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I went to high school in Turlock. Turkeys are part of its history, and still have a presence. I used to ride my bicycle by huge turkey sheds vibrating with the noisome beasts. One of the town's mayors, who had made his fortune in turkeys, could imitate the gobble with startling and hilarious realism. Even the nickname of CSU Stanislaus, the college in town, used to be Turkey Tech. So, I guess, the Turkey Bride comes as no surprise...

I went through customs on Saturday. The agents had a small dog sniffing out fruits and vegetables, and found one person in line whose bag had traces of fruit smell from earlier in the day. You do have to be careful what you try to bring in.

In my experience, you need to avoid bringing any kind of animal flesh, whether fresh, dried, canned, etc. This requirement has stopped me from bringing home confit de canard from France. (Although there was that one time...) Fresh fruit and vegetables are also out.

By contrast, most other packaged foods are OK, including all sorts of crackers, cookies, chocolates, canned items, rice, oils, vinegars, etc.

You might also check out this site:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/prohibited_restricted.xml