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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 #80 on: November 15, 2011, 12:47:10 AM »
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Thekitchentable.com in palo alto is great.you'll  meet all the geeks, there is also in palo alto  a bagel shop I think the name is eli's brooklyn bagels,   Read the san fran master thread

I think you mean http://www.thekitchentablerestaurant.com/
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #83 on: November 27, 2011, 02:52:43 AM »
Has anyone tried this, I wanna take a box of frozen raw meats, and frozen food to Palm springs. But gonna stay a night in Sheraton in La..... Will they freeze it for me overnight? If not how do I keep it frozen?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #84 on: November 27, 2011, 07:40:19 AM »
Has anyone tried this, I wanna take a box of frozen raw meats, and frozen food to Palm springs. But gonna stay a night in Sheraton in La..... Will they freeze it for me overnight? If not how do I keep it frozen?

Sure, why not? Just call in advance and let them know

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #85 on: December 15, 2011, 07:17:08 PM »
If your traveling in the States....

There's a great free APP called "kosher restaurants gps". It allows you to find kosher restaurants(only reliable hashgachas are listed) minyanim and mikvahs all over the USA and Canada. It works on android and iPhones. They started giving free discounts to some restaurants and all I did was show the APP to the restaurant manager.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #86 on: December 20, 2011, 05:32:24 AM »
If your traveling in the States....

There's a great free APP called "kosher restaurants gps". It allows you to find kosher restaurants(only reliable hashgachas are listed) minyanim and mikvahs all over the USA and Canada. It works on android and iPhones. They started giving free discounts to some restaurants and all I did was show the APP to the restaurant manager.

Shill?

How do they determine reliable hashgochas?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #87 on: December 20, 2011, 05:45:29 AM »
Shill?

How do they determine reliable hashgochas?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #88 on: December 20, 2011, 05:50:26 AM »
The GPS has Triangulate K technology

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #89 on: December 20, 2011, 07:06:29 PM »
Has anyone tried this, I wanna take a box of frozen raw meats, and frozen food to Palm springs. But gonna stay a night in Sheraton in La..... Will they freeze it for me overnight? If not how do I keep it frozen?
Keep in mind the Basar Shenisalem min Haayin issues.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #90 on: December 20, 2011, 07:08:29 PM »
Keep in mind the Basar Shenisalem min Haayin issues.
Make sure its sealed where you would be able to tell if it was broken.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #91 on: December 20, 2011, 07:09:46 PM »
Make sure its sealed where you would be able to tell if it was broken.

Isn't it double-sealed?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #92 on: December 20, 2011, 07:13:03 PM »
Isn't it double-sealed?
Actually not sure.

Double sealed is definitely required when heating up but for this issue may be different.

Guess it can't hurt.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #93 on: December 20, 2011, 07:19:26 PM »
double wrapping is required for heating (blios) doesn't need to be tamper-proof
double sealing (2 simanim) is required for basar shenislalma min ha'ayin it doesn't necessarily have to be totally sealed just tamperproof

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #94 on: December 20, 2011, 07:30:59 PM »
double sealing (2 simanim) is required for basar shenislalma min ha'ayin it doesn't necessarily have to be totally sealed just tamperproof

Thanks, sounds right.

So AussieBochur was right when he said:

Make sure its sealed where you would be able to tell if it was broken.

But you have to be double-sure (with two simanim).
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #95 on: December 20, 2011, 07:37:24 PM »
well aylor
bec. we really pasken basar shenisalma min hayain is mutar
if there isnt a reason to switch it (ie: its cheaper not like the famous story of the guy on the plane who went to wash... that story doesnt reflect halachah, it would have been mutar to eat it)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #96 on: December 20, 2011, 07:39:19 PM »
well aylor
bec. we really pasken basar shenisalma min hayain is mutar

Muttar means we lechatchila don't need to (double?) seal it?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #97 on: December 20, 2011, 07:41:44 PM »
no
its been a while so ayl(o)r

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #98 on: December 21, 2011, 12:27:41 AM »
In am pretty sure a double seal is only necessary for an fry Jew and for a goy a single seal is enough but ask a shaila.
In terms of the OPs question, I have had success putting meat in a cooler and just adding ice when necessary
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #99 on: December 21, 2011, 04:57:13 PM »
I contacted the owner of kosher restaurants gps and they said that every place they add to their database they first check who hashgacha and they have a list from someone who works at the OU and the CK of reliable hashgachas. If its on the list they add it if not they wont. They did say that places change hashgacha and as soon as they know they will delete if unreliable. But thats why they say on their APP "call before going to verify hashgacha and to check hours of operation" I guess you have to use some common sense when traveling.