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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

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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 #1320 on: August 10, 2017, 09:55:46 AM »
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.

That is what the rav told me in regards to a standard case I didn't want to get into the nitty gritty with him just wanted a psak. As to your second point 100% agree and I mentioned it earlier as well.

I'm actually going to be eating with him soon so I'll see what he says to those two questions.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1321 on: August 10, 2017, 04:43:04 PM »
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.
Not sure where leisa kaman comes in here. How are you able to be mivarer?
It does not seem that he said it regarding oranges which have  Jaffa sticker.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1322 on: August 10, 2017, 05:20:28 PM »
Are oranges a ruba d'leisah kaman? I think the are isah kaman

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1323 on: August 10, 2017, 06:02:17 PM »
Are oranges a ruba d'leisah kaman? I think the are isah kaman
They would be kol diparish meirubah parish. Also a sfek sfeika as he described because of rabanut hafrasha
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1324 on: August 10, 2017, 06:15:41 PM »
They would be kol diparish meirubah parish. Also a sfek sfeika as he described because of rabanut hafrasha

Have to think about your first line.

I wouldn't have paskened on a sfeik sfeika the day I learned kuf yud aleph. Certainly not years later

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1325 on: August 10, 2017, 06:16:51 PM »
Have to think about your first line.

I wouldn't have paskened on a sfeik sfeika the day I learned kuf yud aleph. Certainly not years later
Still one siman off
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1326 on: August 10, 2017, 06:18:58 PM »
Still one siman off

See how bad I am?

Am not off!  It is 111.  I just looked.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1327 on: August 10, 2017, 06:19:55 PM »
They would be kol diparish meirubah parish.

Is it not kavuah? You're buying it in a store.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1328 on: August 10, 2017, 06:30:57 PM »
See how bad I am?

Am not off!  It is 111.  I just looked.
it is 110
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1329 on: August 10, 2017, 06:35:49 PM »
Is it not kavuah? You're buying it in a store.
The safek is where it came to the store from not on the store itself. See ShaCh 110:14
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1330 on: August 14, 2017, 10:13:23 PM »
In Europe, Greece specifically is there food which is kosher without a hechsher on the package? I was pretty surprised not to find a single item with a hechsher on it in a regular large supermarket.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1331 on: August 16, 2017, 12:33:22 AM »
In Europe, Greece specifically is there food which is kosher without a hechsher on the package? I was pretty surprised not to find a single item with a hechsher on it in a regular large supermarket.

Most european countries have kosher lists.

http://www.chabad.gr/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/66080/jewish/Kosher-products-list.htm

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1332 on: August 16, 2017, 07:50:57 AM »
Sorry to cross post, but didn't get a response. Is there anything I should know about traveling with dry ice? Can I put some in a carry on?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1333 on: August 22, 2017, 11:18:43 PM »
check the tsa website.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1334 on: October 30, 2017, 07:26:09 PM »
Has anyone tried vacuum packing fully-cooked meals? This is for a water seal, not freshness. I'll be camping with only a pot of boiling water to heat up food.

Any travel meal or takeout places prepare cooked food this way?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1335 on: October 30, 2017, 07:39:42 PM »
Has anyone tried vacuum packing fully-cooked meals? This is for a water seal, not freshness. I'll be camping with only a pot of boiling water to heat up food.

Any travel meal or takeout places prepare cooked food this way?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1336 on: October 30, 2017, 07:41:11 PM »
Has anyone tried vacuum packing fully-cooked meals? This is for a water seal, not freshness. I'll be camping with only a pot of boiling water to heat up food.

Any travel meal or takeout places prepare cooked food this way?

If you're creative you can sous vide ;D

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1337 on: October 30, 2017, 07:43:00 PM »
Has anyone tried vacuum packing fully-cooked meals? This is for a water seal, not freshness. I'll be camping with only a pot of boiling water to heat up food.

Any travel meal or takeout places prepare cooked food this way?
Yes.
Places will do it for you, but cheaper to just do it yourself for more than a few meals.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1338 on: October 30, 2017, 08:18:01 PM »
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LOL, I was thinking of asking there. But I imagine packing prepared food is different than raw, plus SV is comparatively low temperature. Something that holds up in there may fall apart in boiling water.


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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1339 on: October 30, 2017, 08:18:24 PM »
Yes.
Places will do it for you, but cheaper to just do it yourself for more than a few meals.

Thanks. Any experience with a place?
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