Mike’s peanut thoughts on a plane.

When did the airline industries get so bad that they could no longer afford the honey in their honey roasted peanuts? Even crazier, when did Delta “discontinue” ginger ale. The poor ginger root’s entire market share was destroyed with the stoke of an airline executive’s pen. How many other mainstream items come with ginger root?

Upon inquiring further, my flight attendant “Jane” stated that Delta is getting back the airline’s staple root drink in May. Which only leads me to think about how it takes just shy of five months to get pop back on a plane.

So I sit on my flight with water and my two bags of peanuts.

Jane, however, has my back. A few moments later, she comes back and says, “here, drink this and tell me what you think.” It looks like ginger ale, smells like ginger ale, tastes like ginger ale… “Thanks!” I say with my ginger needs fulfilled. “It’s not ginger ale…” Jane leans in a bit to overcome the constant hum of the plane’s engines, “… it’s Sprite with a little Coke.” To my surprise… it really tastes the same.

“Now, what about a secret recipe for getting my peanuts honey roasted?” I respond. Jane smiled a bit, said she’s got nothing, and left. The previous statement came out without even a slight innuendo... I swear… or rather hope.