Overnight sandwhiches for flying

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Is there sandwiches you can make that will still be ok lunchtime the next day with no refrigeration?

I could pick up a meal deal at the airport but we're already getting breakfast and i was wondering about saving a bit of money

Cheese would be ok out of the fridge.

Or jam

I would do cheese.

Bagels and primula.

Cheese and jam. nom....

Cheese, jam, peanut butter

Cheese
Roast beef would be fine
Avocado

Obviously any spreads that don’t need to be kept refrigerated in the first place like Nutella, peanut butter or jam should be fine.

I would also be happy to eat something like falafel and hoummous, cheese or most cured meats (Eg: salami, chorizo) the next day if the sandwich had been well wrapped and kept in a reasonably cool place (ideally use a cool bag).

You put your Nutella in the fridge??

There is a vegetarian pate called Tartex or Granovita which is lovely and I tend to take an unopened tub of that (doesn't need fridge) and a packet of oatcakes anywhere I can't keep things cold. You can buy it at Asda or Holland and Barrett. Or Peanut butter and/or jam or marmite sandwiches.

Always peanut butter sandwiches in this house. I actually think they improve with age

Yes to the cured meats to but a strongly advised heck no to houmous, it goes fizzy very quickly in my experience!

OP if you think about the things that bacteria needs to grow, it needs moisture, food and warmth. Some but not all bacteria needs air too. So peanut butter is oily not moisture, hence why it lasts well out of the fridge. Preserved salami has had a lot of moisture removed and salt added (bacteria can't stay wet enough to survive in salt or sugar). Jam is preserved with sugar. Cheese in wax has air removed. Ham, unwrapped cheese, eggs etc need refrigeration. Butter has less moisture content than margerine so is better for sandwiches which have to be 'preserved' when you can't refrigerate.

You can freeze sandwiches! Do that and they will defrost gradually and be ready to eat when you need them.

Use frozen bread

It's £3.99 for a boots meal deal and presumably you'll need a bottle of water for the flight anyway?

I usually make wraps with ham, cheese or chicken or cream cheese and salmon, wrap and freeze separately and put them frozen into a thermal lunch bag. Has been fine for us and we never got sick. But I do pack them as the last job as we leave the house. They are packed tightly into the bag. And I usually keep the lunch bag in the freezer before packing.
Once airside you could always ask the bar/ restaurant for some ice for it yo help keep it cold, pop the ice into a zip lock bag to prevent mess.

If you can, I would steer clear of peanut butter in case there's a passenger with nut allergies on the plane, so you can't eat your sandwiches.

I make all my sandwiches for lunch the next day the evening before and they remain unrefrigerated until they get eaten - i'm not dead yet.

Ah, good point about peanut butter and allergies.

@readingnc you can take an empty bottle for water and fill it after security. Much more eco friendly and free. If OP is travelling with family a £4 meal deal each can end up £16 for 4 of them - you'd save a lot by making your own pack up.

I always make cheese spread and cucumber for DD when we fly.

I wouldn’t use peanut butter or Nutella incase of allergies on the plane.
Do you really need to take sandwiches though?

Wouldn't it be less hassle to take things that are already packaged? Fruit and nut, oat bars, crackers etc.

Marmite sandwiches would last ok though, if you must.

I'd make sandwiches as normal and freeze them the night before & take them out before I leave for the airport. The sandwiches will defrost slowly and will be lovely and cool for when you eat them.

Ooohhhh not hummus! It gets nasty really quickly- and can make you really very unwell

Peanut butter would be easy but I would worry about nut allergies and making someone ill in flight. Cheese and marmite would work ok for me and ds. DD is a bit more awkward. Roast beef would be ok

I'd wondered about freezing some. I havent done it before though.

Possibly not. Theoretically we should be there by the time we hit lunchtime but DS needs to take medication with food and tends to go a bit funny if he misses mealtimes, (he can go a bit funny flying anyway). If we got stuck with a delay I'd really resent paying on board prices.

Yeah i had thought about doing a meal deal but often we dont have much time airside by the time we've reported in at all the points they like us to report in at with the wheelchair and got breakfast. I might end up doing meal deal if i don't have enough space in hand luggage. I dont actually buy water at the airport as i take empty bottles and refill at water fountains airside. DS drinks way more than those small bottles.