Author Topic: Packing tips & tricks (Read 43812 times)

Avid Reader · « **Reply #20 on:** July 15, 2010, 10:14:35 AM »

Quote from: aussiebochur on July 14, 2010, 03:45:39 PM

I took some frozen stuff from Melbourne to NY (don't ask). ~30 hours from when it left the freezer, still frozen.

Just wondering, any possibility it defrosted in between (at stopover) and refroze back in the air? How long is the stopover?

aussiebochur · « **Reply #21 on:** July 15, 2010, 10:20:46 AM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on July 15, 2010, 10:14:35 AM

Just wondering, any possibility it defrosted in between (at stopover) and refroze back in the air? How long is the stopover?

The stop-over in LAX is ~1.5 hours.
Its cold under the plane but it doesn't freeze things, if something is frozen and packed tightly it wont defrost.

Dan · « **Reply #22 on:** July 15, 2010, 11:12:14 AM »

Quote from: Eli on July 15, 2010, 10:07:25 AM

Will frozen food last 5 days? (lol) - I'm leaving on Tuesday night and I'll need the food the following Sunday....any tips?

When we went island hopping in Hawaii for a month we would take out that week's food and give the hotel the rest of the entire frozen food in the suitcase to freeze while we stayed there.
Never had a problem.

jack12 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 15, 2010, 11:40:29 AM »

Quote from: Dan on July 15, 2010, 11:12:14 AM

When we went island hopping in Hawaii for a month we would take out that week's food and give the hotel the rest of the entire frozen food in the suitcase to freeze while we stayed there.
Never had a problem.

If you have meat and you are giving it to the hotel, you should make sure there is a siman, otherwise its basar shenisaleim min ha'ayin.

Dan · « **Reply #24 on:** July 15, 2010, 11:44:09 AM »

Quote from: jack12 on July 15, 2010, 11:40:29 AM

If you have meat and you are giving it to the hotel, you should make sure there is a siman, otherwise its basar shenisaleim min ha'ayin.

If they're able to recreate my wife's deli roll and hawaiian chicken creation...lol
We only brought cooked food and it would be very easy to tell if it was tampered with.

aussiebochur · « **Reply #25 on:** July 15, 2010, 11:54:29 AM »

Quote from: jack12 on July 15, 2010, 11:40:29 AM

If you have meat and you are giving it to the hotel, you should make sure there is a siman, otherwise its basar shenisaleim min ha'ayin.

+1

This is a true story that happened to a frum yid on a plane. He was eating his meal when he had to go to the bathroom. When he returned he released that it was left open and that basar shenisaleim min ha'ayin is not allowed to be eaten. When the goy next to him sees he's not eating he asks, "you were enjoying your meal, why aren't you eating any more?".
So he started explaining the whole thing which in turn started a discussion about age old laws/customs in todays day and age.
After they finished talking the goy turns to him and says. "You have the most amazing religion, I swapped our food and wanted to see what happens".

You can never be too careful...

Avid Reader · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2010, 01:59:07 PM »

It's really very easy to make simanim. There has to be a seal too if I'm not mistaken.

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #27 on:** July 15, 2010, 05:47:56 PM »

In the good old yeshiva days we had contest who could bring most kgs on the plane.

My best friend and me brought several hundred kgs from TLV on a flight, with no elite status and in eco.

B"h i have never paid for overweight.

I guess about 1-2kg close, don't tell me they make you pay for it...

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #28 on:** July 15, 2010, 05:49:07 PM »

Needles to say that only free counts, paying is considered like doping by the olympics.

moish · « **Reply #29 on:** July 15, 2010, 06:19:36 PM »

Quote from: Dan on July 15, 2010, 11:44:09 AM

If they're able to recreate my wife's deli roll and hawaiian chicken creation...lol
We only brought cooked food and it would be very easy to tell if it was tampered with.

halacha is halacha, even if its easy to tell.

Dan · « **Reply #30 on:** July 15, 2010, 06:43:20 PM »

Quote from: moish on July 15, 2010, 06:19:36 PM

halacha is halacha, even if its easy to tell.

Everything is separated by weekly portion in double-knotted bags that can't just be open and retied. It would be very obvious if they were tampered with.

Eli · « **Reply #31 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:10:02 AM »

Quote from: moish on July 15, 2010, 06:19:36 PM

halacha is halacha, even if its easy to tell.

Actually, you are right that Halacha is Halacha, and the Halacha is that if from the food itself you can absolutely ascertain that it is yours, then you don't need a double seal.

damaxer91 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:23:09 AM »

Uh-oh. I see where this is heading. Moish is going to come back at us with another one of his Chumros and then I'm going to be stuck eating Lay's potato chips for a week

Dan · « **Reply #33 on:** July 16, 2010, 10:50:04 AM »

Quote from: damaxer91 on July 16, 2010, 06:23:09 AM

Uh-oh. I see where this is heading. Moish is going to come back at us with another one of his Chumros and then I'm going to be stuck eating Lay's potato chips for a week

Better than Bloom's potato chips!

elikay · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2010, 03:42:02 PM »

Quote from: Dan on July 16, 2010, 10:50:04 AM

Better than Bloom's potato chips!

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #35 on:** July 18, 2010, 05:47:00 AM »

In asia (far east), you are officially not allowed to bring food in (I still do, and once a little was confiscated on a stopover(!) In bkk).

Ingredients are NOT reliable over there.

Eli · « **Reply #36 on:** July 18, 2010, 06:24:15 AM »

I plan on bringing a whole suitcase of food into HKG...is that going to be a problem?

damaxer91 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 18, 2010, 07:59:51 AM »

Quote from: Eli on July 18, 2010, 06:24:15 AM

I plan on bringing a whole suitcase of food into HKG...is that going to be a problem?

Nope. They don't check

FYI, you can get basically anything at the Supermarkets in Hong Kong so no need to shlep tons

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #38 on:** July 18, 2010, 08:13:35 AM »

Quote from: damaxer91 on July 18, 2010, 07:59:51 AM

Nope. They don't check

FYI, you can get basically anything at the Supermarkets in Hong Kong so no need to shlep tons

When I said that ingredients aren't reliable there, I had HKG in mind. I quoted locals, mizrachi/ dati le'umi type of people who told me that, and they get everything shipped over from australia.

E.g. I bought a minute maid, normally 100% juice (which is an international brand, and in europe at least part of the coca cola corporation) in HKG, and started drinking. It had a funny flavor, so before swallowing, I checked, and it contains fish (!).

MLM · « **Reply #39 on:** July 21, 2010, 02:01:41 PM »

Can I take dry ice on a plane?