Desperate macaron question!

[afds]

Some of you may remember that on our last trip a creep at Orly security confiscated jam that we'd foolishly packed in our cabin baggage. Although nothing was said about the macarons sitting next to the jam, hubby thinks this may have been a kind gesture to soften the blow . While I don't agree - I think the guy would have been only too happy to confiscate everything - I now have a doubt. Has anyone ever had problems carrying macarons in hand baggage?

[Anne]

"A kind gesture to soften the blow"
Come on, let's be realistic : those guys live by the regulations ...
OK, there may be an odd soft-hearted one sometimes, but the explanation here is that while jam is considered as "liquid" (just as toothpaste or beauty creams), a macaron is considered as "solid" .

Although I guess that some true meanyhead could start arguing about the consistency of the macaron filling ...

[lnverte]

I tried to bard the plane to England with 5 piececs of wedding cake and two 125g jars of jam. They confiscated the jam but said nothing about the cake. Apparently quantity is a key factor. The security guard kindly explained that if I had had 5 50g jars, or even 2 100g jars and 1 50g jar, there would have been no problem. Apparently, you can do a lot of things with jam - the mind boggles...

[Anne]

LN, this is all about the liquids regulation : one is only allowed to take liquids as carry-on in 100 ml max bottles/boxes, and all those bottles must fit into one 1 liter plastic bag .

[GitteK]

I want the security guys to be totally uncompromising sticklers for rules. Please never forget, they are there to save our lives.

But I can't help wondering why we seem to believe that "Terrorists fly" ......... Wrong. Tourists fly !
Terrorists can be anywhere. How much explosives could you take on board the Eurostar and blow it all up under the English channel ? Or anywhere else, for that matter.

And once you get used to the 1 litre plasticbags and the tiny bottles of lotion and small toothpastes of max 100 ml. - it's not that bad, so stop whining. Who prevents you from putting your toiletries in the check-in baggage ?

[Jody]

I read somewhere they are going to give up on the silly 3-1-1- rule soon. The new x-ray machines can detect hazardous things in carry-on. I think they already have them in the UK and are just waiting for the rest of us to catch up.

Gitte, you are so right no terrorist in their right mind would try for an airplane when they can just float a boat down the Thames, Hudson, or Seine and blow a great big hole in a city!

[afds]

I also think macarons are solid, but if the worst comes to the worst I guess we'll have to eat them all... macaron martyrs ;D

I have no problem with the baggy, got used to it and now put only real essentials like allergy spray and contact lens stuff in it, everything else goes in my suitcase. But, yes, I do wonder how terrorists and other criminals seem to have no problems while the rest of us struggle with bureaucracy etc.

I am sooooo excited, just finished printing out all the confirmation emails and maps, now I have to pack the suitcase and we're set. We're travelling with two suitcases, one with clothes and stuff, the other is full of bubble wrap, styrofoam and cardboard so that we can carefully pack the bottles of jam and (hopefully) clotted cream for a safe journey back. Yes, we're crazy, but organized crazy
We leave at 5 a.m. tomorrow so I may not have much time to check in again, thank you everyone and see you next week

[annette]

This is probably too late for you, afds, but we brought macarons thru in our carry-on's last week with no problems whatsoever. I had a box of 24, and my friend had 2 boxes of 24.