What's the deal with airplane peanuts?

they always say salted but they dont fucking taste salted

>>8165944
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT

>>8165945
idk man you tell me
big airline fuckin us over

>>8165944

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/30/the-glory-days-of-airline-food-are-behind-us-but-its-painful-to-let-go

interesting article here.

>white noise (like the sound of engines) in the ears makes the brain detect less salt, sweet and sour from the tongue by about 15%

>Dry air and high altitude or low pressure make it less easy to smell our food, so that reduces enjoyment, but we can overcome this a little with more spices because they engage a different system – the trigeminal nerve.

>But the umami flavour is immune to this effect

>>8165930

>>8166014 knows what's up. I read an article on it once, it's also the reason why aeroplane meals have metric fucktons of salt in them and still taste 'off'.

I'm glad Southwest proudly carries peanuts still and openly lists this on their website, that earns them a lot of patronage from me. Delta has been spotty in the past about whether their flights have them or just pretzels.

>>8166105
RIP Midwest Express, and your free hot chocolate chip cookies with every flight.

Train food is ten times better than airline food

>>8165930
>airplane peanuts
So that's what those planes are always carrying over my house.

>>8166105
>Fly Southwest a month ago
>Order a ton of drinks
>They forgot to bill me
Tried the same thing on the flight back and it didn't work, though. $5/ea adds up

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>>8166014
>umami

>>8166014
So you're saying pickled shiitake mushrooms would be a better airplane snack than peanuts?

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>>8166283
Umami is just a meme word for savory