What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?

[Yordai Dooma]

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/

Its usually 99.99.
They have one available now for 88.47 although it's not in Stock to ship at the moment...says order now and it will ship on a later date

[Matovu]

Would a forman in any hotel room not the ones with kitchens, cause a smoke detector to go off ?

[E R K]

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.

I bought the 48 Polar bear bag on everyone's recommendation. I figured better to have bigger than smaller. I packed it with 11 meals and lots of freezer packs I had sitting in my freezer. For the most part, hotels kept it in fridge or freezer (except one hotel that was not nice about it but I had fridge in my room). Over shabbos I was at a place that I did not ask to put in freezer for me and just kept the bag in my room. After Shabbos, everything was still very cold.
For trip home, the bag does not fold so easily to put in suitcase. I kind of smushed it together to fit in. I came home and it's good as new.

BTW, since you're not doing POM meals, why don't you get Shallots or Milt's? Or are you sick of it?!?!

[henche]

Would a forman in any hotel room not the ones with kitchens, cause a smoke detector to go off ?

does your smoke alarm at home go off?

[moko]

does your smoke alarm at home go off?

not necessarily an indicator. Many hotels have more sensitive detectors also at home you tend to use it in the kitchen, and the smoke detectors are generally not in the kitchen.

[knowitall]

I just bought eggs in el nido, Phillipines and hard boiled them in my airbnb's kum-kum.
Very easy source of filling protein.

[Moshe J]

is there a major difference in taste if the pomegranate meals are prepared for the oven or microwave

[Dan]

Is there a major difference if you make your brisket in the oven or the microwave?

[chucksterace]

is there a major difference in taste if the pomegranate meals are prepared for the oven or microwave

thats like asking if some foods taste better if prepared in oven or microwave.

But yes, some foods just come out better in ovens and some get soggy in microwaves, etc.

[12HRS]

Pom meals being so big, can we get away with sharing 1 or do we need 1 per person?

[E R K]

Pom meals being so big, can we get away with sharing 1 or do we need 1 per person?

Like most say, 2 is enough for 3 but 1 not so good for 2.
With that being said, The dairy meals were plentiful especially if you had a salad or something with it.
Stuffed Cabbage was big disappointment - only 1 measly cabbage

If we had leftovers, we packed it up and the last night we had a smorg.

[E R K]

I actually had a horrible experience w POM meals. I told them pickup was July 3. When I came they said if was to be picked up July 6. I showed them my original order that clearly said Friday, July 3 2PM. They said they would have it ready for July 5 because I was leaving July 6 flash frozen. I had to shlep back to Bklyn and was upset. I recognized a new manager there who used to work at my local store and told him my story. He told me to email him the situation and he would get back in touch with me regarding any compensation. I didn't hear from him so I emailed him back again. Still didn't hear from him. I just called him on Friday and he starts telling me about all the problems that they have in the deli area. He told me he was going to get back in touch with me on Sunday. If I don't hear from him I will be calling him quite angrily. I don't care about his problems he needs to care about his customers.
In addition, I recommended him to a friend of mine. She sent in an order for him to package the meals up for oven use. She put the meals in the oven and took them out and they were actually package for microwave. She had melted plastic for dinner!

After way too much back and forth with them, I think they are finally doing something for me. They are sending me a GC and crediting my cc for 1 meal that was packed for microwave and should have been for oven. My friend with melted meals also is getting a cc credit for 3 of her meals.

[Feivish]

Will I have an issue with security taking my Pomm meals in my hand luggage (EWR)?

[Dan]

Will I have an issue with security taking my Pomm meals in my hand luggage (EWR)?

What would the issue be??

[Ergel]

We ordered food from Mechy's deli (Season's Queens) for our recent Maui trip.

All the mains that we were tried ranged from very good to excellent.
The sides left what to be desired.

The only other issue we had was that we were not there in person - we called in an order over the phone. It was quite difficult (didn't sound like English was the first language of the guy who was taking our order. we told them we wanted food for 3 adults and 2 children under the 5. They sent us way too much, but I guess that's not completely their fault.

[Dan]

How does it rate compared to POM?

[coralsnake]

We ordered food from Mechy's deli (Season's Queens) for our recent Maui trip.

All the mains that we were tried ranged from very good to excellent.
The sides left what to be desired.

The only other issue we had was that we were not there in person - we called in an order over the phone. It was quite difficult (didn't sound like English was the first language of the guy who was taking our order. we told them we wanted food for 3 adults and 2 children under the 5. They sent us way too much, but I guess that's not completely their fault.

Better more than less.

[Ergel]

How does it rate compared to POM?

Never had. Sorry

[Dan]

Wow, color me surprised.

[damaxer91]

How does it rate compared to POM?

Mechy's dairy food was better than POM

Never had his meat (though the fresh takeout is fantastic)