Short Final: Wisconsin Cheese

Editorial Staff

Monday, September 28, 2020 at 03:03 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Returning from Oshkosh 2019, the author went through security at Appleton, Wisconsin, airport.
A TSA officer asked the author if their carry-on contained cheese or sausage, which prompted a quizzical look.
The officer clarified that this unusual question was characteristic of a "Wisconsin thing."

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Returning from Oshkosh 2019 (“AirVenture” has not quite captured the imagination), while going through security at the Appleton, Wisconsin, airport (KATW), the TSA officer asked me if I had cheese or sausage in my carry-on. I must have given a quizzical look and the officer said: “Oh that’s a Wisconsin thing.”

Well, we all had a good laugh about that.

Luca Bencini‑Tibo

Weston, FL