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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/
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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 #280 on: April 30, 2013, 08:53:50 AM »
My mom makes it stovetop every week, comes out fine. She makes a big pot though, so she can put lots of water before Shabbos.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #281 on: April 30, 2013, 09:08:02 AM »
I have a small crock pot that I sometimes bring and I leave the top at home to keep it light and just use foil to cover the top. It's funny because when going away I can deal with no liver kugel all the regular foods etc but if I don't have cholent it just won't feel like Shabbos.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #282 on: May 02, 2013, 01:22:50 PM »
way too much trouble to bring a crock pot when traveling. but to each his own
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #283 on: May 02, 2013, 03:45:06 PM »
crock pot is way too heavy. just bring a plata and the meal mart cholent

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #284 on: May 02, 2013, 04:24:28 PM »
crock pot is way too heavy. just bring a plata and the meal mart cholent

Why can't you buy one of those small $10 crock pots? They do take a little longer to cook..

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #285 on: May 03, 2013, 08:22:01 AM »
Anyone ever made a cholent on a stove top? Looking into this place in Bali for shabbos however they do not have an oven only a stove. Is it still do able? Also do I need to find out if it's electric or gas?
I'm not sure you can put a blech an an electric stove. Halachically you might not need to put one on the heating element anyhow, only on the knobs but ask your LOR, YMMV.

Also keep in mind that some electric stoves have a safety feature which turns it off after 12 hours.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #286 on: May 03, 2013, 09:05:01 AM »
I'm not sure you can put a blech an an electric stove. Halachically you might not need to put one on the heating element anyhow, only on the knobs but ask your LOR, YMMV.

Also keep in mind that some electric stoves have a safety feature which turns it off after 12 hours.
I either way would not be bringing a blech so I will ask my Rav . I ended up booking a villa that has a gas range so that may make things easier.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #287 on: May 03, 2013, 09:36:41 AM »
Why can't you buy one of those small $10 crock pots? They do take a little longer to cook..
I have one of those $5 Black Friday crock pots from WM. I use it every week and have no complaints. It is also small and light enough to travel with.
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #288 on: May 03, 2013, 11:08:03 AM »
There is a company Lillys which makes bakery products Macaroons cakes challah, with an Hisacdus Hechsher supposedly it can be found in 20 -30 states in shop rites....  as we

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #289 on: May 09, 2013, 11:59:47 PM »
Are the metal forks that are served with business class meals on AA Kosher? Some guy I know takes them with him after every flight and he now has a stack of them. I am not joking! 

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #290 on: May 10, 2013, 01:45:50 AM »
we took along frozen prepared meals packaged by Pomegranate in Brooklyn. Was easy and delicious.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #291 on: May 10, 2013, 02:06:36 AM »
we took along frozen prepared meals packaged by Pomegranate in Brooklyn. Was easy and delicious.
And expensive I'm sure :)

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #292 on: May 10, 2013, 01:07:32 PM »
And expensive I'm sure :)

Do  you remember a price per meal? Types of meals?

Not that expensive actually.$17-$25 including 2 sides

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #293 on: May 10, 2013, 01:20:38 PM »
Not that expensive actually.$17-$25 including 2 sides

Would they ship them?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #294 on: May 10, 2013, 03:34:11 PM »
Are the metal forks that are served with business class meals on AA Kosher? Some guy I know takes them with him after every flight and he now has a stack of them. I am not joking!

Anyone?

Do they come in the Kosher package or are they brought by the FA's?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #295 on: May 20, 2013, 11:06:09 PM »
We are flying to SIN from EWR with total travel time of close to 32 hours with a 12 hour layover in PEK this July. After SIN will be in Bali for 9 days so need to bring all the food with me or buy in SIN which is not ideal (pricing wise and selection) but can be done.

Any chance meat, deli hot dogs and the like will make it all the way from home? Or better to just hope for the best in SIN?

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #296 on: May 20, 2013, 11:09:20 PM »
We are flying to SIN from EWR with total travel time of close to 32 hours with a 12 hour layover in PEK this July. After SIN will be in Bali for 9 days so need to bring all the food with me or buy in SIN which is not ideal (pricing wise and selection) but can be done.

Any chance meat, deli hot dogs and the like will make it all the way from home? Or better to just hope for the best in SIN?

Dry ice?
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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #297 on: May 20, 2013, 11:12:51 PM »
Dry ice?

Think would last that long? I would make sure everything is frozen long before the trip to help.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #298 on: May 20, 2013, 11:53:03 PM »
added a wiki. But didn't go through any old posts to add them.

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Re: What Do You Do For Kosher Food While Traveling?
« Reply #299 on: May 20, 2013, 11:56:06 PM »
We are flying to SIN from EWR with total travel time of close to 32 hours with a 12 hour layover in PEK this July. After SIN will be in Bali for 9 days so need to bring all the food with me or buy in SIN which is not ideal (pricing wise and selection) but can be done.

Any chance meat, deli hot dogs and the like will make it all the way from home? Or better to just hope for the best in SIN?
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