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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

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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 #1420 on: June 18, 2018, 07:44:12 PM »
In my experience the kitchen was always able to warm it for me. Once I had to convince them it is safe to warm when wrapped.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1421 on: June 18, 2018, 08:27:27 PM »
I used Grand and Essex to cater my last trip. The food was phenomenal, the portions generous, and way cheaper than POM.
What did you order?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1422 on: July 15, 2018, 08:21:20 AM »
What is special about the pom meals? Is it that they still taste good after being reheated? Is it that they package them a certain way so they can be put in a cooler and not leak? Is it that they are in microwaveable containers?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1423 on: July 15, 2018, 08:31:29 AM »
What is special about the pom meals? Is it that they still taste good after being reheated? Is it that they package them a certain way so they can be put in a cooler and not leak? Is it that they are in microwaveable containers?
nothing special about them. They are just convenient and above average

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1424 on: November 04, 2018, 09:05:47 AM »
Took POM meals for oven and they were delicious. A short while back took POM microwave meals and they were horrible.  Any other recent food place for microwave recommendations?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1425 on: November 04, 2018, 09:20:28 AM »
Going to yosemite from oakland. Anywhere to stop along the way for kosher food?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1426 on: November 04, 2018, 09:22:08 AM »
Took POM meals for oven and they were delicious. A short while back took POM microwave meals and they were horrible.  Any other recent food place for microwave recommendations?
Maybe the microwave meals tasted horrible because you microwaved it. Microwaves are not known to make food taste that great.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1427 on: November 04, 2018, 09:30:11 AM »
I’ve microwaved their dairy meals and it was ok- I think eggplant rolatini and ziti.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1428 on: November 04, 2018, 09:30:50 AM »
Maybe the microwave meals tasted horrible because you microwaved it. Microwaves are not known to make food taste that great.
I agree. Thats why im hoping someone has had a place were the microwave food wasnt so bad

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1429 on: November 04, 2018, 09:31:22 AM »
I’ve microwaved their dairy meals and it was ok- I think eggplant rolatini and ziti.
True. The dairy was good the meat/chicken was horribile.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1430 on: November 04, 2018, 10:40:29 AM »
Most food is just not good in a microwave. Bring a toaster oven if you care about the taste.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1431 on: November 04, 2018, 01:04:56 PM »
Many of the mealmart shelf stable meals are quite edible out of the microwave.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1432 on: November 13, 2018, 10:28:28 PM »
I see the kosher private chef website is down anyone have any info if they are still around?
Anyone have experiance shipping pom meals to colordo?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1433 on: January 11, 2019, 12:40:09 AM »
Has anyone used https://www.glattkosherstore.com or http://www.koshermealstogo.com to ship travel meals?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1434 on: January 14, 2019, 07:52:14 AM »
I fast bahab during shovavim. On Tuesday and Wednesday I eat trayf

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1435 on: January 14, 2019, 08:06:02 AM »
I fast bahab during shovavim. On Tuesday and Wednesday I eat trayf
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1436 on: January 15, 2019, 03:53:28 PM »
I used Grand and Essex to cater my last trip. The food was phenomenal, the portions generous, and way cheaper than POM.

They did not officially do travel meals until now (I used their catering service, as it was something like 60 meals), but they are now soft-launching them: https://grandandessex.com/#!/hb/m/000000/r/10980/he/New-Jersey/kosher-takeout/kosher-packages/frozen-meals-requires-4-days-to-process

Apparently now they have them for microwave only, and under the RCBC hechsher.

For my trip, they were able to pack the meals for the oven, as use the New Square hechsher (which certifies their catering, not the store). I am reaching out their deli manager to see if these options will be available.

After sending him feedback from here regarding microwave vs. oven, he has now added an oven option to all meals.

I have used him for other trips since my last post here, and my opinion stands: batter, cheaper, and bigger portions than POM. Highly recommended.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1437 on: January 16, 2019, 09:11:24 AM »
Last year I decided to experiment with bringing a sous vide to a hotel, as it doesn't require a stove, and was a real success!
Brought a sous vide, pot and griddle (to finish). Prepped all my bags before and brought in a cooler bag. Very little hassle with great results!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1438 on: January 16, 2019, 11:38:34 AM »
Last year I decided to experiment with bringing a sous vide to a hotel, as it doesn't require a stove, and was a real success!
Brought a sous vide, pot and griddle (to finish). Prepped all my bags before and brought in a cooler bag. Very little hassle with great results!
Based on the size of that griddle, you may as well have brought an oven.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1439 on: January 16, 2019, 11:46:04 AM »
Last year I decided to experiment with bringing a sous vide to a hotel, as it doesn't require a stove, and was a real success!
Brought a sous vide, pot and griddle (to finish). Prepped all my bags before and brought in a cooler bag. Very little hassle with great results!
I've been using sous vide ever since they became reasonably priced (specially on vacations) u can get a small culinary blow torch it works great too...
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