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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 #1080 on: April 03, 2016, 11:29:13 AM »
What about orthodox jews that eat at vegetarian restaurants for salad and kosher fish? im curious how this could be done to fit my ideas of kashrut.

Skeptics abound but dont tell me this was never something done back in the day before uniform hashgachot existed. How did I always read stories about jewish travelers at an inn or such advising the hosts and cooks how to prepare a fish or something.


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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1081 on: April 03, 2016, 03:42:44 PM »


What about orthodox jews that eat at vegetarian restaurants for salad and kosher fish? im curious how this could be done to fit my ideas of kashrut.

Skeptics abound but dont tell me this was never something done back in the day before uniform hashgachot existed. How did I always read stories about jewish travelers at an inn or such advising the hosts and cooks how to prepare a fish or something.

What exactly is the question?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1082 on: April 03, 2016, 05:23:31 PM »
What about orthodox jews that eat at vegetarian restaurants for salad and kosher fish? im curious how this could be done to fit my ideas of kashrut.

Skeptics abound but dont tell me this was never something done back in the day before uniform hashgachot existed. How did I always read stories about jewish travelers at an inn or such advising the hosts and cooks how to prepare a fish or something.
Im just curious are you bringing proof from kids books?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1083 on: April 03, 2016, 05:23:31 PM »
How could one get a restaurant to cook a kosher fish? A fish restaurant only that is, does it need to be kashered?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1084 on: April 03, 2016, 05:24:36 PM »
Im just curious are you bringing proof from kids books?

No, I get my info from Howard Stern

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1085 on: April 03, 2016, 05:37:13 PM »
Im just curious are you bringing proof from kids books?
Did you not read his other thread about his reliable books he read?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1086 on: April 03, 2016, 05:40:25 PM »
I get my info from ddf

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1087 on: April 03, 2016, 05:47:32 PM »
How could one get a restaurant to cook a kosher fish? A fish restaurant only that is, does it need to be kashered?

You mean do they need to kasher between the swordfish they just cooked and served and your trout?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1088 on: April 03, 2016, 06:43:15 PM »
You mean do they need to kasher between the swordfish they just cooked and served and your trout?


http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Kosher-conundrums

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1089 on: April 03, 2016, 06:45:43 PM »
Back on topic, POM has already closed their travel meal dept. for Pesach and won't be filling orders agan until May 8th :(. Guess I'll have to take the Make Your Own POM Meals (MYOPM) approach.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1090 on: April 03, 2016, 06:48:41 PM »
Back on topic, POM has already closed their travel meal dept. for Pesach and won't be filling orders agan until May 8th :(. Guess I'll have to take the Make Your Own POM Meals (MYOPM) approach.

Have you reached out to Traditions? They make some great travel meals as well.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1091 on: April 03, 2016, 06:53:00 PM »
Have you reached out to Traditions? They make some great travel meals as well.
You have their contact info? Never heard of them and when I google it, Kosher traditions (as in minhagim) come up  ::).

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1092 on: April 03, 2016, 06:58:04 PM »
You have their contact info? Never heard of them and when I google it, Kosher traditions (as in minhagim) come up  ::).

This is them:

http://www.traditionseatery.com/

They also have a Travel menu. Just need to find it.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1093 on: April 03, 2016, 07:01:28 PM »
This is them:

http://www.traditionseatery.com/

They also have a Travel menu. Just need to find it.
Thanks! I'll give them a call.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1094 on: April 03, 2016, 07:03:33 PM »
You can fill your TSA 3 oz bottles with wine and drink on the plane ;)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1095 on: April 03, 2016, 07:06:12 PM »
Did you try seasons?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1096 on: April 03, 2016, 07:16:16 PM »
Did you try seasons?
They do travel meals? All the locations or just certain ones?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1097 on: April 03, 2016, 07:18:33 PM »
Thanks! I'll give them a call.

Official travel menu:



Be nice and they will make you anything from their regular menu though.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1098 on: April 03, 2016, 07:23:53 PM »
Official travel menu:

Be nice and they will make you anything from their regular menu though.
Thanks! Any idea if they deliver/ship?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1099 on: April 03, 2016, 08:14:27 PM »
Flying to T&C tomorrow, no kosher food there so I have:

2 chicken quarters frozen, 1 pkg hot dogs frozen, 1 lb ground beef in a ad rosenblat bag like not a carton, and probably 1 steak will put in bag frozen

egg salad

5 greek yogurts, 2 things of chevre, 1 bloc of chedar, 1 bloc og 6something else i forgot
smoked salmon 2 types

I'll buy a disposable grill, have hot dog buns, burger buns, i can buy veggies there like shitake, asparagous etc..

I nixed cream cheese, it tires me out (im sort of lactose intolerant to some stuff)

Maybe i'll get some veggies to add to sandwhich / burger.. like tomato, cucuber, avocado, lettuce (chas v'shalom)

I get salt, pepper, ketchup, mustad, mayo packets at hotel.

The ease of searing a 16 oz steak that cost 11$ and tastes like 40 is so simple, unless they have only crappy coals then im screwed lol

Look, thats just me, I LOVE to grill and I love fresh grilled food, itd have been easier to go with chicken cutlets but I only realized just now