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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 #1740 on: January 24, 2022, 11:02:12 PM »
Buy it whole, have them cut and clean it for you. Either bring your own knife, or have them use theirs's if they confirm it's only used for fish. Most poskim agree that this is fine, and you should use your own knife afterwards to gently scrape at the areas their knife cut.
Thanks! Any specific species that you recommend?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1741 on: January 24, 2022, 11:28:33 PM »
Thanks! Any specific species that you recommend?

I like to have the locals recommend their favorite species and recipes. Always a fun experience.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1742 on: January 25, 2022, 02:38:54 AM »
Does anybody have any info on buying fresh fish in the Caribbean? (We will be in TCI) I know there will be a lot of variability based on the specific island, but I doubt there is salmon or tilapia readily available. Anybody have any sources on finding local kosher fish or how to purchase? Thanks in advance!
If I understood correctly from when I was there, TCI has zero local food. It's all imported, mainly from the US, and is very expensive. There's a chance fish may be different.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1743 on: February 12, 2022, 11:37:47 PM »


My travel combo




any tips on which of those meal mart meals don't have issues with liquid at TSA?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1744 on: February 12, 2022, 11:46:47 PM »
any tips on which of those meal mart meals don't have issues with liquid at TSA?
I've brought chicken soup through TSA several times, was stopped but they let it through every time.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1745 on: February 13, 2022, 12:14:11 AM »
any tips on which of those meal mart meals don't have issues with liquid at TSA?
never had issues with any of them

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1746 on: February 21, 2022, 08:43:49 PM »






And an arugula goat cheese salad to complete the meal

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1747 on: February 24, 2022, 06:11:44 PM »
Anyone get POM travel meals recently? How was? I've heard they may have gone down hill as of late and curious what the oilam has experienced

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1748 on: March 02, 2022, 10:57:17 PM »


These Betty Crocker Pizza makers are the best thing since sliced bread! And mine even came with an OK hechsher that said it doesn't need to be toiveled.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1749 on: March 02, 2022, 11:24:15 PM »
These Betty Crocker Pizza makers are the best thing since sliced bread! And mine even came with an OK hechsher that said it doesn't need to be toiveled.
What do you use it for?

My personal experience has been that if you close the lid it makes the food soggy; and if you open the lid (to act as a griddle) it doesn't get hot enough to actually be a griddle. Basically the worst of both worlds. And that's aside from the sheer weight of it - I have no idea how people shlep this on a trip, and why it's better than just ordering a toaster oven and/or pan + burner to the destination.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1750 on: March 02, 2022, 11:29:57 PM »
What do you use it for?

My personal experience has been that if you close the lid it makes the food soggy; and if you open the lid (to act as a griddle) it doesn't get hot enough to actually be a griddle. Basically the worst of both worlds. And that's aside from the sheer weight of it - I have no idea how people shlep this on a trip, and why it's better than just ordering a toaster oven and/or pan + burner to the destination.
Funny, I use it for everything and it's perfect! Did you try with parchment paper? Never had soggy food with one.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1751 on: March 02, 2022, 11:32:50 PM »
What do you use it for?

My personal experience has been that if you close the lid it makes the food soggy; and if you open the lid (to act as a griddle) it doesn't get hot enough to actually be a griddle. Basically the worst of both worlds. And that's aside from the sheer weight of it - I have no idea how people shlep this on a trip, and why it's better than just ordering a toaster oven and/or pan + burner to the destination.





skin was crispy and flesh was flaky and moist. Plenty hot.
Pre heat it with lid closed and then open and use like a griddle

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1752 on: March 02, 2022, 11:49:20 PM »
skin was crispy and flesh was flaky and moist. Plenty hot.
Pre heat it with lid closed and then open and use like a griddle
Funny, I use it for everything and it's perfect! Did you try with parchment paper? Never had soggy food with one.
Aight - guess I'll need to give it another shot with these tips.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1753 on: March 02, 2022, 11:52:07 PM »
Pre heat it with lid closed
Very important!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1754 on: March 02, 2022, 11:57:24 PM »
Funny, I use it for everything and it's perfect!

Same. Would be easier to list what I didn't use it for.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1755 on: March 03, 2022, 12:42:17 AM »
Same. Would be easier to list what I didn't use it for.
Do you use it for milchigs or fleishigs?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1756 on: March 03, 2022, 12:47:14 AM »
Do you use it for milchigs or fleishigs?

Milchig. I made an Beyond Burger on it the other day and it was great.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1757 on: March 03, 2022, 01:08:49 AM »
My favorite! Just warm it up, put in a roll/burger etc. Doesn't need a sauce since the beef already has it inside.

Neat, clean and delicious!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1758 on: March 20, 2022, 10:56:35 PM »
Can i bring a sandwich maker thru tsa on my carry on?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1759 on: March 21, 2022, 03:24:16 AM »
Can i bring a sandwich maker thru tsa on my carry on?
Yes