Airport Travel Tips, was Airport humor

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Hey - this email is mostly for you, but I figured if anyone can get some

ideas from it, then great! Just a warning that I will probably ramble on...

Also, this is obviously a personal list of foods- you may be more advanced than

me, but these are just the things that I tolerate right now!

First off, I do a very similar thing to PJ, which is to freeze whatever I can

and let it naturally thaw and act as an ice pack.

Things that work well for this:

applesauce

chicken bread

hamburgers/meat patties

squash & nut butter brownies

banana nut muffins

I am a big fan of the *soft* thermos bags. I use a small one in my suitcase to

put in yogurt and applesauce (liquids!). The baggage fees stink, but you have to

check these 2 things. I could do without the applesauce if necessary, but I love

my yogurt so I pay the price I also add a bag of frozen peas or beans as an

extra ice pack (even better if you can cook them up and eat them at your

destination!). After many " yogurt explosions " (ick) I like to use the screw top

round tupperwares and then put those in a ziploc bag and then into the thermos

bag.

For carrying on food, I use a bigger thermos bag. Here is what I tend to pack:

hard boiled eggs

meat patties

chicken bread

sliced cheese

cheese chips

squash & nut butter brownies

banana nut muffins

ripe bananas

ripe avocado

I also add a few bags of frozen veggies to keep everything cool. I still don't

trust getting ice packs through TSA. And I carry all of this food on with me

because if I had it in luggage that didn't get through I'd be screwed!

I pack my food like I pack my clothes- I lay it all on the countertop by the day

and make sure I have enough to get me through. That way it is also pre-portioned

in tinfoil or bags or whatever and I can also pack up for for the day if

necessary.

Another life saver has been my ziploc bag of condiments. I put in salt and

pepper packets (I take them whenever I can from cafeterias, food courts, etc),

honey packets (from Starbucks), plastic utensils and some tea bags. OH MY GOSH I

must sound like a kleptomaniac. I might actually have a honey stealing problem.

Maybe there's a list serv out there for that. LOL.

And that's it! Just like every thing else with this diet, it all takes practice.

On my last 2 trips I've been lucky and have been able to get great

steamed/boiled seafood. So I haven't had to worry about packing much for

dinners. On my last trip I knew I would get desperate while being away for 5

days for something sweet, so I actually made some almond butter with sea salt

and honey and ate that straight up after dinner! Yum! (of course that also tends

to do me in... man, you can't win sometimes

Well, I think I've unloaded enough for a while. I really hope this helps. I've

always thrived on traveling so this diet was a HUGE step for me. Learning to

travel on it is just essential. My next goal is to be able to go abroad. I

wonder what they will think of my yogurt in customs. Has anyone ever taken it

through?

Best to all,

Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992, 22.5mg Prednisone