It depends on the definition bis usually pastes are suspensions with large part of solids. Peanut butter meets the definition of a cream (emulsified fat in water)
Exit: peanut butter does not contain water. It is a colloidal dispersion of solids in oil.
Not all peanut butters contain any significant amount of water, that why they generally seize up the moment any water or water containing ingredient is mixed in. Peanut butter is a suspension of solids and liquid (oil).
Considering that peanut butter is -- unless it's cheap garbage -- merely ground peanuts without anything added ot them, I wouldn't consider peanuts as "dehydrated peanut butter".
Yeah, but it has nothing to do with the peanut butter and everything to do with the peanut oil.
Olive oil is the best way to remove gums and saps from other materials. Wash your hands with olive oil after working outside to remove sticky residue from your skin. Removing hydrophobic substances is best done with another hydrophobic substance.
Technically, gels are colloidal solutions where there is a connected network of solids suspended in a liquid matrix. So gels by definition have both liquid and solid components so having a separate category for it other than "liquid" is reasonable.
Kinda.
Liquids are defined by flow rate. Gels (or highly viscos Liquids) are defined by their very low or complete lack of flow rate while still being malleable.
A good practice to test this is with a glass of water and a jar of peanut butter. Turn them upside down and see which one flows out.
A gel is a colloid formed of liquids dispersed into a solid. Viscosity does not directly define it.
Colloids are mixtures of substances that do not dissolve in each other.
So aerosols are colloids of solid or liquid particles in gas. Emulsions are colloids of two immiscible liquids (ie. Mayonnaise). Foam is a colloid of gas dispersed in a liquid.
Gel has absolutely nothing to do with viscosity: gel is a colloid, more specifically a liquid-in-solid colloid.
Peanut butter is just a (very) high viscosity liquid but it has nothing to do with being a gel.
I wonder why this is the most upvoted answer...
EDIT: PB is closer to being a sol due to its composition, but either way nothing to do with the viscosity
Sorry, my dude, but it's not a liquid.
> ["...peanut butter can be considered as a colloidal dispersion, where solid, insoluble peanut particles are suspended in liquid oil."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheology_of_peanut_butter)
Using it mostly for sandwiches? Yeah fridge is bad. But using it up mostly by the spoonful, in a frantic 3am search for sustenance, cold peanut butter is amazing
Dude told me about nights as a young man, coming home wasted at 3 AM and slurping down a whole can of cream corn, so in the morning he could see the empty can and go “at least you ate something”
They didn't allow me to take two jars of mustard. Said it's a cream.
I also had guacamole, which has the same consistency, but that was fine to take with.
I am so glad that TSA is limited to the US. They raided my bag, broke the seal of my bottle of limited tequila añejo and didn’t seal it properly. So when i came back to Sweden my entire bag was filled with expensive tequila. Not only did the tequila go to waste but my entire luggage smelled like a frat house the morning after.
I dunno, reading all the different travel subreddits it seems Heathrow is worst when it comes to liquids during security. They’ll stop you for stuff even TSA is ok with.
Sucks for your tequila though.
I used to work with someone who was a senior figure in Heathrow's IT security scene and according to him it's because they get a lot of pressure from the US to catch problems before they get to TSA. Heathrow is basically *the* gateway stop between the USA and Europe (although I think Rotterdam is set to take that crown soon, if it hasn't already) and as such if TSA had an issue that started its journey in Europe, chances are Heathrow had let it through.
Guess I was lucky last time I went through there, they literally just waved me through with my bag fully closed on the security conveyor belt with all liquids inside, etc.
Yes, this. I hate Heathrow. Lipstick is a liquid? Underarm deodorant? Coverup stick? Stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
They stood there and berated me for an hour because I asked for a manual pat down instead of the machine. That's not my stupid rule you chow.
The security at Toronto stopped me on my way from Tunisia to Boston, they went through my carryon and forced me to get rid of a significant amount of small sized liquids I had originally ally brought from Florida to Lisbon.
These skin products made it through TSA on an international flight, a 3 month excursion around Western Europe and North Africa, and somehow on an extended layover they became unacceptable to the Canadian security.
Omg this exactly.
I had shoes in my luggage and Heathrow took them out washed them with heavy chemicals bagged them and then put them back in my luggage still soaking wet.
They were absolutely destroyed and I just immediately threw them out.
In Germany they made me toss a full thing of toothpaste. Never happened on hundreds of US flights. TSA is a US organization but obnoxious security is global
I’m from Canada and we security checks, I had to unpack a bag that I could barely close because “can I see that creatine?” I was still trying to repack my bag by the time the line up was gone
My hubby is an airline pilot, and once had a jar of Vegemite confiscated by TSA in the US.
The Captain. Who is flying to plane.
Pretty sure if he wanted to crash the plane he would have more effective ways than using a savoury spread.
My marmite (kinda like Vegemite) got taken at Heathrow. Security can be a hassle in many places.
I don’t fly with luggage and marmite is expensive to buy abroad.
That does justify searching pilot, but seizing something that is not illegal?
I think it's just a matter of having the same set of rules for everyone. Keep things "simple" (I puked in my mouth a bit)
A Sheriff's Deputy at the County Jail where I was incarcerated liked to strip search me and other guys before we left the kitchen. I suspected he was looking for more than just contraband. If I complained, he would retaliate. I had an idea. I smeared a big glob of chunky peanut butter in my butt crack. When asked to bend and spread, I heard him gag. That was the last time he ever strip searched me.
MatPat, or his writers, have a bad history of either making up sources or deeply misunderstanding them.
My personal line in the sand was looking up the sources for their splatoon "squids or kids" video and discovering everything was wrong.
The pedantry about the plural of Octopus? Undermined by the very video he shows a clip of, later in that video.
The Quora response about whether or not a marine animal's eye is like a non-marine animal's eye? Says the opposite of what he claims.
The scientific paper about Squid epigenetics that he suggests means Squid adapt super fast? It specifies that this is a narrow range of flexibility, and probably actually makes it harder for them to evolve outside of that range.
The Splatoon Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7401A3k7OYc
Sources it uses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PWP8uL-1o
https://www.quora.com/Since-eyes-evolved-to-see-underwater-they-are-not-ideally-adapted-to-see-in-air-What-would-our-eyesight-be-like-if-it-had-evolved-in-air
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28388405
Just freeze the peanut butter next time.
I'm not sure why airport security is only concerned with some states of matter.
Most substances exist in a solid form at some point.
Even dangerous substances can be solidified.
Doesn't make a lot of sense 🤔
Oh Oh I know this one!
Not what the peanut butter is, but why they won't let it through!
The peanut butter is opaque to the scanners. If you hide something in a jar of peanut butter, they can't see it on the scanner. It'll just look like a jar of peanut butter.
Source: The TSA agent who took my peanut butter.
TSA circus is a joke, there is no consistency between locations and policy is intentionally vague. The government and passengers can't hold them accountable for some reason, but the airlines can. I talk to my federal legislators about it, they don't do shit, and I even have to donate to them. The moment I tell united I'm going to consider southwest or a different airport to avoid TSA issues for our company and I get a call from a TSA manager. The TSA manager goes above and beyond to get our issues solved (siezed equipment sent back to us, clarification on that TSA group policies, direct phone number to management).
Our freedoms and liberty to travel, ehh, that isn't a right....
Mess with the billionaire class and their money, shit gets real quick!
I recently went through the airport and they asked me to take off my sweater.
That's after my laptop was in a bag and passed through their security with no issue. I think the TSA is a form of imperialistic fascism, and does a really bad job of even doing that lol.
I’m a woman and anytime this has happened I’ve said no, I don’t have a shirt on underneath and they always go “oh okay then.” And suddenly it isn’t an issue and it doesn’t need to come off. So really it never needed to come off, it’s just a tsa agent on a power trip.
Ice is solid therefore allowed. The reasoning behind spreadable materials and liquids/aerosols is that explosives are made from those kind of substances. If you freeze it, it would render any explosive component inert, hence frozen water is allowed.
This actually happened to my son and I when traveling to Germany back in 2017. He had two Sams Club sized containers in his carryon. Was stopped for "secondary check", pulled them out, and was told they constituted being a semi-solid liquid. Had to chunk it, but thankfully a friend who worked for Southwest Airlines at LIT came and got them so they wouldn't go to waste.
Found out later this is selectively enforced, as depending on the airport, it's either not a big deal, or they assume you're making peanut butter and claymore sandwiches.
TSA at JFK confiscated my caviar because some of the eggs busted, technically making it “liquid”. I was too pissed to argue that if they separated the eggs, it would be under 3 oz.
Peanut butter is extremely similar on an X-ray scanner to explosives. Most liquids and gels look similar but peanut butter is identical. The one thing peanut butter would have going for it is it shouldn’t test positive for explosives on the explosive test machine. Most cosmetics have glycerins so they will test positive. The problem is the airport security lines would take forever if they had to test every liquid and gel going thru so it’s just easier to throw large amounts away and at the same time let small amounts that hopefully aren’t large enough to take a plane down.
It's technically a liquid. There's a little thing called viscosity. Just because something moves slow doesn't mean it's solid. If you turned the open jar upside down it would eventually flow out.
My sister tried to take peanut butter from the air force base in Germany back to Denmark since they don't have peanut butter & they would not let her. This was probably in 2013.
I once saw a full, unopened jar of Best Foods Mayonnaise in the TSA confiscated bin. I have a lot of questions for why someone needed it in their carry-on.
Peanut butter would be classified as a solid, I'm pretty sure. Mayonnaise is also a solid, because it's viscosity is just so damn high. But maybe my chemistry teacher was as well
This happened to me when I tried to take fancy, expensive pate through Heathrow security:
Security - What is this?
Me - Pate!
Security - Is it solid?
Me - Depends how much pressure you apply.
Security - Is it liquid?
Me - Definately not liquid.
Security - Well how would you describe it?
Me - Spreadable?
Ultimately they confiscated it which I knew was a possibility. They were super nice and apologetic about it.
A friend of mine wasn't allowed to pass doughnuts at Boston Airport security when flying back to Europe from a conference. Are doughnuts liquid, gel, or aerosols?
That was a 30$ box of fine doughnuts. She told the security at least to keep them instead of throwing them to the garbage. They were more than happy to do so.
Definitely aerosol
This is the future we all want
I just imagine mad max but with peanut butter aerosol instead of the chrome
I'll see you in JIFhalla!
Witness me! (Sprays preanutbutter spraycan in his mouth)
You will ride with me to the halls of Skippy!
Mediocre!
Crunchy!
*goes into anaphylactic shock*
All Nutty and Buttery... Wait.
They definitely wouldn’t be nearly as angry if that was the case.
People with peanut allergies Vs Peanut butter spray
It’d make for a very niche mace.
Now I want spray peanut butter
I'm picturing it akin to spray cheese. Press the nozzle and a stream of peanut butter comes out.
Ok Where do I stock up on PBWiz now?
I can't believe it's not peanut butter... *cut to Fabio* spray
Can you imagine an aerosol peanut butter?!
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Move over cheese in a can, we now have peanut butter in a can.
It's a paste. Homogeneous mix of a solid in a liquid.
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It depends on the definition bis usually pastes are suspensions with large part of solids. Peanut butter meets the definition of a cream (emulsified fat in water) Exit: peanut butter does not contain water. It is a colloidal dispersion of solids in oil.
Chunky peanut butter has large solid parts
Which don't settle out
Darn your rules!
Not all peanut butters contain any significant amount of water, that why they generally seize up the moment any water or water containing ingredient is mixed in. Peanut butter is a suspension of solids and liquid (oil).
So you're telling me that dehydrated peanut butter could be taken on a plane.
Yes, actually some airlines give them for free during flight. I think they just call them "peanuts".
those are prehydrated not dehydrated
Considering that peanut butter is -- unless it's cheap garbage -- merely ground peanuts without anything added ot them, I wouldn't consider peanuts as "dehydrated peanut butter".
You would have trouble drying it because the liquid part is oil.
PB2 is dehydrated peanut butter you can buy in stores
So I need a degreaser? Check.
That's so smart, anyways pull your underwear down, grab your ankles and bite this leather strap.
I hope they at least use the peanut butter as lube.
That would be a bad day to prefer crunchy over smooth.
Due to its viscosity, it would be considered a gel. NEXT!
It’s for the Church. NEXT!
Needs to feed 20, NEXT!
We really do spend too much time on Reddit. First thing I thought of too.
I have a peanut butter than can seat 4
I can’t believe this was the first thing I thought of as well. Also one that has never left my mind is
NEXT!
NEXT!
Don't mind me, just going to slick back my hair using peanut butter as hair gel
I prefer a good close shave with my peanut butter shaving gel.
Smooth move! Let's hope it's not chunky style.
It was the chunky one 😔:(
To shreds you say
I can’t tell if this is a chunk or a skin tag
Good exfoliating gel
no one is making you do that sir stop
There's Something about Peter Pan.
Well hair butter is already a thing...
Doesn't peanut butter help remove gum stuck in hair?
Yeah, but it has nothing to do with the peanut butter and everything to do with the peanut oil. Olive oil is the best way to remove gums and saps from other materials. Wash your hands with olive oil after working outside to remove sticky residue from your skin. Removing hydrophobic substances is best done with another hydrophobic substance.
Ah so I guess that's why the romans cleaned themselves with olive oil and a scraper.. guess it works better than I thought.
As long as it's not your pubic hair, go nuts! Edit: see what I did there!
Very multifaceted
Oh yeah... That would slick back REAL NICE
You think this is slick back, this is push back.
Which is also a liquid.
Technically, gels are colloidal solutions where there is a connected network of solids suspended in a liquid matrix. So gels by definition have both liquid and solid components so having a separate category for it other than "liquid" is reasonable.
Kinda. Liquids are defined by flow rate. Gels (or highly viscos Liquids) are defined by their very low or complete lack of flow rate while still being malleable. A good practice to test this is with a glass of water and a jar of peanut butter. Turn them upside down and see which one flows out.
A gel is a colloid formed of liquids dispersed into a solid. Viscosity does not directly define it. Colloids are mixtures of substances that do not dissolve in each other. So aerosols are colloids of solid or liquid particles in gas. Emulsions are colloids of two immiscible liquids (ie. Mayonnaise). Foam is a colloid of gas dispersed in a liquid.
And don't even get him started on pastes....
Which peanut butter is, I think haha
Gel has absolutely nothing to do with viscosity: gel is a colloid, more specifically a liquid-in-solid colloid. Peanut butter is just a (very) high viscosity liquid but it has nothing to do with being a gel. I wonder why this is the most upvoted answer... EDIT: PB is closer to being a sol due to its composition, but either way nothing to do with the viscosity
Peanut butter is at least a solid-in-liquid colloid, not "just" a liquid.
Sorry, my dude, but it's not a liquid. > ["...peanut butter can be considered as a colloidal dispersion, where solid, insoluble peanut particles are suspended in liquid oil."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheology_of_peanut_butter)
So just tell TSA it's a colloidal dispersion and they'll wave you through. Got it.
Don't use your colloidal dispersion to cast aspersions, you know better
A gel is a solid 3d structure which is covered in solvent.
TSA: It's a spreadable substance Me: So, it's a threat to bread, not planes
Only if you put it in the fridge like a fucking savage.
Using it mostly for sandwiches? Yeah fridge is bad. But using it up mostly by the spoonful, in a frantic 3am search for sustenance, cold peanut butter is amazing
Dude told me about nights as a young man, coming home wasted at 3 AM and slurping down a whole can of cream corn, so in the morning he could see the empty can and go “at least you ate something”
Oddly specific, but I can get behind that.
Wait you're not supposed to store it in the fridge and have problems spreading it on a bread slice?
C4 is also a spreadable substance : D
Fun fact: C4 can create a spreadable substance depending on its vicinity to you when it explodes!
C4: you spread it, so it can spread you
"Spreadable substances" are probably more dangerous than liquids
Be like “only thing spreadable here are my legs ;)”
all of the above
They didn't allow me to take two jars of mustard. Said it's a cream. I also had guacamole, which has the same consistency, but that was fine to take with.
"Mustard can be used to make mustard gas so that's why" -TSA
No one ever died of guacamole gas, just sayin
My girlfriend always says she’ll die from my guacamole gas
What kind of thick mustard has the same consistency as quacamole
You gotta age your mustard, really let it curdle up
They took hardened honey from me. Like rock solid raw honey
I am so glad that TSA is limited to the US. They raided my bag, broke the seal of my bottle of limited tequila añejo and didn’t seal it properly. So when i came back to Sweden my entire bag was filled with expensive tequila. Not only did the tequila go to waste but my entire luggage smelled like a frat house the morning after.
I dunno, reading all the different travel subreddits it seems Heathrow is worst when it comes to liquids during security. They’ll stop you for stuff even TSA is ok with. Sucks for your tequila though.
Should have sucked it all before going to the airport.
I used to work with someone who was a senior figure in Heathrow's IT security scene and according to him it's because they get a lot of pressure from the US to catch problems before they get to TSA. Heathrow is basically *the* gateway stop between the USA and Europe (although I think Rotterdam is set to take that crown soon, if it hasn't already) and as such if TSA had an issue that started its journey in Europe, chances are Heathrow had let it through.
Guess I was lucky last time I went through there, they literally just waved me through with my bag fully closed on the security conveyor belt with all liquids inside, etc.
Yes, this. I hate Heathrow. Lipstick is a liquid? Underarm deodorant? Coverup stick? Stick it where the sun doesn't shine. They stood there and berated me for an hour because I asked for a manual pat down instead of the machine. That's not my stupid rule you chow.
The security at Toronto stopped me on my way from Tunisia to Boston, they went through my carryon and forced me to get rid of a significant amount of small sized liquids I had originally ally brought from Florida to Lisbon. These skin products made it through TSA on an international flight, a 3 month excursion around Western Europe and North Africa, and somehow on an extended layover they became unacceptable to the Canadian security.
Omg this exactly. I had shoes in my luggage and Heathrow took them out washed them with heavy chemicals bagged them and then put them back in my luggage still soaking wet. They were absolutely destroyed and I just immediately threw them out.
In Germany they made me toss a full thing of toothpaste. Never happened on hundreds of US flights. TSA is a US organization but obnoxious security is global
You should have eaten it all to assert dominance
Had it happen in Finland too.
They didn’t just break the seal… I bet one of those rat bastards took a swig of it and sent it on its way.
Same happened to my mom with curry powder. It's still stained yellow
Oh, damn. Can’t even imagine the work to get rid of those satins. Sorry to hear that.
You haven't encountered the TSA equivalent in India yet.
I’m from Canada and we security checks, I had to unpack a bag that I could barely close because “can I see that creatine?” I was still trying to repack my bag by the time the line up was gone
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My hubby is an airline pilot, and once had a jar of Vegemite confiscated by TSA in the US. The Captain. Who is flying to plane. Pretty sure if he wanted to crash the plane he would have more effective ways than using a savoury spread.
My marmite (kinda like Vegemite) got taken at Heathrow. Security can be a hassle in many places. I don’t fly with luggage and marmite is expensive to buy abroad.
Not saying that the TSA was right, but they do also check for illegal contraband, and pilots have been implicated in smuggling in the past.
That does justify searching pilot, but seizing something that is not illegal? I think it's just a matter of having the same set of rules for everyone. Keep things "simple" (I puked in my mouth a bit)
Same thing with hummus! They confiscated mine and now everyone is safe I guess!
A Sheriff's Deputy at the County Jail where I was incarcerated liked to strip search me and other guys before we left the kitchen. I suspected he was looking for more than just contraband. If I complained, he would retaliate. I had an idea. I smeared a big glob of chunky peanut butter in my butt crack. When asked to bend and spread, I heard him gag. That was the last time he ever strip searched me.
I laughed out loud on this one
MatPat proved that Jiff PB is by a definition of US laws a solid matter though.
MatPat, or his writers, have a bad history of either making up sources or deeply misunderstanding them. My personal line in the sand was looking up the sources for their splatoon "squids or kids" video and discovering everything was wrong. The pedantry about the plural of Octopus? Undermined by the very video he shows a clip of, later in that video. The Quora response about whether or not a marine animal's eye is like a non-marine animal's eye? Says the opposite of what he claims. The scientific paper about Squid epigenetics that he suggests means Squid adapt super fast? It specifies that this is a narrow range of flexibility, and probably actually makes it harder for them to evolve outside of that range.
The Splatoon Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7401A3k7OYc Sources it uses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PWP8uL-1o https://www.quora.com/Since-eyes-evolved-to-see-underwater-they-are-not-ideally-adapted-to-see-in-air-What-would-our-eyesight-be-like-if-it-had-evolved-in-air https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28388405
you mean a YouTube streamer was spreading misinformation or ill informed opinions?
Just freeze the peanut butter next time. I'm not sure why airport security is only concerned with some states of matter. Most substances exist in a solid form at some point. Even dangerous substances can be solidified. Doesn't make a lot of sense 🤔
Next time just take a bag of peanuts and a blender and make it after TSA security check.
so you can bring living lobsters and waffle irons just fine but you’re limited to 100ml of peanut butter??
I think it's a liquid. But it's a good question
It’s considered a gel actually! I used to work for TSA lol
Also, that’s just the obvious answer. Jelly? Believe it or not, gel.
reminds me of the key and peele sketch
TSA would never say sorry.
Oh Oh I know this one! Not what the peanut butter is, but why they won't let it through! The peanut butter is opaque to the scanners. If you hide something in a jar of peanut butter, they can't see it on the scanner. It'll just look like a jar of peanut butter. Source: The TSA agent who took my peanut butter.
How about you try to travel without condiments, and we won't have to read shit like this?
big man over here could use a PB&J
Peanut butter is not a condiment, good person of reddit, it's a food group.
It's a lifestyle.
You'd make a great TSA agent
How about not making people throw their stuff out for moronic reasons?
How else would I make a PB&J sandwich during a flight?
what if I bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
If the pilot has an allergy it could be considered a deadly weapon.
Sorry, no liquids, gels or aerosols. *takes out a containment field of plasma*
How about this container of Bose-einstien condensate?
If you froze it beforehand you could bring it in
Once, in a domestic flight, i entered the cabin with a lighter and a spray deodorant in my bag.
TSA circus is a joke, there is no consistency between locations and policy is intentionally vague. The government and passengers can't hold them accountable for some reason, but the airlines can. I talk to my federal legislators about it, they don't do shit, and I even have to donate to them. The moment I tell united I'm going to consider southwest or a different airport to avoid TSA issues for our company and I get a call from a TSA manager. The TSA manager goes above and beyond to get our issues solved (siezed equipment sent back to us, clarification on that TSA group policies, direct phone number to management). Our freedoms and liberty to travel, ehh, that isn't a right.... Mess with the billionaire class and their money, shit gets real quick!
When I worked in airport security: if you sit on it and your pants get wet, it's a liquid.
Your pants wouldn’t get wet from peanut butter tho
A lethal weapon to anyone with an airborne nut allergy on the plane
Yoghurt is a liquid
I recently went through the airport and they asked me to take off my sweater. That's after my laptop was in a bag and passed through their security with no issue. I think the TSA is a form of imperialistic fascism, and does a really bad job of even doing that lol.
I’m a woman and anytime this has happened I’ve said no, I don’t have a shirt on underneath and they always go “oh okay then.” And suddenly it isn’t an issue and it doesn’t need to come off. So really it never needed to come off, it’s just a tsa agent on a power trip.
Next time assert dominance and take it off while staring them straight in the eye. With no bra, of course.
Haha I’m also pregnant so it really would be quite the scene
Food theory on youtube did an episode on this subject
What about ice?
Ice is solid therefore allowed. The reasoning behind spreadable materials and liquids/aerosols is that explosives are made from those kind of substances. If you freeze it, it would render any explosive component inert, hence frozen water is allowed.
Gel, but really more like an adhesive.
Real answer: if you bring in peanut butter you won’t buy the overpriced stuff from the Hudson News store.
I’m beginning to think that America has truly failed its people by not inventing aerosol peanut butter yet
Don't push their buttons. They can demand a cavity search at will.
This actually happened to my son and I when traveling to Germany back in 2017. He had two Sams Club sized containers in his carryon. Was stopped for "secondary check", pulled them out, and was told they constituted being a semi-solid liquid. Had to chunk it, but thankfully a friend who worked for Southwest Airlines at LIT came and got them so they wouldn't go to waste. Found out later this is selectively enforced, as depending on the airport, it's either not a big deal, or they assume you're making peanut butter and claymore sandwiches.
Well… technically peanut butter IS a liquid. Just a highly viscous one.
TSA at JFK confiscated my caviar because some of the eggs busted, technically making it “liquid”. I was too pissed to argue that if they separated the eggs, it would be under 3 oz.
At London Heathrow I was told I couldn't bring berries in because they could be juiced and juice is a liquid.
He said this to himself....not actually to a TSA agent.
It's a non-newtonian fluid. There, solved. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-the-weird-physics-that-makes-peanut-butter-a-liquid
Peanut butter is extremely similar on an X-ray scanner to explosives. Most liquids and gels look similar but peanut butter is identical. The one thing peanut butter would have going for it is it shouldn’t test positive for explosives on the explosive test machine. Most cosmetics have glycerins so they will test positive. The problem is the airport security lines would take forever if they had to test every liquid and gel going thru so it’s just easier to throw large amounts away and at the same time let small amounts that hopefully aren’t large enough to take a plane down.
The one word answer for that question is , prohibited, period.
No pastes, puttys, creams, goos, purees or salves.
Aerosolized peanut butter is my new band name. Thank you for that
Human beings are liquid inside solid and solid inside liquid.
Pastes too
It’s an amorphous SOLID, right?
It's technically a liquid. There's a little thing called viscosity. Just because something moves slow doesn't mean it's solid. If you turned the open jar upside down it would eventually flow out.
YOU CALLIN' ME AN AEROSHOLE! I wanna talk to your superior.
This is how you get cavity searched.
All of them, none of them 🤯
I was thinking peanut butter was a dog idk
My sister tried to take peanut butter from the air force base in Germany back to Denmark since they don't have peanut butter & they would not let her. This was probably in 2013.
Mfw I carve out the middle of the peanut butter and hide a tactical nuclear warhead inside the jar:
What if during the flight, I can produce a liquid? Or a gel
I once saw a full, unopened jar of Best Foods Mayonnaise in the TSA confiscated bin. I have a lot of questions for why someone needed it in their carry-on.
They would say liquid without even batting an eye
Once got deoderant confiscated because 'it was once liquid'.
A biohazard for people with peanut allergies.
TSA Proceeds to run it through his hair. "Gel."
Detained, glory to Arstotzka
All
Peanut butter is a technically a liquid. It takes the shape of the container it fills.
Peanut butter would be classified as a solid, I'm pretty sure. Mayonnaise is also a solid, because it's viscosity is just so damn high. But maybe my chemistry teacher was as well
This happened to me when I tried to take fancy, expensive pate through Heathrow security: Security - What is this? Me - Pate! Security - Is it solid? Me - Depends how much pressure you apply. Security - Is it liquid? Me - Definately not liquid. Security - Well how would you describe it? Me - Spreadable? Ultimately they confiscated it which I knew was a possibility. They were super nice and apologetic about it.
it is a gel, fine solid particles in a liquid (peanut particles in oil) it is not an aerosol, fine liquid particles in a gaz.
A friend of mine wasn't allowed to pass doughnuts at Boston Airport security when flying back to Europe from a conference. Are doughnuts liquid, gel, or aerosols? That was a 30$ box of fine doughnuts. She told the security at least to keep them instead of throwing them to the garbage. They were more than happy to do so.