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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 #780 on: June 03, 2015, 05:47:32 PM »
I've had it before

Not quite Pom

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #781 on: June 03, 2015, 06:14:30 PM »
Ever order from them? How long did it take to receive?

Good jerky?

Never bought from amazon just in stores. I thought it was very decent stuff

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #782 on: June 03, 2015, 06:15:36 PM »
I've had it before

Not quite Pom

Even the steaks? Good to know ..

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #783 on: June 03, 2015, 08:09:52 PM »
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #784 on: June 03, 2015, 08:19:08 PM »
Might just have to do that :)

What do they charge?
About $7-$9 a pack. They vacuum pack it at the store and is priced by weight so price varies. I don't recall the exact pp lbs.

I might have an extra pack at home, if your interested to try it out pm me.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #785 on: June 03, 2015, 09:39:17 PM »
How strict is costa rica with bringing in food? going for a week and a half in aug

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #786 on: June 03, 2015, 10:02:35 PM »
How strict is costa rica with bringing in food? going for a week and a half in aug

we didn't have any issue. I think on the website for either Chabad or the shul in San Jose they had all travels info. Should be listed there

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #787 on: June 03, 2015, 10:48:45 PM »
we didn't have any issue. I think on the website for either Chabad or the shul in San Jose they had all travels info. Should be listed there
Ok thanx I'll check it out. What kind of food did you bring?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #788 on: June 03, 2015, 11:16:54 PM »
Ok thanx I'll check it out. What kind of food did you bring?

1 guy brought like 10 of those meal-Mart astronaut foods.
I brought beef jerky & yogurts & we bought in San Jose cold cuts..

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #789 on: June 04, 2015, 09:51:42 PM »
Do most hotels charge for storing/heating up food? I feel like if they do, it is not worth it to bring those meals and just make due with other things.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #790 on: June 04, 2015, 10:36:31 PM »
Do most hotels charge for storing/heating up food? I feel like if they do, it is not worth it to bring those meals and just make due with other things.

I'd say most do not, at least IME.

The only one that did was GH Kauai, and after we did a couple meals we just heated it up in our microwave.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #791 on: June 10, 2015, 02:32:54 PM »
Any chance there is still dansdeals discount on POM travel meals? Or I could be remembering something from like 2 years ago...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #792 on: June 10, 2015, 02:38:11 PM »
Whats the number or email to call Pom?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #793 on: June 10, 2015, 03:06:50 PM »
Whats the number or email to call Pom?
thepompeople.com has phone number and email

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #794 on: June 10, 2015, 03:07:42 PM »
Few notes on the topic;
1- spoke to Pom & the lady (Alty) was very helpful. She said shipping to Hawaii is close to 500$. Said the pans were 5x7- though the pictures seem to show larger pans..she said there is an option to pay by the weight so that the sides can warmed seperatly so it won't be one big chulent..
2- in the USA it's probably best to just prime ship cheap appliances or disposable grills to your destination or alternatively  site ship for free  to Walmart so you know they will have item you want..
3- was in Costa Rica with friends and had the meal Mart meals required no fridgaration-they were shockingly-ok..even the chulent (wasn't brave/dumb enough to try the liver..) la briyot on the other hand, was so gross we left it out for the Bears Yellowstone & even they wouldn't touch it !
4-best & cheapest beef jerky on east coast is Wasserman & lemberger in Balt. They charge 4$ for a .2 oz bag as opposed to 8$ everywhere else(it is marketed in other cities under different brand, uffshnit for 8$) they aslo have huge selection of beef sticks as well..
5- when I was in Australia 8 yrs ago I brought food for family there & they gave a really hard time with everything even packaged food like cereal! Anything that had banana  mentioned in the ingredients (even as a flavor) was confiscated
6- bringing meat or cheeses into Mexico= just fouget bout it!!
7-one of the best kosher finds Was that the waffle mixes at hotel breakfast had Ou & after consulting my LOR I had fresh waffles every morning for breakfast in Canadian Rockies.. Well I guess the other great find was staying in raddison hotel near banff with an isreali tour group (was by total chance) so I had a minyan & kosher breakfast for free..
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #795 on: June 10, 2015, 04:53:48 PM »
Whats the number or email to call Pom?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #796 on: June 10, 2015, 08:00:13 PM »
I'd say most do not, at least IME.

The only one that did was GH Kauai, and after we did a couple meals we just heated it up in our microwave.
IIRC Atlantis in the Bahamas also charges

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #797 on: June 11, 2015, 09:28:17 PM »
Anyone have a email template i can email to a hotel asking them if they can freeze my meals and reheat them!
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #798 on: June 11, 2015, 09:49:04 PM »
Anyone have a email template i can email to a hotel asking them if they can freeze my meals and reheat them!

Here you go:

To Whom It May Concern:

As a guest with special dietary restrictions, I will be required to bring my own frozen meals with me for my upcoming stay on X. Would the hotel be able to store these meals for me, and heat them as necessary?

Thanking you in advance,
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #799 on: June 11, 2015, 10:52:15 PM »
Here you go:

To Whom It May Concern:

As a guest with special dietary restrictions, I will be required to bring my own frozen meals with me for my upcoming stay on X. Would the hotel be able to store these meals for me, and heat them as necessary?

Thanking you in advance,
Chucksterace
Thanx! I think I'll use that too