Airplane Bunk Beds & Healthier Fries

Would you pay an extra $300 on top of your seat cost to get a bunk bed? Dangerous Dave talks about an airline that will allow that on long flights. Plus, making healthier french fries with the help of the microwave.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Snip deeper in the din with dangerous day. So if
you want to go to New Zealand but you aren't
sure you can handle a sixteen to eighteen hour flight
sitting upright next to an obnoxious eight year old, maybe
you want to book a flight with a bedroom air
New Zealand's soon will offer beds for economy travelers. They
are three tier bunk beds or sleep pods available starting

(00:22):
in November on. They're Boeing seven eighty seven to nine
Dreamliner aircraft just for long haul flights, like direct flights
from New York to New Zealand, but for better or worse,
mostly better, I guess. There are rules. You have to
pre book a four hour time slot cost an extra
three hundred dollars the cost of the fair. There are
only six beds arranged in two stacks and three cabins,

(00:45):
so it's tight. No headroom for sitting up. Getting in
requires bending, kneeling, crawling or climbing into the space. You
also have to wear your seat belt while you're in there.
No food or drink allowed, no snacking in bed, no kids,
no additional guests so no cuddling or you know, mile
high club stuff. No shoes. Flyers required a change into
special socks that will be provided. No smells. You can't

(01:07):
be doused with perfumes or potions. No sleeping in. When
your turn is up, you'll be awakened by a gentile
change in lighting. If that doesn't work, the flight attendant
will wake you, possibly less gently. Air New Zealand insists
the beds will be clean, pillows and blankets and sheets
are refreshed between four hour naps, So an extra three
hundred dollars for a four hour nap. I think I'll

(01:29):
sit up deeper in the two researchers at the University
of Illinois might have figured out how to make and
use a microwave to heat up the perfect French fry.
My first thought microwave French fries are usually soggy and sad,
aren't they, But apparently this is different. The idea is simple,
start off by frying it traditionally to get that crunch,
and use a microwave to heat to allow the control

(01:49):
of how much oil gets inside. Since microwaves heat from
the inside out, it creates pressure that actually pushes the
oil out instead of letting it soak in, which results
in fries that cook faster and absorb less oil. They
think they could use it, adding them to existing friars too.
It shouldn't disrupt the food industry so much so musing microwave.

(02:09):
Don't we have air fryers to absorb less oil? And
I guess air frer fries are okay right, They're not great, still,
not as good as the regular fried fries. Why is
it everything that's so good so bad for us? To me?
They can for another episode of Deeper in the Den
with dangerous Dave lay here.