Originally posted by zippy-kat
...I can see the headlines now ...
I've no idea what the postal regulations for mailing produce across country lines are, but once a friend in India decided to surprise me by mailing me a pound of tea. The postal inspectors here got rather excited, apparently. The never said a word to me, but the package was not ... intact when I got it and I had to go in to the P.O., identify myself, and pick it up. Felt rather like a (inept) criminal.