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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 #1220 on: August 15, 2016, 02:40:50 AM »
I decided in the last minute that I wanna take a few-day trip. When considering pom meals I realized on their website that it has to be ordered way in advance. I was wondering if anyone has any experience pushing them to have it ready in a day or so. I'm even open to picking up the food myself before they freeze it. Any knowledge, advice or insight will be greatly appreciated.
If u can pick up before they freeze it, just go buy their regular takeout....

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1221 on: August 15, 2016, 02:44:40 AM »
If u can pick up before they freeze it, just go buy their regular takeout....
Great idea! I'm glad I thought about that...

I wanted to know if they'll wrap it the way they do when they ship it (double etc) or that's a different department.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1222 on: August 15, 2016, 02:45:59 AM »
Great idea! I'm glad I thought about that...

I wanted to know if they'll wrap it the way they do when they ship it (double etc) or that's a different department.
Idk, but the food is the same. No special menu

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1223 on: August 15, 2016, 07:14:28 AM »
I decided in the last minute that I wanna take a few-day trip. When considering pom meals I realized on their website that it has to be ordered way in advance. I was wondering if anyone has any experience pushing them to have it ready in a day or so. I'm even open to picking up the food myself before they freeze it. Any knowledge, advice or insight will be greatly appreciated.
I ordered without much advance notice and they had no issues.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1224 on: August 15, 2016, 07:24:14 AM »
I decided in the last minute that I wanna take a few-day trip. When considering pom meals I realized on their website that it has to be ordered way in advance. I was wondering if anyone has any experience pushing them to have it ready in a day or so. I'm even open to picking up the food myself before they freeze it. Any knowledge, advice or insight will be greatly appreciated.


They did it for me on the spot with no problem. However, I went at a random time so it wasn't busy there, they probably don't do it when they are busy.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1225 on: August 15, 2016, 08:10:17 AM »
Anywhere in USA to get the shelf stable milk they have in Europe?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1226 on: August 15, 2016, 11:34:30 AM »
I ordered without much advance notice and they had no issues.


They did it for me on the spot with no problem. However, I went at a random time so it wasn't busy there, they probably don't do it when they are busy.

Now is a busy time tho, as they're still trying to get the backlog of orders out from the 9 days, and it happens to be prime summer season now...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1227 on: August 15, 2016, 12:03:54 PM »
Anywhere in USA to get the shelf stable milk they have in Europe?
No but iirc Mexico has Cy shelf stable milk

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1228 on: August 15, 2016, 01:36:12 PM »
Now is a busy time tho, as they're still trying to get the backlog of orders out from the 9 days, and it happens to be prime summer season now...

True but I did it last year at the same time so YMMV

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1229 on: August 15, 2016, 03:56:46 PM »
Came across this portable heating "oven". Looks super convenient for taking on trips, but I'm concerned it won't actually get hot enough to warm up a POM meal. (Let's a refrigerated one, not a frozen one.) 87% of 5 star reviews lead to me believe it's great, but in reality it's just leading me to believe they're fake reviews...

What do you think?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1230 on: August 15, 2016, 05:13:51 PM »
Came across this portable heating "oven". Looks super convenient for taking on trips, but I'm concerned it won't actually get hot enough to warm up a POM meal. (Let's a refrigerated one, not a frozen one.) 87% of 5 star reviews lead to me believe it's great, but in reality it's just leading me to believe they're fake reviews...

What do you think?
According to Fakespot over 80% of the reviews are real.

Note: I don't know if that website can be trusted or what their method of testing is, but I've seen it brought down and on SD a lot
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1231 on: August 15, 2016, 05:19:54 PM »
According to Fakespot over 80% of the reviews are real.

Note: I don't know if that website can be trusted or what their method of testing is, but I've seen it brought down and on SD a lot
Cool website, thanks!

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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 #1234 on: August 18, 2016, 03:43:51 AM »
Hey i had a huge mishap with my American frozen meals.
Does anyone know of anywhere to get frozen meals in Jerusalem? Or any other backup food options for me?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1235 on: August 18, 2016, 03:45:35 AM »
Hey i had a huge mishap with my American frozen meals.
Does anyone know of anywhere to get frozen meals in Jerusalem? Or any other backup food options for me?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1237 on: August 18, 2016, 03:52:57 AM »
Lol thx!
Just a start in the right direction...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1238 on: August 18, 2016, 08:24:03 AM »
Here's my freezer packed with POM and homemade meals for our upcoming trip

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1239 on: August 18, 2016, 08:53:20 AM »
Anywhere in USA to get the shelf stable milk they have in Europe?
If it doesn't need to be C"Y then yes.
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