Where’s the Beef?

British Airways has taken beef off of its in-flight menus to avoid offending its non-beefing eating passengers, presumably based on religious bans.  Of course, pork is unclean to Muslim and Jewish passengers, and it seems beef is taboo to Indians.  Since a large portion of British Airways service is to India, it only makes sense to take it off the menu.

Must be nice to have a menu, though.  I fly frequently from Florida to Washington or Oregon and never get a real meal on a plane anymore.  Can’t even get peanuts.  I do have a memory of rubber chicken served on several flights of yesteryear.  My first flight from San Francisco to Eugene, Oregon in 1952 served an excellent shrimp cocktail.  These are memories of a bygone era.  Gone but not forgotten.  Hope my grandchildren don’t laugh when I tell them about it.