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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 #1120 on: May 08, 2016, 05:33:02 PM »
Is it just me, or is the 48 Polar Bear cooler gone from Amazon? On their own site I see that only the blue is in stock, all others are listed as "back in stock this May".

Is the $99 they charge directly the typical Amazon price as well?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1121 on: May 08, 2016, 06:47:07 PM »
I paid $99.95 from Amazon in March for the 48 pack.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1122 on: May 08, 2016, 06:53:22 PM »
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1123 on: May 08, 2016, 10:07:08 PM »
Is it just me, or is the 48 Polar Bear cooler gone from Amazon? On their own site I see that only the blue is in stock, all others are listed as "back in stock this May".

Is the $99 they charge directly the typical Amazon price as well?

I purchased this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BV2AKLA/?tag=cl03f-20 (It was $49 then and only in the red one) and am extremely happy with it. Items stayed frozen very long and is very durable
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1124 on: May 09, 2016, 03:26:35 PM »
I purchased this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BV2AKLA/?tag=cl03f-20 (It was $49 then and only in the red one) and am extremely happy with it. Items stayed frozen very long and is very durable

The cooler looks good, but lets talk tachlis... How many Pom meals can it hold?  ;D

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1125 on: May 09, 2016, 03:40:00 PM »
The cooler looks good, but lets talk tachlis... How many Pom meals can it hold?  ;D

Lol, good point.

Does anyone have that number in the polar bear as well?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1126 on: May 09, 2016, 03:49:27 PM »
Good question.
I only just bought the bag for Norway. I brought 15 POM meals on that trip and a number of other assorted snacks in that bag.
A bigger issue might be the weight. 15 POM meals weighed about 40 pounds IIRC.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1127 on: May 09, 2016, 11:08:10 PM »
The cooler looks good, but lets talk tachlis... How many Pom meals can it hold?  ;D
Pom Screwed me last time when I ordered meals (story for a different time). I was able to fit a very large Ice Pack,
http://www.amazon.com/Nu-Ice-PC16-5-5Lb-Marine-Series/dp/B00AU6E2WQ/?tag=cl03f-20 which lasted along time (read up how it works), and I put in a 1/2 gallon milk, 12 Tuv Tam frozen meals, a few packages of cheese and was maybe 1/2 full. When I arrived 36 hours later everything was still frozen solid

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1128 on: May 10, 2016, 03:34:25 AM »
Good question.
I only just bought the bag for Norway. I brought 15 POM meals on that trip and a number of other assorted snacks in that bag.
A bigger issue might be the weight. 15 POM meals weighed about 40 pounds IIRC.
That's probably without any icepacks, correct? Most I've fit is 12 and that was with 4 of these http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Blue-Brand-Weekender-Pack/dp/B00941J1E2 and a few smaller icepacks.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1129 on: June 14, 2016, 10:58:10 PM »
I'm looking for the best way to package a small number of frozen meals for travel from NYC to Banff, then to sit (hopefully frozen in our car) until we can get to the hotel later in the evening. The guy at Pom told me their boxes stay frozen for 24 hours, my issue is that we want to order 4-6 meals and they will only send it to us in a box meant for 15-18 meals. Ideally I wanted to put them in a cooler bag and pack that bag in my checked luggage. Whats the best option to pack the meals in and how long will it stay frozen?

I saw some options above in the $70-90 range, anything cheaper or is that what I should expect to spend?



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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1130 on: June 15, 2016, 12:29:00 PM »
Pom Screwed me last time when I ordered meals (story for a different time). I was able to fit a very large Ice Pack,
http://www.amazon.com/Nu-Ice-PC16-5-5Lb-Marine-Series/dp/B00AU6E2WQ/?tag=cl03f-20 which lasted along time (read up how it works), and I put in a 1/2 gallon milk, 12 Tuv Tam frozen meals, a few packages of cheese and was maybe 1/2 full. When I arrived 36 hours later everything was still frozen solid
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1131 on: June 15, 2016, 01:11:40 PM »
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1132 on: June 15, 2016, 02:18:33 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

How does that compare to dry ice? Other than reusability.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1133 on: June 20, 2016, 06:17:22 PM »
Good question.
I only just bought the bag for Norway. I brought 15 POM meals on that trip and a number of other assorted snacks in that bag.
A bigger issue might be the weight. 15 POM meals weighed about 40 pounds IIRC.
Think the 48 would be large enough to hold 21 meals or would that be pushing it?
Do i need another polar bag?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1134 on: June 23, 2016, 04:57:21 PM »
Is it just me, or is the 48 Polar Bear cooler gone from Amazon? On their own site I see that only the blue is in stock, all others are listed as "back in stock this May".

Is the $99 they charge directly the typical Amazon price as well?
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

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1135 on: June 23, 2016, 06:43:53 PM »
PB coolers on sale fro zulilys today

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1136 on: June 23, 2016, 06:56:07 PM »
PB coolers on sale fro zulilys today

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

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1137 on: June 23, 2016, 07:04:10 PM »
PB coolers on sale fro zulilys today

Have a link? Search isn't bringing anything up.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1138 on: June 23, 2016, 07:07:42 PM »
Have a link? Search isn't bringing anything up.

I also didn't find the PB cooler but the problem with Zullily is that now I have this in my cart, totally unhelpful for my trip to the Maldives but SO cool  :P

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1139 on: June 23, 2016, 08:06:15 PM »
Have a link? Search isn't bringing anything up.

My bad, it was Coleman coolers. Sorry!