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Thanksgiving Travel Tips From The TSA: Pies OK, Gravy Not So Much

Rachel Slajda | November 20, 2009, 12:13PM

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The Transportation Security Administration, which makes the rules about how many ounces of liquid you can carry on the plane (and whose employees have a spectacular grasp of how to use new media), has released a fantastic rundown of which Thanksgiving fixings you can carry on.

Pies are OK. Cranberry sauce is not. Neither are:

* Creamy dips and spreads (cheeses, peanut butter, etc.)
* Gift baskets with food items (salsa, jams and salad dressings)
* Gravy
* Jams
* Jellies
* Maple syrup
* Oils and vinegars
* Salad dressing
* Salsa
* Sauces
* Soups
* Wine, liquor and beer

And snow globes -- which have "an undetermined amount of liquid" -- aren't allowed through security either.

So why did pie make the cut? Our guess: Cronyism, plain and simple.

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ohyeathatsright

November 20, 2009 12:28 PM

I tried to bring those chocolate covered cherries through security and they made me open the sealed package, and dump them into my bag of toiletries because they contained liquid. I feel much safer now.

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Mom, Esq.

November 20, 2009 1:19 PM in reply to ohyeathatsright

I only wish I could believe you were making that up.

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Perry

November 20, 2009 12:41 PM

The idiots at TSA couldn't catch a freakin' cold.

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kenga

November 20, 2009 2:46 PM in reply to Perry

Not true! I saw a supervisor(I assume he was - he was moving from screener to screener to a kiosk) sniffling a couple years ago at SLC.
Unless you're suggesting that was due to Peruvian marching powder ...

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quintiliusvarus

November 20, 2009 12:43 PM

The Airline alert level is still 'condition orange' - apparently them terrists is still out to git me. Good thing we elected a president who'd bring sanity to the... oh... nm.

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Butch

November 20, 2009 12:46 PM

TSA is, however, perfectly capable of breaking a scuba diving computer, as I recently discovered. A "cheap" replacement is about $600, and of course TSA bears no responsibility whatever.

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kenga

November 20, 2009 2:47 PM in reply to Butch

I'm glad you found out it was broken before you were at 3 atmospheres.

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Technowitch

November 20, 2009 1:24 PM

"Those who trade essential liberty for the illusion of security..."

I usually sit at the window seat when we fly, as my spouse prefers aisle. Every time, I sit and watch as, along with the checked luggage, a bunch of cargo also gets loaded into the belly of the plane.

Cargo that I know for a fact received far, far less screening than I did.

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Matt Jones

November 20, 2009 1:50 PM

Let's all hope that TSA never gets wind of this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/28/eveningnews/main5347847.shtml

Or else even *less* people will want to fly...

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peter miller

November 20, 2009 3:22 PM

The purpose of airport security procedures is only secondarily to prevent hijackings, plane bombings, etc. The primary purpose of airport security is to train us to be docile: to submit to officials' orders, relinquish privacy, wait patiently for permissions, etc etc.

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destor23

November 20, 2009 4:30 PM

Why do we put up with this? It's time to end the stupid liquid ban -- it's especially ridiculous given that airlines now try to sell snacks and drinks on the plane.

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