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80% of this thread summed up:
To keep stuff cold, get a Polar Bear.
To keep stuff hot, get a Hotlogic.



1. Some of our POM meals in HI were fantastic. And some that were great in the past were inedible. And some of are meals were wrong.
2. 48 pack cooler should fit 20-24 POM size meals. If they're frozen for a few days they'll stay frozen in the cooler for days with no ice needed.
3. Fill the Polar Bear with hot water in a tub and let it sit for a few minutes to expand it so it can fit more meals.

Food/ cooking utensils which are easy to bring while traveling
Beef Jerky/Dried Salami (Easy to make a sandwich. Can add mayo packet)
Wraps, good to use as bread, stays a long time.
Foreman.
Sandwich maker. Bring bread and cheese.
Ramen noodle soups, try with cold water, it isn't bad.
Or ask a coffee shop for free hot water.
Oatmeal Packets (just add hot water and it’s a filling meal)
Tuna Packets
Buy eggs and hard boil inside hot water thing

Foods which are easily found in obscure places in the USA
Bread: Thomas bagels, Sara lee bagels.
Lox, can be found in most groceries.
Sabra humus products.
tuna fish, sardines, etc.
peanut butter, jelly.
cereals. milk, if you drink cholov stam.
Fresh and frozen fish. Try cooking salmon on a foreman with a bit of spices. (Tip the Foreman back a little to keep the juice in for better taste.)

Foods which are easily found all over the world
Fresh fish.
Perhaps american canned tuna.
Fresh fruits and vegetables (in IL there is a problem of terumes and meisres)

Seasons Kosher Meals
Seasons supermarket now advertises that they offer travel meals, similar to Pomegranate

Pomegranate M2G
https://www.thepompeopleonline.com/categories/97309/products

From Dan's Banfff TR
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/33245
Something Fishy - http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=46759.msg968426#msg968426
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Boneless spare ribs with wild mushroom rice and popcorn cauliflower.  The ribs were moist and delicious, I’d order them anytime in a restaurant.  The popcorn cauliflower was fantastic as well.

Sesame chicken, Chicken Tortellini with pesto sauce, and Balsamic Baby Portabella Mushrooms.  The Sesame chicken was good though it could have used more sauce.  The mushrooms were great and the chicken tortellini was very good as well.

Eggplant Rollatini.  This stuff is unbelievable.  Eggplant loaded with ricotta, tomato sauce, and cheese. It’s probably the best eggplant dish I’ve had in my life.  An absolute must try.

Eggplant Parmesan was the absolute best Eggplent Parmesan I’ve had in my life as well. It’s such a pleasure to eat so well while traveling.

Penne a la Vodka was good, though overshadowed by our massive portions of out of this world Eggplant dishes.

Honey Mustard Corned Beef.  This was a truly awesome mouth-watering dish.  Thick juicy slices of tangy corned beef, it’s a real treat.

Glazed dark meat chicken stuffed with pastrami was awesome.  The couscous and green beans were good as well.

I wasn’t such a fan of the Sino steak as it was a bit tough.

Fettuccine Alfredo was creamy and fantastic.

Baked Ziti was delicious as well.

Lasagna was good, but not quite up to par as some of the other dairy meals.

Absolutely perfect Chicken Marsala though I wasn’t such a fan of the Shlishkes. The grilled Portabella Mushrooms were very good.

Hot pastrami was very good, but just can’t compete with the honey mustard corned beef.  The Garlic mashed potatoes were phenomenal!

Ancho Marinated Hanger Steak had a fantastic flavor though it got a bit dried out unfortunately.  The grilled vegetables were very good.

The Mac and Cheese was very good, though obviously not as good as when the hotel heats it up for you.

Spicy Southern Fried Chicken Nuggets are outstanding.  The seasonings are just amazing.  The only thing I’d like with it is a dipping sauce so it was perfect that we also had the meatballs below!

Meatballs were very good in a tasty sauce.

Mini stuffed cabbage were excellent as were the roasted potatoes and garlic string beans.

But this was what really blew me away.  The Delmonico steak in a red wine reduction was far superior to the steak that you’ll receive in your local steakhouse.  And when a store figures out how to make a frozen steak that is reheated taste better than what most steakhouses serve I’m left completely speechless.  Plus it’s packed with 2 of my favorite sides-the garlic mashed potatoes and popcorn cauliflower.

From various DDFrs -
 Honey mustard corned beef and the spare ribs were delicious.
The garlic green beans were a great side dish.
The cheese blintzes were fantastic
Sesame chicken, Chicken Tortellini

From SF Maui TR http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=46759.msg968426#msg968426
Every single dish, whether a fancy rib steak or simple tzimmes, was absolutely delectable. The General Tso's was saucy, spicy, and delicious

@Yehuda - August 2015:
Great - BBQ chicken nuggets, Baked breaded chicken cutlet, Buffalo chicken wings, Cheese blintzes, Penne ala vodka, Popcorn cauliflower, Roasted potatoes were great.
Okay - Ribs too fatty for me, Fire Poppers Chicken Nuggets too spicy for me, Garlic broccoli, Mashed potatoes
Bad - Roasted asparagus (was white asparagus)

http://yeahthatskosher.com/2014/01/kosher-travel-meals-a-complete-guide-of-options/


https://www.koshwhere.com/en/
Here's how it works:
Use the search bar and fill your destination address (hotel/airport/home/office,etc) , date range and how many guests will eat. View the caterer's kosher certification, select your favorite kosher meals from the caterer's menu for the days you need, choose your delivery preference and make an order
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1280 on: June 19, 2017, 01:22:57 PM »
Got my answer:

He also said that this applies to both fresh and fresh frozen.

Apparently he did, thankfully ;D.


Note that CS91 did not mention scraping with a knife. Also, you may want to get standards from him in how to determine that it is a species with scales other than actually seeing them. How do you know that what is being marketed as flounder really is as they say?

His psak concurs with mine. :)
PT YD 96:5 says to rinse and scrape with a knife.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1281 on: June 19, 2017, 01:26:13 PM »
Note that CS91 did not mention scraping with a knife.

His psak concurs with mine. :)

Touche :P


Also, you may want to get standards from him in how to determine that it is a species with scales other than actually seeing them. How do you know that what is being marketed as flounder really is as they say?

Where I'm going it's more "dude selling fish out of his boat" than "being marketed as". I'll be able to see and inspect the fish properly.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1282 on: June 19, 2017, 01:28:48 PM »
Touche :P


Where I'm going it's more "dude selling fish out of his boat" than "being marketed as". I'll be able to see and inspect the fish properly.
I figured as much, but I am assuming that you don't plan on this being your last time traveling.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1283 on: June 19, 2017, 02:00:13 PM »
I figured as much, but I am assuming that you don't plan on this being your last time traveling.
Last time where he'll be eating fish out of a boat, perhaps.  :P

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1284 on: June 19, 2017, 08:35:21 PM »
Apparently he did, thankfully ;D.
Note that CS91 did not mention scraping with a knife.
Couldn't have gone to the same yeshiva as mine because then you would've only kept one day Shabbos in Hawaii  ;)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1285 on: June 19, 2017, 09:02:20 PM »
Couldn't have gone to the same yeshiva as mine because then you would've only kept one day Shabbos in Hawaii  ;)
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1286 on: June 19, 2017, 09:02:31 PM »
Couldn't have gone to the same yeshiva as mine because then you would've only kept one day Shabbos in Hawaii  ;)
maybe he decided to get a new rabbi after he had to keep it for 2 days.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1287 on: June 19, 2017, 10:07:04 PM »
Couldn't have gone to the same yeshiva as mine because then you would've only kept one day Shabbos in Hawaii  ;)

;D;D

maybe he decided to get a new rabbi after he had to keep it for 2 days.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1288 on: June 19, 2017, 10:07:59 PM »
;D;D

Nope, I highly recommend a 2-day shabbos in fact. Unbelievably relaxing.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1289 on: June 26, 2017, 07:04:30 PM »
Anyone use kosherwhere.com recently? Where? Reviews?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1290 on: July 11, 2017, 08:44:40 PM »
Anyone have experience with shipping Pomegranate meals (or similar frozen meals) to the EU? Would be using FEDEX

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1291 on: July 11, 2017, 09:02:56 PM »
Anyone have experience with shipping Pomegranate meals (or similar frozen meals) to the EU? Would be using FEDEX

Won't work IIUC. Customs won't let it in.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1292 on: July 11, 2017, 10:24:04 PM »
Anyone have kosher food suggestions for Zurich ( not restaurants)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1293 on: July 12, 2017, 01:48:06 PM »
Anyone have kosher food suggestions for Zurich ( not restaurants)
Was just in Kosher City. They gave the Basics (and a bit overpriced comparatively). It's near agudas achim shul

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1294 on: July 13, 2017, 12:44:04 PM »
What I dont understand is if you order e.g. 8 Pomegranite meals, you will need a cooler about the size of a carry on suitcase. This has to be kept frozen. Are hotels willing to do that?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1295 on: July 13, 2017, 12:47:31 PM »
What I dont understand is if you order e.g. 8 Pomegranite meals, you will need a cooler about the size of a carry on suitcase. This has to be kept frozen. Are hotels willing to do that?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1296 on: July 13, 2017, 01:49:45 PM »
What I dont understand is if you order e.g. 8 Pomegranite meals, you will need a cooler about the size of a carry on suitcase. This has to be kept frozen. Are hotels willing to do that?
If you're question is about hotels willing to freeze them, then yes, most of them will, especially the kosher/ jewish ones.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1297 on: August 02, 2017, 04:53:15 PM »
@Dan Can you please compare Kosher private chef in MIA to Pom meals. Which one would you go with if the choice was between the 2?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1298 on: August 03, 2017, 02:04:45 PM »
@Dan Can you please compare Kosher private chef in MIA to Pom meals. Which one would you go with if the choice was between the 2?
KPC is more customized and made to order.
POM has consistency issues and I had a bad experience last time. But POM is probably cheaper than KPC and more convenient for NYers.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1299 on: August 03, 2017, 02:21:04 PM »
KPC is more customized and made to order.
POM has consistency issues and I had a bad experience last time. But POM is probably cheaper than KPC and more convenient for NYers.
yes but I am stopping in Miami so both are convenient. Should I go with KPC? Also what is his hechsher I don't see it on the website?