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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 #880 on: August 07, 2015, 02:05:54 PM »
Wow, color me surprised.
My standard travel involves bringing lots of meat and buying a BBQ and grilling every single day.
This is the first time we traveled with cooked food.

Plus, I'm a Queens boy and avoid travel to Brooklyn at all costs.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #881 on: August 07, 2015, 02:06:23 PM »
Mechy's dairy food was better than POM

Never had his meat (though the fresh takeout is fantastic)
Guy on the phone told us they didn't have any dairy (and this was during the nine days that we spoke to him)
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #882 on: August 07, 2015, 02:22:41 PM »
Plus, I'm a Queens boy and avoid travel to Brooklyn at all costs.
Lol. We did POM on a trip, and that was the #1 reason my wife said we're never doing it again. Good to know that Queens has viable options.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #883 on: August 07, 2015, 02:42:36 PM »
We went to Hawaii and we ordered Chop A Nosh meals from Gourmet Glatt in the 5 Towns which were awesome! I had them package 2 meals (for my wife and I) in one large double wrapped pan so that we only had to pay one room service fee. We ordered meat meals for the night and milk meals (pizza, eggplant parm and pasta) for the day. The milk meals were priced well if I recall.

http://gourmetglatt.com/order/

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #884 on: August 07, 2015, 03:12:58 PM »
I'm going on vacation soon.  I'll post some pics to show y'all how to eat on vacation.

 
My standard travel involves bringing lots of meat and buying a BBQ and grilling every single day.

This.  And buying or fishing fish. And bringing cheese. And buying eggs. And all sorts of other stuff that is sold or catchable.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #885 on: August 07, 2015, 03:17:07 PM »
I'm going on vacation soon.  I'll post some pics to show y'all how to eat on vacation.

 
This.  And buying or fishing fish. And bringing cheese. And buying eggs. And all sorts of other stuff that is sold or catchable.
Cool,  are we getting a mp style TR?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #886 on: August 07, 2015, 03:18:09 PM »
Cool,  are we getting a mp style TR?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #887 on: August 07, 2015, 05:17:58 PM »
Waiting to see those pics, we are going away in two weeks  :)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #888 on: August 08, 2015, 08:53:33 AM »
An israeli guy I just met in hanoi told me he brought lots of meals from mevushelet.
http://www.mevushelet.co.il/product-category/procat2/
I think it's rubin hechsher. He said they tasted good and to warm them up you just put them in water.
I cant vouch for them personally but it looks like an option for people based in EY.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #889 on: August 08, 2015, 10:38:48 PM »
POM was easy. See menu and order the main with 2 sides and you see the price and can be done online.
 I went into Season's and they said they don't have a specific travel menu. You come to store and pick what you want and they tell you price and they pack it while you wait. I told them it's time consuming and all who are traveling have to be there in order pick it out. I can't just sit at home with my family to see what they want. I also told them some people lately were unhappy with POM (me) and this is their opportunity. The manager of deli didn't seem to care.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #890 on: August 08, 2015, 11:00:20 PM »
POM was easy. See menu and order the main with 2 sides and you see the price and can be done online.
 I went into Season's and they said they don't have a specific travel menu. You come to store and pick what you want and they tell you price and they pack it while you wait. I told them it's time consuming and all who are traveling have to be there in order pick it out. I can't just sit at home with my family to see what they want. I also told them some people lately were unhappy with POM (me) and this is their opportunity. The manager of deli didn't seem to care.

funny, i was shmoozing with one of the managers over shabbos telling them the same thing. only reason I would do seasons over pom is b/c of location but the fact that I can't see the menu options without going in makes pom that much more attractive. not saying i agree with what he said but this is what he told me.

1) no need to cook extra food if something is ordered that they are sold out of last minute.
2) people have different requests (portions containers etc and its easier to deal with it in person)
3) Mechy supposedly doesn't want the competition seeing what they are doing...

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #891 on: August 08, 2015, 11:07:29 PM »
Why not just uber it from BK to Queens?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #892 on: August 08, 2015, 11:21:15 PM »
Why not just uber it from BK to Queens?

not actually gonna be using prepared food in the end, but I hear your point. just order it late after traffic times and its probably not so bad.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #893 on: August 08, 2015, 11:48:03 PM »
Just seems odd that a $20 uber fare would be a factor whatsoever.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #894 on: August 08, 2015, 11:49:27 PM »
Just seems odd that a $20 uber fare would be a factor whatsoever.

It can get to way above that.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #895 on: August 09, 2015, 12:09:42 AM »
Why not just uber it from BK to Queens?
For me, getting it from BK isn't the problem. It was the mistakes made. But I have a feeling I might go back to them cuz it's easy. But I will check everything with a fine tooth comb before I leave.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #896 on: August 09, 2015, 12:58:28 PM »
If flight is monday morning, seems I'd have to have pom packages delivered friday and unpack/freeze/repack all the meals which is a serious pain. Is this what you all would do?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #897 on: August 09, 2015, 02:13:09 PM »
If flight is monday morning, seems I'd have to have pom packages delivered friday and unpack/freeze/repack all the meals which is a serious pain. Is this what you all would do?

Or pick up Sunday.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #898 on: August 09, 2015, 03:55:52 PM »
It can get to way above that.
Is there a need to do it during rush hour?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #899 on: August 09, 2015, 04:16:36 PM »
Is there a need to do it during rush hour?

This is NYC, where I've run into hour-long delays at 1 am.
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