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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 #1020 on: October 30, 2015, 01:29:44 PM »
Its not needed. the belly of the plane is quite cold.
True, but it would be good in the case of a delay during a stopover or if bags get lost for a day. Or when flying to MLE/BOB and there's ~5 hours from when you land until you get to the hotel.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1021 on: January 23, 2016, 10:43:28 PM »
Is there any issues with my Pom meals with customs? I'm goin to Bahamas next week. Is it only raw food?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1022 on: January 23, 2016, 10:52:39 PM »
I want do a trip where I won't have a fridge for a few days, and I want to bring meat/cheese. How much would I need to bring? How safe is it to carry around with me/ in my suitcase because of the inhalation of CO2? What type of cooler would I need that would not get damaged? And is it easily obtained in other countries for replenishing?

Bring dried salami and jerky type meats.  There's hard cheeses also that don't need refrigeration, but I don't think that's what you mean.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1023 on: January 24, 2016, 04:19:19 PM »
Anyone ever have Pom meals shipped to Lakewood?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1024 on: January 24, 2016, 04:38:29 PM »
Anyone ever have Pom meals shipped to Lakewood?
And if they did?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1025 on: January 24, 2016, 06:07:18 PM »
And if they did?
He wants to know if they have any leftover...
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1026 on: January 25, 2016, 07:02:11 AM »
And if they did?
Would like to know they went about doin so. They told me they only do local delivery. Unless I find a way to ship there. Would like to know if anyone has ever done so. So I can do as well.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1027 on: January 25, 2016, 08:07:30 AM »
I've had very good experiences with dry ice - used it TLV-IST-MLE, West Coast to Maui, West Coast to TLV (over 24hrs). Each time used around 5lbs dry ice, most recently in a nice folding flexible cooler from Costco-food was always frozen solid still when we arrived with another 1-2lbs of dry ice still there.

We always bake a few simple meals (lasagna, chicken) in small aluminum pans and freeze them. I love having home-cooked meals on our trips.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1028 on: January 25, 2016, 08:54:40 AM »
I would probably use a local takeout rather then try to figure out shipping. I'm hoping to use traditions in 5t for my upcoming trip.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1029 on: January 25, 2016, 09:41:13 AM »
I would probably use a local takeout rather then try to figure out shipping. I'm hoping to use traditions in 5t for my upcoming trip.
Please post a review of it when you do. While I ordered POM meals 2x for trips, some meals and portions were hits and miss. And I had other issues as well.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1030 on: January 26, 2016, 08:32:44 PM »
Anyone have a link for a good cooler bag? The polar bear bag is sold out now and I need it for this week. TIA

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1031 on: January 26, 2016, 08:34:26 PM »
Anyone have a link for a good cooler bag? The polar bear bag is sold out now and I need it for this week. TIA
Someone on the MLE thread said this one is good: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BV2FPU6?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_gw_g468_i2_r

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1032 on: January 27, 2016, 02:00:13 PM »
I've had very good experiences with dry ice - used it TLV-IST-MLE, West Coast to Maui, West Coast to TLV (over 24hrs). Each time used around 5lbs dry ice, most recently in a nice folding flexible cooler from Costco-food was always frozen solid still when we arrived with another 1-2lbs of dry ice still there.

We always bake a few simple meals (lasagna, chicken) in small aluminum pans and freeze them. I love having home-cooked meals on our trips.
Anyone know where to source a bunch of dry ice in Brooklyn?
Preferably near Crown Heights area.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1033 on: January 27, 2016, 02:04:34 PM »

Anyone know where to source a bunch of dry ice in Brooklyn?
Preferably near Crown Heights area.

Try any fish store. Big groceries stores often have.

Also academic research centers / labs usually if that's your thing.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1034 on: January 27, 2016, 02:05:24 PM »
Klein ice cream house in BP has, maybe their store in willi sells as well

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1035 on: January 27, 2016, 02:34:28 PM »
Klein ice cream house in BP has, maybe their store in willi sells as well
OT post: when there was a blackout during the summer kliens turned on all their freezer trucks and filled up the trucls with their own and their competitors stuff and delivered everything with dry ice in thier private cars.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1036 on: February 04, 2016, 11:19:05 PM »
Does any store that sells travel meals (Pom, Noah's Ark) package the food with dry ice ready in a box to travel on an airplane?
How does the deep freeze work? Does it keep it cold enough to sit 2 days out of a fridge?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1037 on: February 04, 2016, 11:38:10 PM »
Does any store that sells travel meals (Pom, Noah's Ark) package the food with dry ice ready in a box to travel on an airplane?
How does the deep freeze work? Does it keep it cold enough to sit 2 days out of a fridge?
I believe I saw that POM has a dry ice option. Though I think that there are limitations as to how much dry ice you can bring on a plane.


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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1038 on: February 04, 2016, 11:53:25 PM »
Our POM meals were still frozen 24 hours/3 flights later with no ice just in a regular suitcase.
Meals that have been frozen for several days will stay frozen for quite a while.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1039 on: February 04, 2016, 11:55:42 PM »
Our POM meals were still frozen 24 hours/3 flights later with no ice just in a regular suitcase.
Meals that have been frozen for several days will stay frozen for quite a while.
Does it really make a difference between 10 hours and several days?