Something I’ve always noticed when flying is the various ways people choose to eat our famous onboard snack… peanuts. Beginning this week, we’ll start the rotation back to Lightly Salted Peanuts (we rotate from Honey Roasted to Lightly Salted every few months) so I thought it would be prime time to ask our fans online their different peanut-eating styles. Personally, I prefer the lightly salted peanuts and I eat them one at a time with my favorite onboard drink, Ginger Ale (sometimes I add Wild Turkey if I’m traveling for fun). So cheers to Lightly Salted Peanuts for the next few months, and maybe try out some of these snacking techniques next time you fly courtesy of our Twitter followers:
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I for one find it refreshing that Southwest Airlines still serves peanuts. No one forces them on the allergic.
Our family cannot fly Southwest because one of our granddaughters has a severe peanut allergy.
Southwest would be even more family oriented and eliminated peanurs as an option, just as some otehr airlines have done. Wonder how much business you are loosing because of the peanuts because the number of people who are severely allergic is growing. On the other hand how many people do you think book on Southwest because of the peanuts you distribute?
i love d honey roasted i ways ask for more cuz i eats mine right away i try to get extra bags for my daddy dwayne because he is always the one to pay and let me visit my other family
Personally, I find it very irresponsible for airlines to continue to serve peanuts on board their flights.There are so many people out there with life threatening allergies to peanuts. Even if precautions are taken, if you are at 30,000 feet in the air an epi-pen may not be able to save your life without immediate followup care. Really people?? Whats wrong with pretzels??
My son is SEVERLY allergic to peanuts (Epi-Pen and all) so I'm really sad and disappointed that SW is serving peanuts. The prices for the flights are great but I might pay more for an airline that doesn't serve peanuts. Obviously that can't stop people from bringing them onboard but they do make an annoucement about the peanut allergy and people generally don't eat peanuts during the flight. Maybe if a call was made inadvance to notify on the flights, there is a child who is severly allergic to peanuts, an alternate snack can be provided???
If you are allergic to peanuts, I suggest not eating them.
I could sympathise if the peanuts were being served in curry, but when they come in a bag that says "PEANUTS" and you're allergic to peanuts, it shouldn't be too hard to avoid them.
I used to agree with you, but I have a son with a severe peanut allergy and we found out that when everybody on the plane opens those little bags, peanut dust gets in the air. Within a couple of minutes his face and throat itch and he his skin looks blotchy. He has to down liquid benedryl right away. When we arrive, he is groggy from the medicine. On very long flights, he doesn't truly recover for a day.
In a couple more years he will be traveling for business. That will be a major problem when he has to rent a car and drive to an meeting with a client, don't you think?
One reason we really like Southwest is, they normally don't serve peanuts on flights he is on, or at least don't serve them in the area he is seated. Of course we always give them a heads up when we make a reservation and he identifies himself to the crew. They have ben great every time.
My son is also severely allergic to peanuts, and I've flown Southwest many times. They are actually really accommodating if you let them know in advance. They will serve an alternate snack and ask people not to eat peanut products on the flight. We have never had a problem.
pass on the pretzels, mention you're a diabetic and can't eat them - that gets you extra peanuts. Eat them one at a time, savoring the flavor of that slow roasted goodness.....
Glad the salty ones are back. Not a fan of honey roasted. You're so right about how funny it is to watch people. Personally, I pour a few in my hand, then toss 'em down the gullet, then repeat until they're gone. That leaves the wonderful salt at the end that has to precede the last sip in the glass of coke. :) Fun tidbit, thanks!