Bringing home leftovers is as much a Thanksgiving tradition as watching football. But if you鈥檙e flying, you should know what鈥檚 allowed through the airport security checkpoint 鈥� lest you be forced to chuck that container of homemade gravy or leftover pieces of pumpkin pie.

The has advice on traveling with food at their website. They say pies (and cakes) are allowed 鈥� but expect them to be subject to additional screening. (That does NOT include a 鈥榯aste test,鈥� apparently.)

As for other Thanksgiving staples like gravy, soup and cranberry sauce, most will need to be put in checked baggage. Or, you can bring 3.4 ounces of them on board 鈥� but why bother with that amount?

Here鈥檚 a partial list of food items on the TSA鈥檚 no-fly list:

• Cranberry sauce
• Gravy
• Jams, jellies, maple syrup
• Soup
• Wine, liquor and beer
• Gift baskets with food items like salsa and jams

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