LAS TSO confiscates Cupcake by claiming its frosting is a "gel"
Dec 23, 2011, 1:01 pm
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Dec 23, 2011, 1:06 pm
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If they don't confiscate frosted cupcakes, next thing you know, every taro-ist in the world is going to stash his nefarious material in a cupcake and bring it on the plane. So, really, if you think about it, confiscating frosted cupcakes makes sense...and eating them for you keeps them out of the landfills. Win-win.
Dec 23, 2011, 1:09 pm
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Here's my question: Pies are allowed. Many pies have fruitish filling on the inside that are far more liquid-like than cupcake frosting. Why was the cupcake taken?
Hope she got the name of the TSOs involved.
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Dec 23, 2011, 1:50 pm
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Cupcakes frosted with Ex-Lax are delicious. I know because I did that for my best friend's 16th birthday. She loved it so much she asked for a second (while I had a dozen, only one was "special"). It was revenge for her giving another friend fenamints in the movies.
Dec 23, 2011, 2:08 pm
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I am stuggling to see where the officer has stated they are hungry?
That sounds like opinion, rather than fact, and somehow hyperbole has been introduced to try and garner support by making it sound like the officer was somehow confiscating the item for personal gain rather than any other reason.
This story (myth) is busted.
That sounds like opinion, rather than fact, and somehow hyperbole has been introduced to try and garner support by making it sound like the officer was somehow confiscating the item for personal gain rather than any other reason.
This story (myth) is busted.
Dec 23, 2011, 6:29 pm
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Years ago, in the early 2000s, I traveled frequently to a town that had a wonderful bakery. Everything was prepared on premises, and it was all fresh, every day. I always bought a large tray of goodies to bring home and brought that tray through the checkpoint. Cookies, croissants, eclairs, tarts, you name it, it was on that tray. And all of the fillings were "gel".
Now I realize how dangerous all that pastry was. I'm glad that the airplane didn't fall out of the sky. If only I had known, I could have taken the sensible precaution of eating it all the morning before the flight.
Thinking about all the close calls make me shudder in fear. If only I had known.
Now I realize how dangerous all that pastry was. I'm glad that the airplane didn't fall out of the sky. If only I had known, I could have taken the sensible precaution of eating it all the morning before the flight.
Thinking about all the close calls make me shudder in fear. If only I had known.
Dec 23, 2011, 7:05 pm
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"In general, cakes and pies are allowed in carry-on luggage," said TSA spokesperson James Fotenos, adding they were looking into why this cupcake was confiscated.
Do you really need to wait for TSA's investigation to be completed before you can conclude that their explanation will be that their TSO was hungry? (All the other possible explanations make the TSO and agency look worse.)
Dec 23, 2011, 8:28 pm
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I won't eat frosting anymore. It's too much sugar. I have stay away from candy, cupcakes, brownies, cakes and etc. That's why my doctor say no to me. I have keep my blood pressure low. Only that I can eat banana, strawberry and etc.
Dec 23, 2011, 9:26 pm
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Solid object, made from flour, water, egg, butter, etc. After baking, it is cut into layers. It is layered into the mason jar along with icing. It's like a mini layer cake. The TSO was questioning the icing, not the cupcake itself.
Dec 23, 2011, 9:58 pm
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Cupcakes in a jar are one of the latest things in the cupcake craze, usually for gift giving. They come in several different types, usually in a small mason jar.
- The cupcake is baked in paper as normal and just dropped into the jar to protect it and look pretty
- The batter is poured in the jar and baked in the jar and then frosted in the jar to be spooned out when it's eaten
- A cupcake is sliced into layers, with filling between the layers stacked in the jar
They were a Rachael Ray mention in her magazine in the spring, and were instantly the latest craze.
Dec 23, 2011, 10:20 pm
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Cupcakes in a jar are one of the latest things in the cupcake craze, usually for gift giving. They come in several different types, usually in a small mason jar.
They were a Rachael Ray mention in her magazine in the spring, and were instantly the latest craze.
- The cupcake is baked in paper as normal and just dropped into the jar to protect it and look pretty
- The batter is poured in the jar and baked in the jar and then frosted in the jar to be spooned out when it's eaten
- A cupcake is sliced into layers, with filling between the layers stacked in the jar
They were a Rachael Ray mention in her magazine in the spring, and were instantly the latest craze.