A tweet introduced an age-old meals debate again to mild—and it wasn’t asking if a scorching canine is a sandwich (it isn’t). No, it resurfaced the query of why the TSA confiscates peanut butter if it isn’t (on this individual’s thoughts) a gel, liquid, or aerosol?
The replies to the tweet chronicle all the varied inconsistencies of carrying completely different edible objects via airport safety. One individual was instructed they could make sandwiches with their peanut butter earlier than disposing of it, one other astutely pondered why toothpaste is not considered a liquid if peanut butter is.
So why is the TSA taking it? Is peanut butter actually a liquid? Naturally, the TSA fired again a reply after seeing the tweet getting plenty of engagement.
Is Peanut Butter a Liquid?
According to the Instagram publish, the TSA (and science) defines a liquid as a substance that, “has no particular form and takes the form dictated by its container.” Of course, commenters fired again, saying every little thing from the hilarious, “cats match that description too,” to the poignant, “Has anybody at TSA tried to drink peanut butter although?”
And so, the TSA has formally upheld that peanut butter is, of their eyes, a liquid and thus, solely containers below 3.4 ounces could be introduced on a airplane in carry-on baggage. And by their definition, many different so-called liquids like butter, hummus, and different dips, and—sorry to your PB & J—jelly and jam are all prone to be confiscated by TSA, as nicely. Candles, inexplicably, appear to be protected for now.
Although we do not essentially agree with the TSA’s definition of peanut butter as a liquid—anybody who’s ever had an enormous spoonful of it caught of their mouth will concur—we’ll stick with placing it in our checked baggage somewhat than threat shedding our treasured P.B.
Heed this cautionary story from an previous colleague of mine, who tried to carry a number of packs of (costly!) European butter via airport safety, solely to have her haul taken with out hesitation. Take it from us—you are “butter” off protected than sorry!
