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re: Is Peanut Butter a "liquid"?

Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:21 am to
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
7546 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:21 am to
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Asphalt is a liquid at about 200 degrees F. At ambient temperatures it is a solid.

Water is like that. Above 32 degrees F it is a liquid; below 32 it is a solid.


You have never seen a Louisiana road that hasn't been maintained.

The asphalt is still expanding and contracting with the heat of the sun and in some spots you can see how it eventually gets routed by traffic creating channels in the road where tires meet the road.

But it will also crack like a solid.
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29453 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:30 am to
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Who needs peanut butter so bad they bring it to the airport?

I only eat locally sourced, small batch peanut butter made with pink Himalayan sea salt and fair trade Brazilian cocoa butter so I have to take a few jars with me when I travel.

Since there are no preservatives you need to stir it vigorously for about 10 minutes and then you have about a 30 second window to get it past TSA before it separates into the liquid and solid portions but it's doable and totally worth it.
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
7559 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 10:38 am to
It’s a very viscous liquid.

They do pump peanut butter when it is produced and packaged.
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
18894 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:05 am to
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So no more KY jelly through airport security?


not good with peanut butter
Posted by Tbonepatron
Member since Aug 2013
8447 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:43 am to
It’s a non-Newtonian fluid, I guess depending on the overall oil content, Creamy vs crunchy, Jif vs. Skippy vs. Peter Pan, etc.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
19196 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:45 am to
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TSA had to issue a statement, saying they considered Peanut Butter to be a liquid because it "takes the shape dictated by its container".



It was forced into the shape of its container. If you drop a blob of peanut butter into a bowl, it doesn't take the shape of the bowl...it stays in the blob. They may have tried to use other reasoning...but this one does not fly.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:48 am to
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They do pump peanut butter when it is produced and packaged.




Have you ever watched people pump concrete into formed walls?
Posted by Trauma14
Member since Aug 2010
5843 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:49 am to
How is it different than toothpaste???

Disingenuous statement by TSA. Just list it as a food item not allowed, like foreign fruits. Just ignorant crap from our government.
Posted by Hermit Crab
Under the Sea
Member since Nov 2008
7178 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:50 am to
probably a highly viscous liquid like in the pitch drop experiment

wiki
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37412 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:53 am to
Happened to me.

Supremely annoying because it makes no sense.

I just didn't want to throw away peanut butter I bought when business traveling. Kind of a waste. But, as said above, TSA is theater so it doesn't have to make sense.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37412 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:54 am to
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How is it different than toothpaste???


When have you traveled? They are softer on toothpaste, but I've had normal toothpaste tubes removed when I forget them. Technically, they should take them but don't always. Best to travel with travel toothpaste.

Again, the rules are vague and enforced vaguely. Not a great combination.
Posted by Lokistale
Member since Aug 2013
1200 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 11:59 am to
all your clothes take the shape of their luggage container; thus, your shirt is liquid...
Posted by rltiger
Metairie
Member since Oct 2004
867 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 12:08 pm to
Freeze and put on gel packs. They let you carry frozen foods on plane as long as they are frozen solid, Gel packs have to be solid as well.
Posted by HangmanPage1
Wild West
Member since Aug 2021
1400 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 12:32 pm to
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They did confiscate my toddlers squeeze pouch of pureed vegetables. We can all thank them for keeping the skies a little safer for us all.
When you give ignorant and incompetent people arbitrary authoritative powers, you get stuff like that.
Posted by HooDooWitch
TD Bronze member
Member since Sep 2009
10277 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 12:49 pm to
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TSA had to issue a statement, saying they considered Peanut Butter to be a liquid because it "takes the shape dictated by its container"

These dickheads will probably issue another statement that say a hotdog is a sandwich.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35560 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 12:51 pm to
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this one does not fly.
I see what you did there
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54792 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 1:25 pm to
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Do people really heat up peanut butter?


I take it you have never consumed a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich?

Your heart may have issues but it is pretty good.
Posted by BayouFann
CenLa
Member since Jun 2012
6870 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 1:28 pm to
It’s literally butter
Posted by Jesco
Houston
Member since May 2022
169 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 1:31 pm to
Amorphous solid. So is glass. Glass just flows very very slowly.
Posted by KCSilverTiger
KCMO
Member since Sep 2022
516 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 1:32 pm to
I'd say it's more of a gel, which also isn't permitted through TSA.
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