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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 #1140 on: June 23, 2016, 08:06:42 PM »
My bad, it was Coleman coolers. Sorry!

Ok thanks anyway.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1141 on: June 23, 2016, 08:09:31 PM »
Thanks!  While I was looking for it, I saw this and thought it might be way more convenient since we have a stopover.  Do you guys think this might work (although it it's smaller) or the vertical design might now allow you to put as much in?

http://www.zulily.com/p/42-can-rolling-cooler-175154-36143703.html?search_pos=4&search_page=1&fromSearch=true
 

We have something similar, it holds a lot and is way more convenient for traveling. I use the non-rolling one in the car when we aren't schlepping it around. 

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1142 on: June 23, 2016, 09:21:27 PM »
 

We have something similar, it holds a lot and is way more convenient for traveling. I use the non-rolling one in the car when we aren't schlepping it around.

Thanks!  Just bought that rolling Coleman cooler ;)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1143 on: June 23, 2016, 10:39:12 PM »
they are changing their shipping model with amazon to FBA so anyone who orders with amazon.com on backorder is wasting their time, those orders wont be fullfilled,
however you can order directly from them polarbearcoolers.com with promo code 2day to get free two day shipping
How do you know this? That backorders from amazon wont be fulfilled. I have one on backorder

ETA: you can also use coupon code "dads" on the polarbearcoolers.com. Brings the price down to $79.99 however you have to pay shipping which for me come out to $94.16
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1144 on: June 23, 2016, 11:07:50 PM »
How do you know this? That backorders from amazon wont be fulfilled. I have one on backorder

ETA: you can also use coupon code "dads" on the polarbearcoolers.com. Brings the price down to $79.99 however you have to pay shipping which for me come out to $94.16
I had a schmooze with them, they were complaining how amazon keeps on undercutting them so they decided to switch to fba.

thanks for the coupon

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1145 on: June 24, 2016, 05:10:14 PM »
If you are looking to buy that ice pack it's a whole lot cheaper here http://www.cabelas.com/product/Nu-Ice-Marine-Series-Freezer-Pak/1414640.uts
FYI- says limited stock. but is OOS online.

I had a schmooze with them, they were complaining how amazon keeps on undercutting them so they decided to switch to fba.

thanks for the coupon
ordered it late last night with the cheapest shipping method. shipped today and is arriving tuesday...
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What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1146 on: June 24, 2016, 06:13:18 PM »
We got an Amazon Fresh delivery yesterday. Yes, I know it is not a great long-term deal, but free for 30d plus $25 off $50 first order. My point here, though, is that they pack frozen stuff, and I think even dairy items, with dry ice. They use regular ice bags for produce. I was thinking if anyone was planning to pack POM or otherwise frozen meals for a trip, he could time the Amazon fresh delivery to arrive hours before departure and use the dry ice. I mention because I have never bought dry ice on my own and imagine it is not dirt-cheap and might be complicated if not just inconvenient.  (Amazon fresh also ships via nice reusable tote bags that may come in handy for other shlepping.)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1147 on: June 26, 2016, 12:53:30 PM »
Dry ice is $1-1.50 per pound at smart and final.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1148 on: June 26, 2016, 01:16:31 PM »
Dry ice is $1-1.50 per pound at smart and final.
That sounds pretty good. I do not know if we have anything similar here in the Boston area

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1149 on: June 26, 2016, 03:37:47 PM »
That sounds pretty good. I do not know if we have anything similar here in the Boston area

Did you check out this: http://www.acmedryice.com/ or this http://brooklineice.com/products/dry-ice/
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1150 on: June 26, 2016, 03:58:53 PM »
Did you check out this: http://www.acmedryice.com/ or this http://brooklineice.com/products/dry-ice/
I had a feeling Brookline might have it. I was just lazy and didn't look it up. Sorry about that, but thank you!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1151 on: July 03, 2016, 12:46:18 AM »
Is it ok to bring pom meals into Switzerland? Chicken and meat?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1152 on: July 03, 2016, 06:11:17 AM »
Is it ok to bring pom meals into Switzerland? Chicken and meat?

Did it without any issue

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1153 on: July 06, 2016, 12:20:40 PM »
Is it ok to bring pom meals into Switzerland? Chicken and meat?
Did it without any issue
Did anyone else have experience with this? I'm getting conflicting reports. Somebody told me that it's not allowed and might get stopped and fined...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1154 on: July 07, 2016, 09:41:13 AM »
Anyone try MealMart shelf stable meals? Any edible ones?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1155 on: July 07, 2016, 12:05:00 PM »
Anyone try MealMart shelf stable meals? Any edible ones?
Absolutely awful.😝 Maybe the chulent was bareable.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1156 on: July 07, 2016, 12:08:14 PM »
Absolutely awful.😝 Maybe the chulent was bareable.

Agreed on both points.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1157 on: July 07, 2016, 12:12:38 PM »
Absolutely awful.😝 Maybe the chulent was bareable.
And I'm not eating cholent on a trip where I'll be outside most of the day, si that's out too.
Any la-briute that are decent? It's not the money I just have no desire to deal with frozen meals.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1158 on: July 07, 2016, 12:14:53 PM »
I once bought la briute meals to taste test for a trip. While the concept is cool sadly, that food was awful, too.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1159 on: July 07, 2016, 12:23:33 PM »
I once bought la briute meals to taste test for a trip. While the concept is cool sadly, that food was awful, too.
I've heard good things about the meal mart version of those meals. But it wasn't someone I considered to have particularly discerning taste, so...