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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 #1820 on: February 07, 2023, 09:28:23 AM »
What’s a good cheap alternative to flying with a insulated cardboard box, when the airline (JetBlue) does not accept those for intl flights?

I don’t have a “real” cooler and would rather not have a bag to fly back with.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1821 on: February 07, 2023, 09:29:49 AM »
What’s a good cheap alternative to flying with a insulated cardboard box, when the airline (JetBlue) does not accept those for intl flights?

I don’t have a “real” cooler and would rather not have a bag to fly back with.

Would it fit into one of these?
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/frakta-storage-bag-for-cart-blue-90149148/
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1822 on: February 07, 2023, 02:54:23 PM »
Would it fit into one of these?
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/frakta-storage-bag-for-cart-blue-90149148/
That’s brilliant!
We ended up downsizing the frozen food to fit in a soft cooler bag I had, but will keep this in mind for next time

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1823 on: February 07, 2023, 08:30:09 PM »
What’s a good cheap alternative to flying with a insulated cardboard box, when the airline (JetBlue) does not accept those for intl flights?

I don’t have a “real” cooler and would rather not have a bag to fly back with.
why don’t they accept?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1824 on: February 07, 2023, 10:04:13 PM »
why don’t they accept?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1825 on: February 08, 2023, 12:36:53 PM »
Mishigas unique to jetblue.
Imagine arriving to the airport with 113 boxes of cold sensitive food and being told we don't accept them on international legs, oh and all the (suitcase) shops were closed due to covid
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1826 on: February 08, 2023, 11:37:51 PM »
Imagine arriving to the airport with 113 boxes of cold sensitive food and being told we don't accept them on international legs, oh and all the (suitcase) shops were closed due to covid
Unless you are going to Cuba, then it’s ok for some reason…

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1827 on: February 10, 2023, 12:40:21 AM »
Landing at Newark next week at 8 pm and staying overnight at one of the airport hotels.
Landing in terminal A - American
Looks like the packaged food is in terminal C at the gates

1) Does anyone know if there’s food anywhere there BEFORE security?
2) United has a gate-gate A-C shuttle where you don’t have to clear security again. Does anyone know if they check boarding passes? Sounds like an easy solution, but I don’t have a ticket on a United flight. It’s supposed to be for transfers.

If none of this works its delivery from the Chinese place in Elizabeth.

Thanks!

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1828 on: February 10, 2023, 03:24:28 AM »
Landing at Newark next week at 8 pm and staying overnight at one of the airport hotels.
Landing in terminal A - American
Looks like the packaged food is in terminal C at the gates

1) Does anyone know if there’s food anywhere there BEFORE security?
2) United has a gate-gate A-C shuttle where you don’t have to clear security again. Does anyone know if they check boarding passes? Sounds like an easy solution, but I don’t have a ticket on a United flight. It’s supposed to be for transfers.

If none of this works its delivery from the Chinese place in Elizabeth.

Thanks!
I was in the new terminal A today. There was kosher fresko in at least 2 of the markets. Buy this was right after security. So maybe check out the stores as soon as you deplane.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1829 on: February 10, 2023, 08:22:46 AM »
I was in the new terminal A today. There was kosher fresko in at least 2 of the markets. Buy this was right after security. So maybe check out the stores as soon as you deplane.
Thank you!! That’s fantastic. Will be sure to check before we exit the gate area. 👍🏻

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1830 on: February 14, 2023, 08:44:31 PM »
I was in the new terminal A today. There was kosher fresko in at least 2 of the markets. Buy this was right after security. So maybe check out the stores as soon as you deplane.
Right on the money - opposite my gate in terminal A when I got off the plane. Thanks again!



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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1831 on: February 18, 2023, 07:32:04 PM »
I can confirm, the PBHL (Polar Bear Hot Logic) is a #gamechanger. Thanks to Dan and whoever else discovered this.

My meals stayed frozen for 4 days while traveling.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1832 on: March 01, 2023, 10:35:54 PM »
Will hummus and techina pass through domestic tsa? 
My peanut butter was confiscated in the past and these sre about the same consistancy.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1833 on: March 01, 2023, 10:42:49 PM »
Will hummus and techina pass through domestic tsa? 
My peanut butter was confiscated in the past and these sre about the same consistancy.
no way. You can just bring mini ones.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1834 on: March 01, 2023, 11:05:19 PM »
no way. You can just bring mini ones.
I've passed with Hummus many times. Sometimes tomato dip, too.

I did have Hummus confiscated once. So as you are apt to hear here, YMMV.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1835 on: March 01, 2023, 11:07:01 PM »
I've passed with Hummus many times. Sometimes tomato dip, too.

I did have Hummus confiscated once. So as you are apt to hear here, YMMV.
and I have a a razor on my keys thats passed through hundreds of times. It's clearly against protocol and will usually be confiscated ime

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1836 on: March 01, 2023, 11:07:53 PM »
I've passed with Hummus many times. Sometimes tomato dip, too.

I did have Hummus confiscated once. So as you are apt to hear here, YMMV.
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/hummus

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1837 on: March 01, 2023, 11:08:43 PM »
and I have a a razor on my keys thats passed through hundreds of times. It's clearly against protocol and will usually be confiscated ime
Just saying that TSA is wildly inconsistent. The last few times they did swab them and put them in a machine, so maybe they've changed their unofficial policy?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1838 on: March 02, 2023, 06:41:00 AM »
Just saying that TSA is wildly inconsistent. The last few times they did swab them and put them in a machine.
This sums it up.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #1839 on: March 02, 2023, 08:16:20 AM »
Just saying that TSA is wildly inconsistent. The last few times they did swab them and put them in a machine, so maybe they've changed their unofficial policy?
very inconsistent. With yogurt too. Seems they decide in the fly. Also had an ice pack that they said was fine.