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# The seasoned traveler
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/the-seasoned-traveler/
- Published: 2026-05-04T00:20:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-04T00:20:18.000Z
- Description: Carrying flavor is a public service, as Louisiana can attest.
- Author: Mukul Verma
- Tags: Get Out

Some travelers hold up airport security lines and turn the queue into a jury. One passenger in New Orleans, however, had a defensible excuse: Tony Chachere’s.

TSA opened his bag and found 20 containers of Louisiana’s best-known seasoning blend. The airport posted a photo to Instagram. The internet did the rest.

One commenter called the haul “Saving Iowa.”

Another demanded justice of a different sort: “TSA should lock that man up. Everyone knows @slapyamama is better.” A respectful nod to the cooks of Ville Platte, where that spice originates.

The TSA officer who handled the bag later joined the fun: “I’m the TSA Officer that had to check them all individually, I opened that suitcase and was stunned lol. But it was all laughs after.”

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