Day-13: Air Travel : Anti-Terrorism Says No Hummus!

05/20/2011

I'm all for safeguarding ourselves as we travel by plane, but now we can't even bring Middle Eastern FOOD onboard! Apparently homemade hummus in a re-used organic cottage cheese container looks too much like some sort of bomb material.

They let me keep my homemade peanut butter sandwiches so I was a little confused about the food consistency issue.

I had forgotten to bring a water bottle. I was hungry and thirsty and this 30-day project was a bout to get derailed momentarily.

Comments

harmony link

08/16/2011 11:43pm

That's totally nuts! Aaarggg! I have done my fair share of traveling and know the feeling of trying to avoid plastic while at an airport. I feel for you about the water bottle.... I forgot mine once and spent the rest of the trip carrying around a cup I got at the first stop... I even named the cup ... Maxwell after it's lovely label. People thought I was nuts and 1/2 the stewardesses refused to fill it, but I was determined. Thanks for sharing your journey.

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