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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 #600 on: August 14, 2014, 03:23:07 PM »
I asked this in another thread, but probably should have gone here.

Is it hard to find generic Kosher food items in Canada outside of Jewish areas? I know travelling the US, no matter where I end up, I can always find a local supermarket or Walmart with Kof-K or OU bread and crackers, Tuna Fish cans, mayo, juice, cereal, etc... even if I'm the only Jew in a 400 mile radius, I won't starve.

But outside of the US, I've had a difficult time unless I brought food. I was in Spain once for a stop over, had no luggage with me, and really couldn't find anything aside from fruit to eat. I was so hungry, but none of the packaged foods had any sort of hashgocha or were brands that I recognized. I know Canada isn't Europe, but are the national food products in supermarkets there as easily found Kosher as they are here in the US?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #601 on: August 14, 2014, 03:25:19 PM »
Canada has labeled food everywhere.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #602 on: August 14, 2014, 03:41:45 PM »
Apparently pomegranate needs alot of time to prepare the food, I tried to order yesterday for the coming monday and they said it's too late, I'll have to come down (to pom) and he wont even pack it up for me with ice I'll have to do that myself.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #603 on: August 14, 2014, 03:42:34 PM »
Maybe mechy's from seasons is better, he def has overall better food.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #604 on: August 14, 2014, 04:02:43 PM »
Apparently pomegranate needs alot of time to prepare the food, I tried to order yesterday for the coming monday and they said it's too late, I'll have to come down (to pom) and he wont even pack it up for me with ice I'll have to do that myself.

That's all over their instructions:

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #605 on: August 14, 2014, 04:14:00 PM »
That's all over their instructions:


Where is that from?
This is from their site:

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #606 on: August 14, 2014, 04:14:59 PM »
From their PDF they send when you request a menu.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #607 on: August 14, 2014, 04:20:30 PM »
From their PDF they send when you request a menu.
Oh ok but the site has different info as per the attachment I attached. Though it does say u should request menu 7-10 days before.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #608 on: August 14, 2014, 04:25:54 PM »
Canada has labeled food everywhere.

Sweet. Familiar symbols, I assume as well?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #609 on: August 14, 2014, 06:03:08 PM »
Sweet. Familiar symbols, I assume as well?
You can find plenty of OU/OK/Chof-K and then there are a few Canada-specific Hechsherim, the MK (Montreal) and COR (Toronto).

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #610 on: August 15, 2014, 06:53:20 AM »
I know travelling the US, no matter where I end up, I can always find a local supermarket or Walmart with Kof-K or OU bread and crackers, Tuna Fish cans, mayo, juice, cereal, etc... even if I'm the only Jew in a 400 mile radius, I won't starve.

FYI, I was doing a road trip in Utah/Arizona and we had a really hard time finding kosher bread. Hamburger/hot dog buns were impossible to find basically. We found bagels. But, yes, we were able to find tons of other kosher food in every supermarket. Bread was a challenge though. So if you specifically want bread, stock up where you can buy it

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #611 on: August 22, 2014, 10:15:24 AM »
Is there any place like a pizza store that will deliver to Toronto airport? Have a long layover.thanks

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #612 on: August 28, 2014, 08:33:04 AM »
Is there any place like a pizza store that will deliver to Toronto airport? Have a long layover.thanks

pizza cafe said they would deliver there but when i called them for it they said they only deliver till 6:30 pm.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #613 on: August 31, 2014, 12:27:22 AM »
I asked this in another thread, but probably should have gone here.

Is it hard to find generic Kosher food items in Canada outside of Jewish areas? I know travelling the US, no matter where I end up, I can always find a local supermarket or Walmart with Kof-K or OU bread and crackers, Tuna Fish cans, mayo, juice, cereal, etc... even if I'm the only Jew in a 400 mile radius, I won't starve.

But outside of the US, I've had a difficult time unless I brought food. I was in Spain once for a stop over, had no luggage with me, and really couldn't find anything aside from fruit to eat. I was so hungry, but none of the packaged foods had any sort of hashgocha or were brands that I recognized. I know Canada isn't Europe, but are the national food products in supermarkets there as easily found Kosher as they are here in the US?
Yes, but not nearly as much of a variety as the us, for example green giant corn and green beans which always have a hashgacha in the us, had no symbol in Vancouver. As someone else mentioned breads and buns will be almost impossible to come by with a good hashgacha. IME what works best is finding a walmart because the great value products (canned goods, oatmeal, cereal,etc.) all had the same ou they have in the us.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #614 on: October 20, 2014, 01:08:35 PM »
I will be staying at the Park Hyatt Washington DC next week and as a Diamond member they are willing to provide me with Kosher breakfast from The Shalom Group. I'm just not sure what I need to tell them about how to prepare whatever they're giving me in terms of double wrapping it in the oven and the plates and utensils or whatever else needs to be done Kashrut-wise. Anyone have any ideas on what I need to ask of them? TIA.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #615 on: November 06, 2014, 11:24:52 PM »
Has anyone else found the Pomegranate sesame chicken to be completely inedible, or did i just get a bad batch?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #616 on: November 06, 2014, 11:26:16 PM »
Has anyone else found the Pomegranate sesame chicken to be completely inedible, or did i just get a bad batch?
Didn't think it was inedible, but definitely not their best work.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #617 on: November 07, 2014, 12:08:21 AM »
Didn't think it was inedible, but definitely not their best work.
we couldnt get through it. the amount of ginger they put in...terrible, and i generally love ginger. thankfully we still had another meal left. we thought we were gonna puke (ironically, ginger helps against nausea)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #618 on: November 07, 2014, 12:09:46 AM »
we couldnt get through it. the amount of ginger they put in...terrible, and i generally love ginger. thankfully we still had another meal left. we thought we were gonna puke (ironically, ginger helps against nausea)
Not the issue I had with that meal.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #619 on: November 07, 2014, 09:34:38 AM »
I was recently away and didn't want to bother with a crockpot. (this was a first for me as I have schlepped my cockpot as far as Bali). I ended up buying the amazing meals shelf stable cholent (I didn't have a fridge either) and to be honest it was really decent. We also bought the meal mart sautéed liver which was shelf stable and that was good as well.

Figured I would share....