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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
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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 #180 on: June 19, 2012, 12:19:37 AM »
By the way, if you told me you just tried them recently, then maybe I could be of as I haven't tried them in a while.

But 7 years ago -- even the guys at the LaBriute booth at Kosherfest didn't object too much when I told them I thought their meals were inedible (they weren't surprised with the feedback either).  They claimed there wasn't much they could do because of the shelf stable production process.

And more recently, I had a long conversation with a frum US Army chaplain who buys all the shelf stable meals  through the Army (Meal Mart and LaBriute), and we were 100% in agreement on how bad LaBriute was, and how good the meal mart ones were in comparison.

So if you really beg to differ, you either have no palate or are related to the LaBriute people  ???
I have no clue who makes/owns LaBriute, so I couldn't know if I'm related  ;)
Are you saying their recipe changed from 7 years ago?
So, only you and your friend are entitled to have a taste?

As of what I tasted at that time, I disagree with you.  Simple. You thought it's in inedible, I think it i was (at least then).

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #181 on: June 19, 2012, 04:47:20 AM »
I know this sounds gross but I am crazy about liver and one time saw liver that did not need to be refrigerated from Meal Mart but the concept seemed to crazy. Has anyone ever been bold enough to try it?
its quite delicious, better than many stores' fresh offerings

ive had pretty much every flavor of meal mart and KJ, and kj is far superior

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Food that freezes well for long trip
« Reply #182 on: July 18, 2012, 11:44:11 PM »
hey so were going to hawaii in a month for a week and half. any one have suggestions for food that freezes and defrosts well. besides tuna, salami and and PB&J, what do ya'll  eat on these long trips?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #183 on: July 18, 2012, 11:46:25 PM »
My wife makes many of the same foods we eat at home and we heat them up using a portable burner.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #184 on: July 19, 2012, 12:22:50 AM »
thanks dan  ;)
can anyone tell me which foods NOT to freeze (which ones will turn up nazdy when defrosted)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #185 on: July 19, 2012, 12:31:50 AM »
thanks dan  ;)
can anyone tell me which foods NOT to freeze (which ones will turn up nazdy when defrosted)
Nothing that I can think of.
Don't forget that you can make things like pasta there with a burner and a foil pan and you can buy all that stuff there just like in your local grocery store.  And you can bring Parmesan cheese anywhere on a trip without needing refrigeration.

We had a bad experience once with a potato kugel, but eventually my better half figured that out as well.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #186 on: July 19, 2012, 12:42:26 AM »

 And you can bring Parmesan cheese anywhere on a trip without needing refrigeration.

We had a bad experience once with a potato kugel, but eventually my better half figured that out as well.
I long ago gave up on Potatoe kugel and liver when travelling, just never seems to work out.

Pomegranite in Brklyn sells these awesome rib eye steaks, really thick and already spiced that goes very well on a G Foreman.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #187 on: July 19, 2012, 12:48:16 AM »
I long ago gave up on Potatoe kugel and liver when travelling, just never seems to work out.
I'll get the secret from my wife in the morning.  First shabbos is was water-logged and awful.  Next week she did something different and it was awesome!
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #188 on: July 19, 2012, 12:53:21 AM »
I'll get the secret from my wife in the morning.  First shabbos is was water-logged and awful.  Next week she did something different and it was awesome!
Eagerly awaiting your response  :D

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #189 on: July 19, 2012, 12:55:27 AM »
I'll get the secret from my wife in the morning.  First shabbos is was water-logged and awful.  Next week she did something different and it was awesome!
Wrap it in tinfoil and let it heat up for a LONG time! Just need to make sure all the liquid gets out of the kugel. It's a very precise timing issue IME.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #190 on: July 19, 2012, 11:15:32 AM »
thanks dan  ;)
can anyone tell me which foods NOT to freeze (which ones will turn up nazdy when defrosted)

Potatoes don't freeze well...so don't make roasted potatoes with chicken (for example) and expect the potatoes to be good when re-heated

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #191 on: July 19, 2012, 11:42:21 AM »
My wife makes many of the same foods we eat at home and we heat them up using a portable burner.
Why not get the hotel to heat it up for you? Pain? Kashrus?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #192 on: July 19, 2012, 12:32:34 PM »
Why not get the hotel to heat it up for you? Pain? Kashrus?
It's much easier to do it yourself then coordinate times, etc.
And most hotels charge to heat stuff up.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #193 on: July 19, 2012, 12:33:52 PM »
Wrap it in tinfoil and let it heat up for a LONG time! Just need to make sure all the liquid gets out of the kugel. It's a very precise timing issue IME.
Yup, but the main thing is don't let it defrost apparently.  Stick it straight from the freezer (i.e. call the hotel to bring your shabbos food from their freezer on friday morning) and then heat it up still covered in foil for the entire day on a very low heat.

And it comes out awesome!
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #194 on: July 19, 2012, 12:39:53 PM »
Yup, but the main thing is don't let it defrost apparently.  Stick it straight from the freezer (i.e. call the hotel to bring your shabbos food from their freezer on friday morning) and then heat it up still covered in foil for the entire day on a very low heat.

And it comes out awesome!
Of course I was using a sandwich maker not a burner, but hey not everyone can be as high class as the Eleff's :P

@arid please let us know what you bring and how it turns out! Also pomegranate has some amazing pasta sauces in glass jars. I've had their  vodka sauce it's divine!
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #195 on: July 19, 2012, 12:42:20 PM »
And most hotels charge to heat stuff up.
Really?

Guess it depends where you go...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #196 on: July 19, 2012, 12:45:05 PM »
Guess it depends where you go...
Absolutely.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #197 on: July 19, 2012, 02:55:16 PM »
ive never had a hotel charge me to heat it up.

but maybe its because i go into the kitchen myself and do the heating...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #198 on: July 19, 2012, 03:26:20 PM »
ive never had a hotel charge me to heat it up.

but maybe its because i go into the kitchen myself and do the heating...

Never been to a hotel where they allowed me into the "Back of the House".

My experience has been -- when you are someplace extremely remote, not often visited by frum Jews, they charge nothing (or next to nothing -- like a $2 per person 'in-room-dining' charge) to heat up frozen meals.

Where it happens all the time, say the Westin in Cancun across from Chabad, they have a whole indemnification form ready to go, along with a hefty charge per person per meal.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #199 on: July 19, 2012, 03:43:35 PM »
Never been to a hotel where they allowed me into the "Back of the House".
thats the only way i do it