On the other hand, it's no good planning to cook baked pork and pears, if the local community are Muslim and eat mangoes.
Children too can find the whole experience digestively terrifying.
If you are unlucky enough to be one of the small percentage of the population who suffers from a potentially fatal food allergy, simply boarding a plane may hold hazards. Whilst the rest of us are tucking into our complementary peanuts , a minority may be suffering from the peanut allergy anaphylaxis, whose symptoms range from streaming eyes to wheezing, leading to collapse, unconsciousness and even death. Airlines are increasingly aware of the potential danger of serving nuts to passengers and whilst some no longer serve them at all. York Nutritional Laboratory say that whilst only between 2 and 10 per cent of the population suffer from classical allergy of which anaphylaxis is the most severe, around 40 per cent of us are food sensitive. The British Allergy Foundation recommend that prospective travellers contact the appropriate embassy before departure to get as much information as possible.