the oil in the deep fryer regularly…AND NEVER GO THERE! And the older the person cooking the better. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/38 "2012-10-18T15:46:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 1. You couldn’t find a direct flight from Boston to Chicago? I’m in Boston and wind up going through Chicago whether I want to or not. > > 2. Dude brought his own food into first class? I thought part of the deal with first class was that the airline had some decent food for you already on the plane. Yes, but who wants warm nuts when you get a Quarter dark and Cajun Fries? And now I want Bojangles. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/39 "2012-10-18T15:49:18Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > And now I want Bojangles. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969/40 "2012-10-18T17:35:17Z")
Fuck, at least once a week here in Chicago my Metra train home has at least one person chowing down on some Taco Bell. I love Taco Bell, but I don’t love being forced to smell it in an enclosed space. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-nasty-box-of-bojangles-fried-chicken-and-cajun-fries-on-a-flight-i-lold/637969.md?page=1)