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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 #1580 on: January 16, 2020, 07:14:10 AM »
I have the Grand and Essex oven frozen travel meals. Any recommendations on heating instructions to give to the hotel?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1581 on: January 16, 2020, 05:24:12 PM »
Ive prob mentioned this before and so have others but y not say it again.

Whether  u bought food, made ur own etc... if its double sealed in sous vide style vac bags u can ask the hotel to heat it up in boiling water...
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1582 on: January 16, 2020, 05:33:11 PM »
Ive prob mentioned this before and so have others but y not say it again.

Whether  u bought food, made ur own etc... if its double sealed in sous vide style vac bags u can ask the hotel to heat it up in boiling water...

Just make sure the bags are rated for that level of heat...
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1583 on: January 16, 2020, 05:35:34 PM »
Just make sure the bags are rated for that level of heat...
"Sous vide"
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1584 on: January 16, 2020, 05:44:25 PM »
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1585 on: January 16, 2020, 07:12:27 PM »
The food tasted great and was packaged well. I can't compare the two as I went with Moishas in the end.   
Moishas food is very tasty all around in my opinion. They vacum pack the items you want. They are good for upto 5 days unless you freeze the item.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1586 on: January 20, 2020, 09:12:24 PM »
What thing? Izzy's double vacuum packed it for me and u can have them wrap in whatever

Can you please recommend which dishes from Izzys would be good to do this with? Did you freeze them? Thx

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1587 on: January 20, 2020, 09:18:49 PM »
Can you recommend which dishes from Izzys would be good to do this with? Did you freeze them? Thx
I took 2nd cut brisket not cut up, back ribs, lamb riblets, short ribs, and smoked chicken (pretty much everything, the chicken dried out a bit but was very good everything else was 100% delicious.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1588 on: January 20, 2020, 09:44:23 PM »
Thanks, I'll give those mains a shot. What about sides and did you freeze or just leave them in fridge?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1589 on: January 21, 2020, 10:31:05 AM »
Thanks, I'll give those mains a shot. What about sides and did you freeze or just leave them in fridge?
I froze everything i bought sides from a few diff places (took the best from every place), i also bought bread and baguettes from Patis that were delicious as well.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1590 on: January 21, 2020, 10:53:23 AM »
So far very happy with grand and Essex travel meals for oven and at 17.99 for most of them, a good value also.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1591 on: January 21, 2020, 11:02:35 AM »
I did POM once and didn't like it, so I went back to  making my own food. Depending on length of trip I'll take a small sandwich maker and/or goerge forman with some salmon, chicken cutlets. ETC.

They taste best when fresh and take literally a few minutes to make. I always use silver foil or parchment paper to keep it all clean.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1592 on: January 21, 2020, 11:29:48 AM »
I did POM once and didn't like it, so I went back to  making my own food. Depending on length of trip I'll take a small sandwich maker and/or goerge forman with some salmon, chicken cutlets. ETC.

They taste best when fresh and take literally a few minutes to make. I always use silver foil or parchment paper to keep it all clean.
Hard to do that when traveling to diff country. unless you buy it there.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1593 on: January 21, 2020, 11:50:09 AM »
Hard to do that when traveling to diff country. unless you buy it there.
Countries with restrictions on food can be a problem, I personally never ran into issues, even in countries with restrictions, its a gamble. Also, fish can be bought anywhere and meet can usually be bought locally and/or coordinated thru local rabbi.

I have small 220 appliances as well.

I mostly, just gave up on bought travel food.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1594 on: January 21, 2020, 11:51:55 AM »

I have small 220 appliances as well.

i was referring to this
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1595 on: January 21, 2020, 12:03:14 PM »
Countries with restrictions on food can be a problem, I personally never ran into issues, even in countries with restrictions, its a gamble. Also, fish can be bought anywhere and meet can usually be bought locally and/or coordinated thru local rabbi.

I have small 220 appliances as well.

I mostly, just gave up on bought travel food.
The countries with the stricter food restrictions usually have options. US and EU care a lot but other places don't.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1596 on: January 21, 2020, 12:44:19 PM »
Or you can use the iron in your room :)

That’s what I did in my last trip to the ME when I was going to a few countries with a bunch of flights on low cost airlines and had to pay for luggage plus schlep. It’s not amazing and took some time to cook but definitely convenient. 

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1597 on: January 21, 2020, 12:48:29 PM »
Or you can use the iron in your room :)

Wow. I've never heard of that one before :) .

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1598 on: January 21, 2020, 01:03:10 PM »
Or you can use the iron in your room :)

That’s what I did in my last trip to the ME when I was going to a few countries with a bunch of flights on low cost airlines and had to pay for luggage plus schlep. It’s not amazing and took some time to cook but definitely convenient.

Creative.
Along the same lines, if there is a kettle that can be opened you can cook eggs inside and the hotel will usually give you some for free.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1599 on: January 21, 2020, 01:09:25 PM »


Or you can use the iron in your room :)

I saw some clips on YouTube on making steak with a iron

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