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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 #1300 on: August 03, 2017, 02:23:36 PM »
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?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1301 on: August 03, 2017, 02:30:24 PM »
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Im sure its good I was just wondering... i hope you didnt take that the wrong way

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
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Im sure its good I was just wondering... i hope you didnt take that the wrong way
http://www.kosherprivatechef.com/about/kashrut/
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1304 on: August 06, 2017, 08:30:34 AM »
Somebody has been reading DDF...........
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/08/tips-challenges-kosher-travel/
Lol love how he kind of makes it seem like he travels kosher. Overall not a bad article, but really no new info to someone who actually is kosher.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1305 on: August 06, 2017, 12:13:07 PM »
Lol love how he kind of makes it seem like he travels kosher. Overall not a bad article, but really no new info to someone who actually is kosher.
Wonder if he's jewish, by 
Mordechai Czarka ?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1306 on: August 06, 2017, 12:15:45 PM »
Wonder if he's jewish, by
Mordechai Czarka ?
He's listed on a DDS attendance list. Be surprised if he's not on DDF.
Overall ready like a list from a DDMS TR,  DDS, and DDF travel tips.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1307 on: August 06, 2017, 12:20:40 PM »
Wonder if he's jewish, by
Mordechai Czarka ?
That wasn't the name on the top of the article a few hours ago...I specifically looked because I was wondering.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1308 on: August 06, 2017, 12:55:42 PM »
Yep I saw a name that started with nick

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1309 on: August 06, 2017, 12:57:02 PM »
Yep I saw a name that started with nick
Was hoping I wasn't the only one who saw that. Funny that they changed it after the fact lol. It makes sense that "Nick" didn't write it, based on how it's written.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1310 on: August 07, 2017, 06:08:40 PM »
Was hoping I wasn't the only one who saw that. Funny that they changed it after the fact lol. It makes sense that "Nick" didn't write it, based on how it's written.

Maybe Nick is a yid  ;)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1311 on: August 08, 2017, 11:12:10 PM »
Just  came back from zurich.  Between kosher supermarket koscher city, bakery Moadan and migros / coop supermarket for fruit and vegetables, and Philadelphia cream cheese, we were set. Had an empty refrigerator in room at crowne plaza which was really helpful.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1312 on: August 09, 2017, 02:47:35 PM »
Do I have to worry about fresh fruits & veggies being from Israel when in Crete, Greece? From the hotel & in stores. In general what do ppl do about this?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1313 on: August 09, 2017, 04:49:05 PM »
Do I have to worry about fresh fruits & veggies being from Israel when in Crete, Greece? From the hotel & in stores. In general what do ppl do about this?
Cannot answer your question specifically, but it is a concern. A friend of mine told me that his father was shopping for fruit at Circus Fruit (or was it 3 Guys from Brooklyn?) and he came across "Jaffa oranges".

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1314 on: August 09, 2017, 04:59:26 PM »
Cannot answer your question specifically, but it is a concern. A friend of mine told me that his father was shopping for fruit at Circus Fruit (or was it 3 Guys from Brooklyn?) and he came across "Jaffa oranges".

I know about this issue from NY as well & that's why I'm wondering how ppl always say they took fresh fruit from the hotel…

Maybe there's רוב or other ways out of it I guess I'll ask a rav

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1315 on: August 09, 2017, 05:08:06 PM »
I know about this issue from NY as well & that's why I'm wondering how ppl always say they took fresh fruit from the hotel…

Maybe there's רוב or other ways out of it I guess I'll ask a rav
You can report back too.  ;)
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1316 on: August 10, 2017, 07:58:43 AM »
Rabbi said רובא דרובא is not from Israel & you can also rely on the fact that the rabbanut takes off ת״ומ.
This is all if we're dealing with random fruit, but if it's something which says from Israel or a specific fruit that u know is prob from Israel, this wouldn't necessarily apply.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1317 on: August 10, 2017, 08:21:02 AM »
Cannot answer your question specifically, but it is a concern. A friend of mine told me that his father was shopping for fruit at Circus Fruit (or was it 3 Guys from Brooklyn?) and he came across "Jaffa oranges".
They grow Jaffa oranges in Spain as well.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1318 on: August 10, 2017, 09:04:42 AM »
Wonder if he's jewish, by
Mordechai Czarka ?

I know someone with that name.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1319 on: August 10, 2017, 09:06:31 AM »
Rabbi said רובא דרובא is not from Israel & you can also rely on the fact that the rabbanut takes off ת״ומ.
This is all if we're dealing with random fruit, but if it's something which says from Israel or a specific fruit that u know is prob from Israel, this wouldn't necessarily apply.

Does Rov work if its Leisa Kaman and Efshar LeVarer? Personally, never asked about fruit, but if it says "Jaffa," then I'd attempt to ask.