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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 #1640 on: October 12, 2020, 10:51:19 AM »
I still dont get the logistics of this. How do you pack it so they don't know. And with a butler how do you store it in the room without the hotel knowing?
Stick it in a suitcase filled and surrounded with clothes.
Not hard to hide when not in use.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1641 on: October 12, 2020, 10:52:56 AM »
Stick it in a suitcase filled and surrounded with clothes.
Not hard to hide when not in use.
are most toaster ovens ok with 220v? I have clearly never done any research on this lol.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1642 on: October 12, 2020, 10:54:03 AM »
are most toaster ovens ok with 220v? I have clearly never done any research on this lol.
Probably need to find a 220 toaster oven, or see if you can use the 110 in a shaver outlet.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1643 on: October 12, 2020, 10:56:34 AM »
Probably need to find a 220 toaster oven, or see if you can use the 110 in a shaver outlet.
Seems like a gamble

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1644 on: October 12, 2020, 10:58:46 AM »
Seems like a gamble
I mean research it beforehand.

But it shouldn't be hard to find 220 appliances. I know in CH they always stocked them.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1645 on: October 12, 2020, 11:02:31 AM »
I mean research it beforehand.

But it shouldn't be hard to find 220 appliances. I know in CH they always stocked them.
Thanks, going to start looking.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1646 on: October 12, 2020, 11:22:03 AM »
That would be problematic lol. I am tempted to do this: https://shop.grandandessex.com/#!/hb/c/10775-0/m/000000/r/10980/he/New-Jersey/kosher-catering/

But I am also still unsure what to do since the Waldorf Maldives charges like $60+ to heat up meals.

U can use a
1. 220 Sandwich maker (really small).
2. 220 1 flame burner (really small to back).
3. A small camping/travel pot kit  - (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTFIMUC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
4. A small Instapot can be used to worm food, or even cook food and can be an all in one... (use 110 outlet), although not sure their 110 outlet can handle this..

U can ask hotel for raw eggs and use frying pan to make scrambled eggs..., empty prepared meals in pot and heat up, use for shabbos to keep for worm...
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1647 on: October 12, 2020, 11:23:45 AM »
I'm in Greece this week.
Historically all the hotels I've been to never had any issues warming up Chabad's double-wrapped food.

FYI now both hotels told me that during Covid Marriott has a worldwide policy of not warming up any external food.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1648 on: October 12, 2020, 12:02:33 PM »
I had Pom early March. (pretty costly) and was very disappointed. I have used them maybe 4 or 5x in the past and was happy but this last time I ordered maybe 15 meals and on average every single one was a 2 out of 5. I found their milchigs to be better,.... a shame that they went do downhill)!
(easy online ordering however when I got to store to pickup nobody knew what I was talking about and took maybe 20 minutes to finally get my food!)

I've had the same experience. They also went up in price and are not located near by.
Therefore, we tried Seasons this year and were very happy. The food was half the price and delicious.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1649 on: October 12, 2020, 12:19:41 PM »
I've had the same experience. They also went up in price and are not located near by.
Therefore, we tried Seasons this year and were very happy. The food was half the price and delicious.
Any online ordering?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1650 on: October 12, 2020, 01:45:10 PM »
Any online ordering?
I'm not sure. They're still pretty new to it and we instructed them on what to do, but were eager to please and I think with a bit of time and experience can be fabulous.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1651 on: October 14, 2020, 09:37:18 PM »
I'm by no means a food expert, so don't take my word, but I used to buy toaster ovens and leave them behind, on my last trip I took along a Betty Crocker and it worked out really well
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K05AZ3W/?tag=cl03f-20&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Do you recall if you needed a transformer for this? Looking to use this for the Maldives

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1652 on: October 15, 2020, 12:36:18 AM »
Do you recall if you needed a transformer for this? Looking to use this for the Maldives
Sorry but I only used the betty crocker on domestic trips

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1653 on: October 15, 2020, 02:49:36 AM »
Bring a toaster oven.
i once brought a brand new toaster oven to a hotel. When I plugged it in, it promptly started burning out the oils and what not and started filling the room with smoke. I quickly covered up the smoke detector and opened the window. When I checked out I remembered I had left the smoke detector covered and ran back in to uncover it lol

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1654 on: October 15, 2020, 02:50:40 AM »
i once brought a brand new toaster oven to a hotel. When I plugged it in, it promptly started burning out the oils and what not and started filling the room with smoke. I quickly covered up the smoke detector and opened the window. When I checked out I remembered I had left the smoke detector covered and ran back in to uncover it lol
Was this international? If so was it the proper voltage?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1655 on: October 15, 2020, 02:54:36 AM »
Was this international? If so was it the proper voltage?
no domestic. It was a normal first time burn out of a brand new appliance. You can check the appliance if it needs a transformer or not by seeing what the voltage capacity is .

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1656 on: October 28, 2020, 01:47:39 PM »
@Wizmanison is in MLE and posted the amazon link for a 220v toaster oven. I'm sure it will be helpful to many

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=120754.msg2344787#msg2344787


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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1657 on: October 28, 2020, 01:54:56 PM »
@Wizmanison is in MLE and posted the amazon link for a 220v toaster oven. I'm sure it will be helpful to many

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=120754.msg2344787#msg2344787
Credit goes to [mention]myb821 [/mention] who shared the link with me first :)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1658 on: October 28, 2020, 02:03:38 PM »
@Wizmanison is in MLE and posted the amazon link for a 220v toaster oven. I'm sure it will be helpful to many

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=120754.msg2344787#msg2344787


In regards to the toaster since a couple people PM'd me here is the link
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1659 on: November 16, 2020, 12:40:56 PM »
Did anyone try using a betty crocker in the Maldives?