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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 #100 on: December 22, 2011, 09:10:15 AM »
I contacted the owner of kosher restaurants gps and they said that every place they add to their database they first check who hashgacha and they have a list from someone who works at the OU and the CK of reliable hashgachas. If its on the list they add it if not they wont. They did say that places change hashgacha and as soon as they know they will delete if unreliable. But thats why they say on their APP "call before going to verify hashgacha and to check hours of operation" I guess you have to use some common sense when traveling.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #101 on: March 20, 2012, 12:37:42 PM »
Does anyone have a vacuum sealer for food? Your thoughts?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #102 on: March 20, 2012, 12:40:56 PM »
Does anyone have a vacuum sealer for food? Your thoughts?
I bought one from Costco for a trip to Hawaii once.  Not really necessary unless you have a lot of perishables and will be away from refrigeration for extended periods of time during the trip.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #103 on: March 20, 2012, 12:46:38 PM »
Does anyone have a vacuum sealer for food? Your thoughts?
Where do you live? Some times your local butcher shop will have one.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #104 on: March 20, 2012, 12:49:21 PM »
I bought one from Costco for a trip to Hawaii once.  Not really necessary unless you have a lot of perishables and will be away from refrigeration for extended periods of time during the trip.
thanks. Just thought it would be miles better than a ziploc bag.
Where do you live? Some times your local butcher shop will have one.
Im sure they can but I was wondering how useful is it to buy one.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #105 on: March 20, 2012, 12:50:33 PM »
You can always buy from Costco or BBB and try for yourself risk-free.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #106 on: March 21, 2012, 02:21:55 AM »
Double sealed is definitely required when heating up but for this issue may be different.
excuse me if this is a bit OT but im wondering, are you able to warm meat (or stuff cooked in meat utensils) in an oven that is B'chezkas milchig? and if its a pareve oven does it change the status of the oven ?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #107 on: March 21, 2012, 11:28:04 AM »
excuse me if this is a bit OT but im wondering, are you able to warm meat (or stuff cooked in meat utensils) in an oven that is B'chezkas milchig? and if its a pareve oven does it change the status of the oven ?
You should probably explain the case a bit more. If it's a parve oven of course there is no problem. Is there any milk actually stuff in the oven or its totally clean?  Is the food covered?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #108 on: March 21, 2012, 01:16:58 PM »
You should probably explain the case a bit more. If it's a parve oven of course there is no problem. Is there any milk actually stuff in the oven or its totally clean?  Is the food covered?
its a pareve oven and sometimes the food thats made there is eaten with milk products. no milk actually enters the oven.
what i want to do is take a plate of chicken and cover it with 2 coverings (tin foil etc..) and warm it up in that oven.

whats the rule?

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Re: Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #109 on: March 21, 2012, 01:18:25 PM »
its a pareve oven and sometimes the food thats made there is eaten with milk products. no milk actually enters the oven.
what i want to do is take a plate of chicken and cover it with 2 coverings (tin foil etc..) and warm it up in that oven.

whats the rule?
add long as it's covered you are fine. When it's not covered ask your lor
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Re: Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #110 on: March 21, 2012, 01:19:53 PM »
add long as it's covered you are fine. When it's not covered ask your lor
thanx - its covered.
and i take it that the same applies if i want to warm up food in a non kosher microwave (or even oven) - double covering should do it?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #111 on: March 21, 2012, 01:33:24 PM »
thanx - its covered.
and i take it that the same applies if i want to warm up food in a non kosher microwave (or even oven) - double covering should do it?

FYI...Rav Moshe only had one oven in his apartment on the LES.  And it was neither dairy, meat, nor pareve!  And the grandparents of ALL your Rabbanim ALL only had one oven as well.

In our house, we have three dining rooms -- the Pareve one is for dessert

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #112 on: March 21, 2012, 01:39:51 PM »
FYI...Rav Moshe only had one oven in his apartment on the LES.  And it was neither dairy, meat, nor pareve!  And the grandparents of ALL your Rabbanim ALL only had one oven as well.

+1

I have such issues when I meet ignorant people who tell me "how could so and so possibly have a kosher kitchen with just one oven? "
I wish girls and boys out there were taught better in regards to halachos in the kitchen.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #113 on: March 22, 2012, 12:37:19 AM »
people from previous generations knew alot more about hilchos kashrus and therefore had no issues with one oven. Today unfortunately people do not know as much and will more likely mess up with one oven.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #114 on: March 22, 2012, 09:25:13 AM »
people from previous generations knew alot more about hilchos kashrus and therefore had no issues with one oven. Today unfortunately people do not know as much and will more likely mess up with one oven.

Please! That's a pathetic answer, IMO, and also just plain wrong.  The level of learning today, on average, is much greater than the average level of learning in our grandparent's generation.  Among those you would call an "average frum yid" in those days, many didn't even go to Yeshiva as they were too busy fleeing Europe, or too busy working very hard to support their parents or children.  In our generation of "learners" -- with all the people who do have the benefit of many years (and in many cases a lifetime) in Yeshiva -- the "average" person is far more erudite today than one or two generations ago -- before the days of three oven and three dishwasher kitchens.  The ovens of previous generations also couldn't even be cleaned nearly as well as those of today (an they didn't have heavy duty tin foil to cover messy things, etc.).  But somehow, they managed and ate Kosher!  Sad that many today wouldn't eat in Rav Moshe's apartment because he only had one oven.

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Re: Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #115 on: March 22, 2012, 09:30:50 AM »
+1

I have such issues when I meet ignorant people who tell me "how could so and so possibly have a kosher kitchen with just one oven? "
I wish girls and boys out there were taught better in regards to halachos in the kitchen.
It is definitely possible to have one oven. However it it's subject to a machlokes haposkim whether you would have to cover one of the genders (make it a meat oven and cover dairy out vice versa) or you can use it for both without problems as long add it cools down in between uses (or for some wait 24 hours)
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Re: Re: Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #116 on: March 22, 2012, 09:32:16 AM »
thanx - its covered.
and i take it that the same applies if i want to warm up food in a non kosher microwave (or even oven) - double covering should do it?
Correct. FYI the whole double cover thing doesn't really exist. it is just to make sure that it is really covered and steam can't get out
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #117 on: March 22, 2012, 09:33:54 AM »
It is definitely possible to have one oven. However it it's subject to a machlokes haposkim whether you would have to cover one of the genders (make it a meat oven and cover dairy out vice versa) or you can use it for both without problems as long add it cools down in between uses (or for some wait 24 hours)

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« Reply #118 on: March 22, 2012, 09:34:54 AM »
Taam nifgam (with heter, e.g. basar b'chalav) is muttar l'chatchila?
No but b'tziruf the fact that it's probably mutar anyways...
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #119 on: March 22, 2012, 09:38:44 AM »
No but b'tziruf the fact that it's probably mutar anyways...

Honestly, I don't remember learning it that way, but it's been a while. What you're saying is that if I used a dairy fork/spoon (that hasn't been used for hot dairy for 24 hours) with hot meat, I can wait 24 hours and put it back in the dairy drawer?
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