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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 #720 on: March 09, 2015, 08:43:30 AM »

Does Pom give a respectable amount of meat in there spare rib travel meal or is it a smaller portion?

Plenty of meat

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #721 on: March 23, 2015, 05:08:29 PM »
Pomegranate has a full Pesach menu available for order. Seems like a good option if you're going to a condo over a hotel, or just don't feel like buying tons of dishes and going to the hassle for a few meals at home. Prices seem prretty high, but note that these are for 9x13 pans filled with just the item listed (rather than a single serving with two sides). Anyone have other suggestions for places in the metro area offering good prepared pesach food?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #722 on: March 23, 2015, 07:28:04 PM »
Pomegranate has a full Pesach menu available for order. Seems like a good option if you're going to a condo over a hotel, or just don't feel like buying tons of dishes and going to the hassle for a few meals at home. Prices seem prretty high, but note that these are for 9x13 pans filled with just the item listed (rather than a single serving with two sides). Anyone have other suggestions for places in the metro area offering good prepared pesach food?
Supermarkets in the five towns are driving pesach orders down to florida!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #723 on: March 24, 2015, 12:09:58 PM »
Supermarkets in the five towns are driving pesach orders down to florida!
POM has a deadline for orders going on their "Florida truck", so I gather they are doing the same. On a recent stay at the W Fort Lauderdale over shabbos, one of hte bellman told me he has a lot of experience helping jewish guests and that last year he took care of a large jewish family spending Pesach at the hotel, occupying two whole floors. He remembered that all of the Passover food had to come from New York for some reason.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #724 on: March 25, 2015, 10:16:47 AM »
I am looking at the food options in Hawaii. While Pom is a great option I might not be able to shlep everything along for 2 weeks there. I was looking at getting some meals locally from oahu kosher
Looking at his website it seems the chef gives his own hechsher (so basically no hechsher and overview)
Is nobody worried buying food without a hechsher?!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #725 on: March 25, 2015, 10:31:10 AM »
I am looking at the food options in Hawaii. While Pom is a great option I might not be able to shlep everything along for 2 weeks there. I was looking at getting some meals locally from oahu kosher
Looking at his website it seems the chef gives his own hechsher (so basically no hechsher and overview)
Is nobody worried buying food without a hechsher?!


Why not have Pom ship it?

Will still prob be cheaper

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #726 on: March 25, 2015, 10:41:24 AM »
I dont think so. Shipping is quite expensive to Hawaii, but I will look into it. But lets say I want to order from them and i know alot of people here prob did, nobody cares about that fact or nobody knew or people know him personal and vouch?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #727 on: March 25, 2015, 10:44:48 AM »
Is nobody worried buying food without a hechsher?!

Why don't you call/email Chabad of Honolulu and ask?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #728 on: March 25, 2015, 05:35:30 PM »
Why don't you call/email Chabad of Honolulu and ask?
I did and he said the guy is 100% ok

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #729 on: April 08, 2015, 01:40:05 AM »
When people have cooking appliances shipped to where they are staying how do they deal with toiveling them if there's no mikva around?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #730 on: April 08, 2015, 02:45:40 AM »
When people have cooking appliances shipped to where they are staying how do they deal with toiveling them if there's no mikva around?
Where is there no mikva or acceptable body of water? Talking about a specific place?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #731 on: April 08, 2015, 03:13:13 AM »
Where is there no mikva or acceptable body of water? Talking about a specific place?
Seriously?
You can't think of anywhere?
First thing the comes to my mind is Machu Picchu,  Peru.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #732 on: April 08, 2015, 03:32:42 AM »
Seriously?
You can't think of anywhere?
First thing the comes to my mind is Machu Picchu,  Peru.
I can think of plenty of places but 99% have options you can technically work out, such as other stops on your trip. (You wouldn't be going to lima?)
In a case where there is no option a rav will likely tell you to take it apart and and put it together yourself

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #733 on: April 08, 2015, 10:14:21 AM »
I can think of plenty of places but 99% have options you can technically work out, such as other stops on your trip. (You wouldn't be going to lima?)
In a case where there is no option a rav will likely tell you to take it apart and and put it together yourself
Wouldn't help for an oven rack.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #734 on: April 08, 2015, 10:21:51 AM »
Wouldn't help for an oven rack.
Another thing they might tell you is to give it to a non Jew as a gift and borrow it. Just call your lor

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #735 on: April 08, 2015, 10:39:20 AM »
Another thing they might tell you is to give it to a non Jew as a gift and borrow it. Just call your lor
yes many caterers do that (not saying i condone that practice as it can lead to new halachic issues- nishtahe but as Israel)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #736 on: April 08, 2015, 10:43:39 AM »
Or just double-wrap your food?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #737 on: April 08, 2015, 10:45:12 AM »
Or just double-wrap your food?
That would only work for an oven/toaster. 

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #738 on: April 08, 2015, 10:45:41 AM »
Or just double-wrap your food?
for tevilas keilim?  Why double

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #739 on: April 08, 2015, 10:46:44 AM »
That would only work for an oven/toaster. 
Just saying what I did with the toaster oven I had in HI.
Made milk and meat meals that way and didn't have to toivel.
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