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We are crossing into Canada this morning and their web site says No Fresh Vegetables or Fruit.
Last night the potatoes and carrots and celery and one onion went into a pot roast, and the leftovers went to the freezer. LOVE my FoodSaver.
This morning I checked the internet for how-to's and simply put the whole garlic cloves in the freezer. The huge onion got diced, put into a baggie, and into the freezer it went. The zucchini got diced. I put a bowl of water in the microwave and heated on high for 4 minutes. Then added the zucchini and nuked for another minute. Took out, drained, then put in a bowl of Very Cold Water (not hard since it was 25 degrees outside last night) for a minute. Then into a freezer baggie and to the freezer.
That takes care of the veggies except for the half bag of salad. We might try to eat that right before we cross or just hand it over.
The veggies came from a vegetable stand and I hated to just throw them away.
The bananas we ate for breakfast.
I think we are ready! DH filled out the paperwork for the shotgun last night, three copies which you do not sign until in their presence. We'll let you know how that goes.
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RangerJay
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Wow - that sounded like work!
We've crossed many times over the years and no longer bother to look at websites on what foodstuffs are or are not allowed - it is too much of a headache to interpret - then try to make some in-trip adjustment - now - no matter what direction we are travelling in - we try to plan it so that when we cross the border there are few or no perishables on board - and then we do a shopping on the other side. This little system works great - and headaches are gone .....
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Artum Snowbird
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Likely when they hear about the shotgun the veggies will not even be mentioned.
Fill the vehicle in the last city before you cross, and bring in your choice of liquor up to the limits as well. If you like cheeze, bring in lots, it's pretty pricey up here. Chicken as well.
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FWIW, we usually travel with a pretty stocked up fridge and pantry and other than a few citrus fruits entering the US, we've never had any problems (we've never had any issues going into Canada).
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SideHillSoup
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RangerJay wrote:Wow - that sounded like work!
We've crossed many times over the years and no longer bother to look at websites on what foodstuffs are or are not allowed - it is too much of a headache to interpret - then try to make some in-trip adjustment - now - no matter what direction we are travelling in - we try to plan it so that when we cross the border there are few or no perishables on board - and then we do a shopping on the other side. This little system works great - and headaches are gone .....
Jay
Ditto
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Lorne&Lorraine
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michelb wrote:FWIW, we usually travel with a pretty stocked up fridge and pantry and other than a few citrus fruits entering the US, we've never had any problems (we've never had any issues going into Canada).
Ditto.
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ArmySFCRet wrote:Wait until you come back into the US. They took about 8 lbs of fresh meat from us including frozen hotdogs when we came back into ND a few years ago.
The border guards were having a cookout that night. 
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I never bring citrus across either direction. I've never been asked what types of food I bought when I cross over on day trips to do the groceries.
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Well..it's too late now, so...call for bail money.
I bet they said nothing about your frozen veggies. It's about fresh...frozen is NOT fresh.
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Wait until you come back into the US. They took about 8 lbs of fresh meat from us including frozen hotdogs when we came back into ND a few years ago.
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