<p>Canned frosting? Curious why someone would bring canned frosting on a plane? >>></p>
<p>LOL. She was going to visit DD who is living overseas and limited access to groceries and no real kitchen. She bakes cupcakes at her work for the students, then uses the canned frosting on them. Every time someone goes to visit, they take her cake mixes and frosting.</p>
<p>Years ago my sister and I took bags of groceries to France for her daughter’s wedding. We knew they had food in France, but we wanted to have certain food there. We’d have never made it out of the airport now.</p>
<p>My aunt (from Boston) was visiting the family in Atlanta and wanted to make her son’s favorite-London Broil. We were going to be about 20 for dinner, so she carried on several London Broil steak that were marinading in large Ziploc bags; this was obviously before 9/11! Imagine her surprise when one of the bags began leaking :0 You would think a smart woman would realize we actually have grocery store and meat markets in Atlanta! </p>
<p>We still give her grieve every time she comes in town and have introduced her to our grocery stores :)</p>
<p>I hosted a family reunion a plane ride away last summer. To cook for this crowd, I bought a large volume of Asian sauces, salad dressings, cheeses. A lot of money, and checked much of the left overs through for the trip home. Was just fine. </p>
<p>The Pike place market has amazing smoked salmon, nothing available like that here. So I brought home a few chunks, well wrapped and chilled for those who had been caring for my house, mail and cat.</p>
<p>I have also brought cheese and english donuts (yeast donuts) and it has not been a problem; they just opened my bag, looked at them and closed my bag…sent me on my way.</p>
<p>In 2006, we took (in our checked bags) canned yams, stove top stuffing, canned cranberry sauce, instant mashed potatoes, canned turkey gravy, canned peas/corn. We bought a couple of rotisserie chickens and had a nice thanksgiving dinner…in London.</p>