Wensleydale on a plane?

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I’ve googled but am still not sure if Wensleydale cheese will be safe to eat after being in hold baggage and out of a fridge for 7 hours. I don’t won’t to freeze it as the texture goes weird. Im not going anywhere warm. Does anyone know if it’s ok? I don’t want to give anyone a bad stomach. TIA

I mean I’d risk smuggling it, probably safer in hold luggage than hand luggage. I managed to get a litre of orange juice through security a few years back, had no idea it was in the bag! 😁. Think that was hand luggage actually.

You could take some vegan Wensleydale 🤔

Or you could say it's vegan...

Yes, but what would be the point?

Exactly

If you fly back from France they carefully check how squishy your hand baggage cheese is. Camembert counts as a fluid and must be below 100g, but Tomme de Savoie is all good.

Get Nicolas Cage to help you smuggle it on board.

I think it's riskier taking it in hand luggage. You'll probably be ok in the hold.

Wasn’t it Joe Wicks who called it Wensley Dali?

Coming to a cinema near you this January ... Wensleydale on a Plane.

Unfortunately no meat or dairy is allowed now- thanks Brexit

Scroll down this page for the official rules: europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/carry/meat-dairy-animal/indexamp_en.htm

Tea bags are allowed thank god, so I can stock up with Yorkshire Tea when I go home after Christmas- the muck they sell in France masquerading as "English Breakfast Tea" just doesn't cut it.

It should be exempt!!

I still haven't forgiven the BITCH at Liverpool airport circa 2017 for confiscating my Seriously Strong Mature Cheddar Spread at security. I pleaded with her not to take it and even turned on the waterworks, but no - it was classed as "a liquid". I'm like an elephant (not because I eat so much cheese) and will exact my revenge one day!

@StamppotAndGravy yes, but OP is going the other way. It's well known that the UK isn't checking what comes in. Other countries may be more stringent.

"Get this muthafucking cheese of my muthafucking plane"

😄

A few years ago I flew the ingredients for a Christmas dinner - including veg, cheese, frozen nut roast and turkey - to the Canaries in my suitcase and it was all fine. However that was pre Brexit - now they put your luggage through a scanner and if it detects cheese, a big basket drops down on you like a scaled-up version of Mousetrap.

pinneddownbytabbies. So it would seem. It's horrifying. I bet they've got a scenthound at Manchester specially trained to detect the tang of a good chunk of Wensleydale across an entire departure area.

😂I would love this....tempted to try it now...

I thought it was going to be about an obnoxious passenger eating a block of Wensleydale on a flight.

@PollyCreo

I once stood and ate my yoghurts at the security rather than them be confiscated. I was so cross they wouldn't class as a food!

😂

I once stood and ate my yoghurts at the security rather than them be confiscated. I was so cross they wouldn't class as a food!

Brilliant.

I was very tempted to neck a bottle of Pastis in Geneva airport when it got confiscated but thought I might get banned from the plane for being too drunk.

@CoffeeBoy

Were you trying to take it through security in your hand luggage?

Yes. It must be nearly 20 years ago when the rules had just been brought in and for some reason I thought the rules were just for leaving the U.K. I didn’t think Switzerland would care. 🤷‍♀️ In my defence I’d also recently returned from Uganda where you could have as much liquid in your hand luggage as you wanted.

@PollyCreo it will be down to how vigilant they are in the destination country. Airports that don't really have flights from outside of Europe (including U.K.) might not actually be bothered about checking because our food safety is good but officially it's no meat and dairy so larger airports with intercontinental flights will be actively looking for food, they are pretty strict in some countries.