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The last few times I’ve flown, they offered peanuts as snacks.

• autoexec 4y ago
  That's impressive (or disturbing). I wonder if they've come up with some kind of peanut that doesn't trigger peanut allergies. I miss the airline peanuts and I was always a little sad that so many cultural references and stand up routines were dated by their absence
  • dhosek 4y ago
    I think that their temporary absence was a bit of overreaction to peanut allergies (which continues in a lot of environments like schools still). Individuals who would have a reaction simply by being in the same general space as peanuts are rare if not nonexistent. Probably, for K-8, it does make sense in that kids can’t be relied upon to not do dumb things like give their nut-based snack to an allergic kid, but an airplane is a controlled enough environment that it’s unlikely to be an issue. The one key thing would be avoiding hidden nuts, e.g., here have this slice of banana bread—surprise it has nuts mixed into the dough!
  • Larrikin 4y ago
    When they are offered there's usually an alternative snack offered. Most common seems to be pretzels and or a cookie of some sort. I had a non deadly peanut allergy growing up that I outgrew so never really acquired a taste for peanuts, I'm always grateful for the alternatives.