Northwest Airlines, long been renowned for their nuts and airplanes, has moved to the forefront in placating passengers with their latest potentially risky move. Sure, they have newspapers and beverages, but when you're flying this close to heaven, now they give you a little taste of it.
Most people have never heard of the ice cream sandwich, I think, so I'll describe it. Unlike its counterpart, the regular sandwich, it lacks mustard, mayonnaise, balogna or even peanut butter. What it has instead is a fat slab of vanilla ice cream. Instead of spongy, room temperature bread, it has a denser, chocolate cookie type thing for bread.
I can't pretend to know if they offer ice cream sandwiches decked out with fixin's like cheese or pickles, but if they do you can sign me up for a whole box of them right now. As I figure, it can only get better from here.
I said the move was risky and you're right to ponder how. Go on, ponder. Okay, now stop contemplating because I'm just going to tell you. The sandwich is very sensitive to environmental conditions and begins to decompose as soon as it's exposed to room temperature air. Also, it isn't served with a fork, spoon or bowl, so it's basically a brick of melting finger food. While they certainly could chill the cabin down to below freezing to prevent this mess, they do not.
As you can see, even eating as frantically as I was, it still became a real mess in a real hurry.
As other airlines catch on to this brave and wonderful move they will be sure to follow. The supply will diminish and costs will sadly soar until only the super rich can afford them. The smart thing to do would be to travel internationally on Northwest Airlines as soon as possible to insure you get to experience one of these delightful disasters of dessert genius.
