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Do turkeys fly? Sure, but they might need extra leg room.<\/h1>\n

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Domesticated turkeys, the sort that Americans fill up on for Thanksgiving, can\u2019t physically take off, but they can take airplane flights. You can pack them in your checked luggage or carry-on, cooked or frozen.<\/p>\n

This time of year, with our calendars stuffed with upcoming holidays, it\u2019s good to know what food you can and cannot take with you on the plane. With checked bagged, pretty much anything goes if you\u2019re flying domestically. But carry-on is another matter.<\/p>\n

And while you\u2019re planning, learn how best to pack your carry-on bag, which airlines allow the largest carry-on bags, and what airlines have raised their carry-on fees.<\/p>\n

Packing Tips for Your Carry-on<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s Time to Convert to Carry-on!<\/a><\/p>\n

US Airlines Are Increasing Checked Bag Fees<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some guidelines for packing a peck of pickled peppers \u2013 and more!<\/p>\n

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Solid, liquid or in-between?<\/h2>\n

In general, if food is hard and solid, you\u2019re good to go. (That includes stuffing and candied yams, but not cranberry sauce.) If it\u2019s liquid, it must be in containers of 3.4 ounces\/100 milliliters or less.<\/p>\n

The tricky part is the in-between. For instance, there\u2019s no limit with hard cheese, while \u201ccreamy cheese\u201d falls under the liquid rule. (Which also means tofu turkeys won\u2019t fly.) Spreadable food, including peanut butter, is considered a liquid. Yet a peanut butter pie is allowed because it falls under \u201cpies and cakes,\u201d which are fine to carry on.<\/p>\n

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The biggest caveat: no matter what the rules say, final decisions are up to the airlines and the TSA<\/a> (Transportation Security Administration).<\/p>\n

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You won\u2019t know until you try<\/h2>\n

That arbitrariness played out in the mind of San Franciscan Alex Leviton<\/a> when she baked a pumpkin pie to take to her brother in Seattle for Thanksgiving. She fretted over its viscosity-to-liquid consistency, as it was even softer than peanut butter, which she knew was a no-no.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went through security, they scanned my pie, took off the foil, and checked it out pretty thoroughly,\u201d said Leviton, who was worried it would end up in the trash can. But the TSA finally waved her through.<\/p>\n

New Yorker Candice Kilpatrick Brathwaite<\/a> took a safer approach when she flew to her Thanksgiving celebration in Savannah. Wanting to bring her own puree made from farm-fresh roasted pumpkins, she cooked it, froze it, bagged it and carried it on as a solid.<\/p>\n

Houston resident Jeanne Silver took the same approach for her flight to St. Louis, freezing an entire slow-braised chuck roast with vegetables sitting in gravy, but she hit a snag.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went through security, I was told in no uncertain terms that when the gravy thawed it was going to be liquid. The TSA agent said she didn\u2019t know if I could take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silver reminded the agent that the gravy was, in fact, currently frozen and would remain so during the 90-minutes flight. What happened afterward was irrelevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally she told me, \u2018It\u2019s against my judgment, but I\u2019ll let you take it this time.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Frequent traveler Silver recently faced a new hurdle when she started carrying on packages of string cheese for snacking. The cheese is hard, so she didn\u2019t expect a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started getting flagged by the TSA because they said it looks like explosives on their machines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now she places it in a separate bag in the bin, which has preempted the flag.<\/p>\n

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Ice, ice baby<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re planning on following the deep-freeze approach, know that you can also carry on ice, but it must be frozen at the time of screening. The FAA even allows up to 5.5 pounds of dry ice in a package properly marked and vented, but the final decision on that is left to the airline, so check before flying.<\/p>\n

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How do I know?<\/h2>\n

The best source for checking out what you can and can\u2019t bring in your checked and carry-on luggage is the \u201cCan I Bring?\u201d feature on the MyTSA app<\/a>, which covers everything from jam and jelly (3.4 oz\/100 ml carry-on) to cooked seafood with no liquid (no problem). However, you\u2019ll want to leave the cooking spray at home, because it\u2019s not allowed anywhere on a plane.<\/p>\n

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Count down to 3-1-1<\/h2>\n

And don\u2019t forget the TSA\u2019 3-1-1 rule for carry-on bagged, which also is used in many other countries:<\/p>\n