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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 #1100 on: April 03, 2016, 08:16:34 PM »
Every trip I pack -
4 granola bars
Pistachios
Fruit

i'd never get awarded a dime for missing a KSML, I just swing by ZTB on the way to MIA and fress and take to go.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1101 on: April 03, 2016, 10:12:05 PM »
They do travel meals? All the locations or just certain ones?

Any takeout will do this for you.

I did traditions and it was excellent.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1102 on: April 07, 2016, 08:50:04 PM »
Ok, so don't think Traditions is going to be an option because I'm going straight from PHL to Teaneck the night before our flight out and I basically need a place that will prepare the meals for me before Pesach and deepfreeze them for me and then let me pick it up after Pesach. Noah's Ark said that they'll do that for me, and it would be convenient because I'll be in Teaneck anyways. Question is, is it a mistake to get meals from them? I've heard VERY mixed reviews.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1103 on: April 07, 2016, 10:56:30 PM »
Ok, so don't think Traditions is going to be an option because I'm going straight from PHL to Teaneck the night before our flight out and I basically need a place that will prepare the meals for me before Pesach and deepfreeze them for me and then let me pick it up after Pesach. Noah's Ark said that they'll do that for me, and it would be convenient because I'll be in Teaneck anyways. Question is, is it a mistake to get meals from them? I've heard VERY mixed reviews.
sounds like you're overthinking this. Given timing after pesach, consider making your own food in advance and brining meats to grill in Hawaii/ buying kosher food/snacks at Costco there.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1104 on: April 07, 2016, 11:31:08 PM »
sounds like you're overthinking this. Given timing after pesach, consider making your own food in advance and brining meats to grill in Hawaii/ buying kosher food/snacks at Costco there.
We thought about making our own food beforehand but DW and I are both pretty busy over the next few weeks so we won't have time and we'd rather have readymade food that we just need to heat up instead of grilling/cooking there. We're going to go to Costco for snacks/lunch. Just looking to buy meals for dinner.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1105 on: April 09, 2016, 09:47:19 PM »
Ok, so don't think Traditions is going to be an option because I'm going straight from PHL to Teaneck the night before our flight out and I basically need a place that will prepare the meals for me before Pesach and deepfreeze them for me and then let me pick it up after Pesach. Noah's Ark said that they'll do that for me, and it would be convenient because I'll be in Teaneck anyways. Question is, is it a mistake to get meals from them? I've heard VERY mixed reviews.
I've heard very good things, but that was a few years back, don't know if it changed at all.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1106 on: April 10, 2016, 01:15:11 AM »
electric grill

Why is cooking chicken quarters not a meal? salt and pepper... why do people not understand what good food tastes like.. you want a food saturated in sauces, sous vide ribs for 72 hours.

I cooked on turks and caicos

Hot dogs
burgers
chicken
steak
shitake mushrooms
asparagous
corn

why spend $ on sub par food is beyond me, of course if pom is an option go for it.. after all isaac bernstein is the one that taught me to cook back in the day!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1108 on: April 10, 2016, 05:00:12 AM »
electric grill

Why is cooking chicken quarters not a meal? salt and pepper... why do people not understand what good food tastes like.. you want a food saturated in sauces, sous vide ribs for 72 hours.

I cooked on turks and caicos

Hot dogs
burgers
chicken
steak
shitake mushrooms
asparagous
corn

why spend $ on sub par food is beyond me, of course if pom is an option go for it.. after all isaac bernstein is the one that taught me to cook back in the day!
Not everyone wants to actually cook on on vacation, not does everyone want to carry around raw perishables, nor is that always even an option.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1109 on: April 10, 2016, 08:17:08 AM »
Not everyone wants to actually cook on on vacation, not does everyone want to carry around raw perishables, nor is that always even an option.

You can almost always buy local fish, and carry more stable meat like salami.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1110 on: April 15, 2016, 09:35:23 AM »
I need some pesach travel meals, pom is not doing travel meals until after pesach.
any other options in nyc (brooklyn prefered)? any recommendations?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1111 on: April 15, 2016, 11:03:04 AM »
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

Why is lettuce c v's? Is there a joke that I'm missing?  :-\

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1112 on: April 15, 2016, 11:30:21 AM »
Why is lettuce c v's? Is there a joke that I'm missing?  :-\

I guess because a lot of people don't use lettuce because of bugs

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1113 on: April 15, 2016, 11:34:06 AM »
I guess because a lot of people don't use lettuce because of bugs
I thought that might be the issue, but wasn't sure.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1114 on: April 15, 2016, 01:34:51 PM »
You can almost always buy local fish, and carry more stable meat like salami.

I get in trouble because I splurge on food in LA, NY, Israel etc.. if im travelling to where this is good food, I will get the best.

I ate out last night at fuego, the burger was awesome but $25 awesome that I cant make at home for $10 just not as good.

I broght way too much food there and ended up leaving behind grapes, asparagous that I didnt finish, beer, the grill :( (I tried to trade the grill to the condo ownetr for a ride out to chalk sound but his car was broken)

I brought the rest back to USA, just fridge food and I put stuff in freezer 30 min before so it was very cold and put in those thermal bags.

I immensely enbjoyed cooking a steak there!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1115 on: April 15, 2016, 05:56:36 PM »
I fast BAHAB and during SHOVAVIM I fast from shabbas to shabbat... the rest of the time I follow the mishna.... pass umelach toichel.. and dont even sleep in my hotel bed rather opting for the floor

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1116 on: April 15, 2016, 06:49:27 PM »
I fast BAHAB and during SHOVAVIM I fast from shabbas to shabbat... the rest of the time I follow the mishna.... pass umelach toichel.. and dont even sleep in my hotel bed rather opting for the floor
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1117 on: April 16, 2016, 10:36:59 PM »
I fast BAHAB and during SHOVAVIM I fast from shabbas to shabbat... the rest of the time I follow the mishna.... pass umelach toichel.. and dont even sleep in my hotel bed rather opting for the floor
why a hotel? sleep outside

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1118 on: April 17, 2016, 01:46:56 AM »
why a hotel? sleep outside

its a sakana to sleep outside due to listim and chayos raos also ruach raah and sheidim etc

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1119 on: April 17, 2016, 08:23:37 AM »
I fast BAHAB and during SHOVAVIM I fast from shabbas to shabbat... the rest of the time I follow the mishna.... pass umelach toichel.. and dont even sleep in my hotel bed rather opting for the floor

Do you get a minyan for Slichos and Krias Hatorah on BAHAB?
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