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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
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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 #300 on: May 21, 2013, 12:40:14 AM »
Get the deli vacuum sealed and it'll be fine for days...
Good point. Hotdogs would probably make it to. My mother owns a machine that vaccum seals, maybe for shnitzel and cooked meats I will attempt to seal them and bring along. Raw meat seems unlikely to make it though.

The 12 hour layover in PEK during the summer is gonna be tough.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #301 on: May 21, 2013, 12:55:15 AM »
Good point. Hotdogs would probably make it to. My mother owns a machine that vaccum seals, maybe for shnitzel and cooked meats I will attempt to seal them and bring along. Raw meat seems unlikely to make it though.

The 12 hour layover in PEK during the summer is gonna be tough.
Dry ice in a cooler. You'll be fine.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #302 on: May 21, 2013, 08:22:31 AM »
i use this when i fly to israel. even once when my luggage was delayed 24 hrs (around 40 total) raw meat was partially frozen and very cold

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PCKAC0/?tag=cl03f-20

comes in different sizes
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #303 on: May 21, 2013, 09:11:12 AM »
i use this when i fly to israel. even once when my luggage was delayed 24 hrs (around 40 total) raw meat was partially frozen and very cold

http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Bear-Coolers-Cooler-Black/dp/B001PCKAC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369138860&sr=8-1&keywords=polar+ice+cooler

comes in different sizes
I think I am going to buy it. Looks great, is soft and has excellent reviews. Good find!

 Can't believe you made it 40 hours! Did you use a lot of ice packs?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #304 on: May 21, 2013, 10:29:00 AM »
i use this when i fly to israel. even once when my luggage was delayed 24 hrs (around 40 total) raw meat was partially frozen and very cold

http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Bear-Coolers-Cooler-Black/dp/B001PCKAC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369138860&sr=8-1&keywords=polar+ice+cooler

comes in different sizes

+1, bought the same thing for MLE; worked great.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #305 on: May 21, 2013, 01:45:20 PM »
Can't believe you made it 40 hours! Did you use a lot of ice packs?
none. meat was frozen and packed the whole bag so no need for ice packs

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #306 on: May 21, 2013, 06:50:37 PM »
+1, bought the same thing for MLE; worked great.
none. meat was frozen and packed the whole bag so no need for ice packs

Happy to hear that. Will make my trip so much easier.

Can you fit a decent amount of steaks etc in the 24 pack?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #307 on: May 21, 2013, 08:24:42 PM »
yes

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #308 on: May 21, 2013, 10:27:54 PM »
i use this when i fly to israel. even once when my luggage was delayed 24 hrs (around 40 total) raw meat was partially frozen and very cold

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PCKAC0/?tag=cl03f-20

comes in different sizes
used one of these when i went trekking around the golan with the wife and  kid. it kept our drinks frozen quite a long time
(though i didnt pay quite as much iirc)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #309 on: May 31, 2013, 12:20:52 AM »
My 24 pack Polar bear cooler just arrived! I love the design, the size is perfect and it is just so sleek for a cooler. Happy I chose black!
Gonna be a lot of fun packing it up.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #310 on: May 31, 2013, 03:49:25 AM »
enjoy

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #311 on: June 10, 2013, 11:11:07 PM »
Whenever I travel I always bring along my trusty George foreman, which is small and even though it's 110V I have an adapter and have used it all over the world. Doesn't weigh much but for my upcoming trip I am wondering what other ppl use and if there is an even better product out there worth investing in, perhaps lighter or something that can do more than just grill. What do you guys do?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #312 on: June 11, 2013, 03:12:01 AM »
wouldnt you need a converter? is it 110-240?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #313 on: June 11, 2013, 03:19:07 AM »
i use this when i fly to israel. even once when my luggage was delayed 24 hrs (around 40 total) raw meat was partially frozen and very cold

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PCKAC0/?tag=cl03f-20

comes in different sizes
Does the 24 pack mean it will hold 24 cans of pop ;)?
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #314 on: June 11, 2013, 07:00:31 AM »
Does the 24 pack mean it will hold 24 cans of pop ;)?
i think thats the idea, why the smiley?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #315 on: June 11, 2013, 09:09:41 AM »
wouldnt you need a converter? is it 110-240?
Yes sorry meant to write converter.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #316 on: June 11, 2013, 10:34:09 AM »
i think thats the idea, why the smiley?
It is a wink. It won't be 24 cans of pop.
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #317 on: June 11, 2013, 01:55:29 PM »
i think thats the idea, why the smiley?
He meant 24 cans of heroine, or beer but definitely one of the two knowing CV.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #318 on: June 17, 2013, 10:48:45 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good portable electric burner?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #319 on: July 03, 2013, 11:24:44 PM »
has anyone used dry Ice in the past?
can s/o fill me in on how its done?
where its bought?, how you pack it.. (besides for "You are limited to 5 pounds of dry ice per checked baggage.
Every package of dry ice must be marked “CARBON DIOXIDE SOLID” or “DRY ICE”.
Every package of dry ice must also be marked with the net weight of the dry ice or an indication that the dry ice is 5 pounds or less)
can you put dry ice in this? Polar Bear Coolers 24 Pack Soft Cooler  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PCKAC0/ref=pe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_ST1_dp_1