[eliasbagley]

They aren't looking for electronics - they are looking for large masses that could be fuel for the explosives. Big blocks of clay, liquids, etc. A jumble of electronics alone with nothing that can actually explode is common and doesn't ring any alarm bells. I discovered this after talking to a TSA agent after flying a few times with my modular synthesizer, where I was surprised that it was never pulled for extra screening.

[_jal]

My mother makes soap and tends to give me a few bars when I visit. I have learned to mail it back to myself; taking a few 2"x3"x5"-ish blocks of a uniform-density material through the airport is a guaranteed close look.

[Drakar1903]

What I'm reading is that it's possible to sneak a bomb through as long as the bomb smells like lavender.

[solstice]

Magic the gathering decks (60-100 cards) also seem to trigger this as they also show up as dark blocks on x-ray

[wvenable]

Yes, baby wipes will get you searched every time. They just look like dense bricks of material on the x-ray.

[john_moscow]

Same for a rectangular pack of biscuits.

[benibela]

They closely examined the cucumber in my bag

[DoreenMichele]

Drugs hidden in a cucumber truck:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-fentanyl-bust...

Also, plants or foods are sometimes forbidden because of potential to carry vermin, plant diseases, etc.

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/pr...