• As a Spaniard who comes from a place where that kind of ham is a typical food (like THE typical food), it hurts me to see how they are butchering that ham cutting it that way. I feel personally attacked.

  • @FMT99@lemmy.world
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    432 months ago

    Now I didn’t fly much before I was born, I’ll admit, but my first guess would be that this is a photo taken for an ad, not an actual flight in progress.

    • HobbitFoot
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      92 months ago

      Flying was a much different experience before deregulation.

      Back then, there were stringent price floors on tickets, so airlines couldn’t lower prices to compete with each other. Instead, they had to compete on service, which typically included lavish meals.

      That said, all airline tickets were typically priced as first class tickets today, so a lot of people didn’t fly regularly.

  • Cid Vicious
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    392 months ago

    Uhh there are pretty good reasons we don’t do this today. Can you imagine if they suddenly hit turbulence? This seems like it was almost certainly photographed for advertising purposes too.

    • @But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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      102 months ago

      There’s an in between and we shot past it. Last time I was on a plane they tossed me a microwaved sandwich with lettuce and mayo in it. Do they even give out food anymore?

    • @SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      32 months ago

      if you fly first class you still get a cheese or meat platter with some airlines. It’s just not cut on the spot. Remember flying was expensive back then the entire cabin was basically first and business class.

  • dinckel
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    332 months ago

    The way that jamón is cut makes me wanna cry a little

    • @Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world
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      142 months ago

      unrelated to the cut, but I got myself a small pre-sliced kit of Iberico ham, wholly holy hell I think I may have ruined myself on my discount charcuterie. Now I am having internal debates of the worthiness of buying a whole leg and having the arguments of justifying the costs to my wife.

      • qyron
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        122 months ago

        Presunto/jámon will cure over time and become harder and denser in flavour. Cutting it straight from the leg is also a learned skill and a good knife to do it is also advisable. But you get a bone from which you can make an awsome feijoada.

    • qyron
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      52 months ago

      A portuguese would be very much pissed at it as well…

  • @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    32 months ago

    I will say, one of the best in flight meals I ever had was in business class on SAS. Looks like it’s a long tradition.