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PastaPappa430 karma

I like pressed duck. There's a place nearby that serves it, and I can order it and have it ready in "15 or 20 minutes". I have made pressed duck at home, following a receipe from the "Classic Chinese Cookbook" (I'm old. I use cookbooks.) It took me 4 hours to make pressed duck! I'm assuming that the place I order from uses duck for it's broth bases, so they've already deboned the duck. Do you serve it, if so, is that the technique you use? Or are there shortcuts?

PastaPappa58 karma

On the back of the Passport Card:

"Valid only for international land and sea travel between United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda."

When I asked about domestic travel, I was told it was not valid for that use and I would have to use my passport.

PastaPappa48 karma

Good afternoon Brenda. When I renewed my passport, I also got the passport card, thinking that I could use it for domestic air travel since I live in a state without RealID. I'm confused and frustrated as to why the card specifically prohibits using it for domestic air travel. It's almost like the Federal Government is trying to force states into making their driver's licenses RealIDs, (which I'm against BTW). Is there a reasonable reason why a card that requires the same proof of ID that a U.S. passport requires shouldn't be allowed to let me fly from Minneapolis to Chicago?

PastaPappa44 karma

I was always told by my Jewish friends that the Jews are almost always politically liberal, because the second group that is persecuted are the Jews. This seems to be bearing out as the anti-Muslim furor is switching to anti-Semitism. I hate seeing history repeat itself that way.

PastaPappa32 karma

There was a couple of people behind a table at a "fair" for travel which claimed to be from Immigration (this was over a year ago when I last renewed my passport) and passport control. They were there to help people fill out passport applications and I saw the passport card (which I hadn't heard of before) and asked about it. I specifically wanted to know if it would work as a RealID for domestic air travel and they said no, only for air travel between North American countries.