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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 #840 on: July 23, 2015, 06:29:01 PM »
Anyone ever used AviGlatt.com? Apparently they ship for free overnight to Hawaii if you spend $500+
According to their website "We Ship all over the United States excluding Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, APO address or International. If you need a shipment to the following address please contact us via email only to indicate if an order can be made"

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #841 on: July 23, 2015, 06:33:00 PM »
Anyone ever used AviGlatt.com? Apparently they ship for free overnight to Hawaii if you spend $500+
According to their website "We Ship all over the United States excluding Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, APO address or International. If you need a shipment to the following address please contact us via email only to indicate if an order can be made"
Anyone ever used AviGlatt.com? Apparently they ship for free overnight to Hawaii if you spend $500+

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #842 on: July 23, 2015, 06:35:20 PM »
They ship all over US for free with orders over $499 EXCEPT Hawaii and Alaska.
Confirmed with phone rep.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #843 on: July 23, 2015, 06:37:58 PM »
They ship all over US for free with orders over $499 EXCEPT Hawaii and Alaska.
Confirmed with phone rep.
Oh I thought maybe Hawaii was with $500+ and other US destinations had a lower minimum

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #844 on: July 23, 2015, 07:59:02 PM »
Ended up putting an order through with Mechy. Not an easy process if you can't go into the store. But they did process it for us and we'll order the rest of our groceries through them as well. I'll report back how the food is. We wanted to order some dairy but they don't do dairy
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #845 on: July 23, 2015, 10:40:32 PM »
Ended up putting an order through with Mechy. Not an easy process if you can't go into the store. But they did process it for us and we'll order the rest of our groceries through them as well. I'll report back how the food is. We wanted to order some dairy but they don't do dairy
Aron's in Queens has some prepackaged Dairy items like pastas that look ready for the microwave. Never tasted it.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #846 on: July 24, 2015, 12:41:57 AM »
Aron's in Queens has some prepackaged Dairy items like pastas that look ready for the microwave. Never tasted it.
Thanks, but it's too difficult. We just ordered an extra meat meal from Season's. We'll be fine.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #847 on: July 24, 2015, 08:16:33 AM »
Aron's in Queens has some prepackaged Dairy items like pastas that look ready for the microwave. Never tasted it.
Now that you mentioned Aron's, they do have smallish meat meals in a warmer near the deli. Sometimes they're on special. Good if you need to grab one in a hurry on the way to your flight; it's like a 10 minute detour from the Van Wyck.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #848 on: July 29, 2015, 10:15:47 PM »
Thinking of getting a George Forman to use in a hotel.

Yes or no?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #849 on: July 29, 2015, 10:23:10 PM »
Thinking of getting a George Forman to use in a hotel.

Yes or no?
my view: if i was the hotel, i definitely wouldn't allow cooking bec. a cooking smell reflects negatively in reviews.
Also as a guest i can't stand it. If it's a quick piece of chicken it's one thing, but many times guests make a whole bbq in they're room and it stinks up the whole corridor. Same with cholent cooking over night.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #850 on: July 29, 2015, 10:42:58 PM »
my view: if i was the hotel, i definitely wouldn't allow cooking bec. a cooking smell reflects negatively in reviews.
Also as a guest i can't stand it. If it's a quick piece of chicken it's one thing, but many times guests make a whole bbq in they're room and it stinks up the whole corridor. Same with cholent cooking over night.

Have to agree with you. Only way I would do it is if I can open a window and do it need there. Don't want to smell up the room, but in my case it would just be a hot dog or small piece of chicken.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #851 on: July 30, 2015, 12:28:39 AM »
Have to agree with you. Only way I would do it is if I can open a window and do it need there. Don't want to smell up the room, but in my case it would just be a hot dog or small piece of chicken.
I don't think any hotels would officially allow it. However, I don't think it's a big deal to throw something on for a short while

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #852 on: July 30, 2015, 12:37:23 AM »
Thinking of getting a George Forman to use in a hotel.

Yes or no?

Yes, I always bring  forman if I'm going to a hotel. 

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #853 on: July 30, 2015, 10:32:05 AM »
I don't think any hotels would officially allow it. However, I don't think it's a big deal to throw something on for a short while
Theres plenty of hotels that have kitchenettes and allow cooking.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #854 on: July 30, 2015, 12:17:25 PM »
Theres plenty of hotels that have kitchenettes and allow cooking.
Right I should've been more clear. Obviously hotels with kitchenettes or villas will allow it. But an average hotel that doesn't have provisions for cooking usually doesn't allow you to use your own cooking equipment either

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #855 on: July 30, 2015, 06:19:14 PM »
What bag is recommended to keep meals frozen? I'll have about 6-8 small pans.

I am making home made meals (considering Pom are too expensive to ship) and freezing them for 3 days. What should I do to consider they stay frozen. Which bag? etc.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #857 on: July 30, 2015, 08:54:44 PM »
What bag is recommended to keep meals frozen? I'll have about 6-8 small pans.

I am making home made meals (considering Pom are too expensive to ship) and freezing them for 3 days. What should I do to consider they stay frozen. Which bag? etc.
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What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #858 on: July 30, 2015, 10:34:32 PM »
How long does it need to stay frozen? Might be overkill but I bought the polar bear 48 from Amazon after AJK and others recommended it up thread. Expensive but works extremely well.

ETA: this is the one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PCIGNK/

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #859 on: July 30, 2015, 10:43:58 PM »
Ordered the Polar Bear 24. Hopefully that should fit it all. Thanks
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