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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
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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 #660 on: January 14, 2015, 01:43:19 PM »
Why so expensive?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #661 on: January 14, 2015, 01:51:44 PM »
Any recommendations for a cooler to keep food frozen during a stopover? I have a 6 hr stopover in DXB and then another 1-4 stopover in MLE and want to make sure the food stays frozen. Pomegranate food came with some thin pieces of foam and 4 ice packs but I doubt that will keep it frozen in DXB for 6 hours

I use the Arctic Zone Eco Blend 45 Can Freezer Tote when I travel.

I put it in my suitcase however.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #662 on: January 14, 2015, 01:57:23 PM »
I use the Arctic Zone Eco Blend 45 Can Freezer Tote when I travel.

I put it in my suitcase however.


How much can it hold?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #663 on: January 14, 2015, 02:02:25 PM »

How much can it hold?

Not sure in terms of Pom meals but I have two of them that I take when I travel and I am able to fit everything I need in there plus ice.

Last time I traveled I was able to put a few 10x13 pans in one of them plus other stuff.

Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 14.8 x 21.5 inches - Plus it is soft so you can squeeze in more than the exact dimensions.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #664 on: January 29, 2015, 05:36:28 PM »
How big are the Pom travel meals? In Dan's review they look huge but it seems their portions are in a small loaf pan.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #665 on: January 29, 2015, 06:10:42 PM »
How big are the Pom travel meals? In Dan's review they look huge but it seems their portions are in a small loaf pan.

The pans are around 6x9 IIRC.

Definitely more than enough for 2 people there.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #666 on: January 29, 2015, 06:17:02 PM »
The pans are around 6x9 IIRC.

Definitely more than enough for 2 people there.
This is from that story you had with them when they messed up? They emailed me that it's around 8x4 which is definitely not enough for 2 people. Is 6x9 the size of those chinese take out containers? Can I fit 2 in a 4 slice toaster oven at the same time?

http://www.amazon.com/Proctor-Silex-slice-Toaster-White/dp/B002FYGTPY/ref=sr_1_15?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1422572681&sr=1-15&keywords=toaster+oven Just for perspective look at pix 1 and 4.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #667 on: January 29, 2015, 06:20:52 PM »
This is from that story you had with them when they messed up? They emailed me that it's around 8x4 which is definitely not enough for 2 people. Is 6x9 the size of those chinese take out containers?

Sorry - my mistake. I meant that two were far more than enough for two people.

As far as size, 6x9 is from memory; I didn't measure it. It possible that it was 8x4.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #668 on: January 29, 2015, 06:30:04 PM »
Something like this?


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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #669 on: January 29, 2015, 06:37:53 PM »
Sorry - my mistake. I meant that two were far more than enough for two people. 
depends on the meal. some meals dont have enough for two

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #670 on: January 29, 2015, 06:50:19 PM »
Something like this?

No, they're deeper and the food is PACKED in.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #671 on: January 29, 2015, 06:51:31 PM »
depends on the meal. some meals dont have enough for two

I think you need to reread the comment your quoting.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #672 on: January 29, 2015, 07:18:20 PM »
How big are the Pom travel meals? In Dan's review they look huge but it seems their portions are in a small loaf pan.

Two meals is perfect for three people. One meal is not quite enough to split bet. two people and two meals is more than enough!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #673 on: January 29, 2015, 10:01:39 PM »
Two meals is perfect for three people. One meal is not quite enough to split bet. two people and two meals is more than enough!

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There were some that were very big (IIRC the lasagna was huge) and were almost enough for two people but usually required something else small along with it and we were fine. Whenever we had two meals we never ended up finishing both

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #674 on: January 30, 2015, 11:01:28 AM »
i just had Pom meals.  was very decent and warmed nicely. besides the sliders due to soggy buns
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #675 on: January 30, 2015, 11:22:59 AM »
2 meals feeds 3 IME.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #676 on: February 02, 2015, 05:38:29 PM »
So the general consensus is that the Pom meals are the way to go. They don't taste reheated? How do you know when they're ready?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #677 on: February 02, 2015, 05:40:18 PM »
They don't taste reheated? How do you know when they're ready?

No, they're quite delicious.

There's heating instructions on each package. I found adding 25-50% to their suggested warming times kept the center from being lukewarm.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #678 on: February 02, 2015, 06:26:51 PM »
No, they're quite delicious.

There's heating instructions on each package. I found adding 25-50% to their suggested warming times kept the center from being lukewarm.
I thought it was just me and my toaster. the times were way off

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #679 on: February 02, 2015, 06:28:10 PM »
Yup, have to do way longer than the times unless you defrost it.
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