Steve Pope wrote:
> Having spent nine lovely days in The Most Liveable City
> in the World, and two more in beautiful Sechelt, I'm
> about to fly home with my prized four jars of rose harissa.
> (Down from five, we consumed one.)
>
> Technically, I could take them in my carry-on luggage,
> since each jar is 90 grams and the carry-on limit on liquids /
> gels / pastes is 100 ml in Canada. But I still think they might
> not approve of my harissa at airport security.
>
> The safer alternative is to put them in checked luggage;
> but I don't normally check any luggage, and if United
> loses it I'm out not just the harissa, but a bunch
> of other possessions as well.
>
> This is a no win situation but I think I'm leaning towards
> placing them into checked luggage.


To avoid a lot of hassles I would stick them in the checked luggage.
Airport security rules are ridiculous these days. Considering the risks
these days, thanks to members of certain groups, I tend to support the
pre-cautions, though IMO they are rendered useless by their reluctance
to profile certain groups,but that is another story.

When I flew to Europe last summer we took some local wines, ice wines
and maple syrup. We put them in plastic bags in case of breakage, and
kept them well cushioned.

We would have picked up more duty free booze if it were not for the
extreme measures. You can buy duty free liquor on departure as long as
you are making a direct flight, but if you have to make a connection you
cannot take the duty free in your carry-on unless you got it at that
airport. In our case, we were flying from Toronto to Tallinn, Estonia
and had to make a connection at Schipol. We could have taken something
from Toronto to Schipol, but would then be unable to take it from
Schipol to Tallinn.