Norma Ramirez stepped off Delta flight 1903 from Guatemala City with a backpack, a blue neck pillow, and an aromatic carry-on: chicken.

Lots and lots of fried chicken.

This year, in late March, the 54-year-old came back to Los Angeles after spending two weeks with her husband’s family. As she does almost every time she leaves her home country of Guatemala, Ramirez carried boxes of Pollo Campero.

Her husband had returned with a 12-piece box after a trip in December, and now it was her turn to honor the ritual. This time, she was joined on the five-hour flight by 30 wings and an eight-piece combo.