You're talking about shipping from the US to an overseas location, correct? That's expensive. When it comes to a relatively large, heavy box of frozen food that you need to arrive as fast as possible, it is fantastically expensive. A box one cubic foot in size would be over $200 USD to ship via UPS. When you take into account the size of the dry ice + cardboard and several inches of foam insulation (cooler and packing peanuts, usually) you don't have much room for burritos. Jump up to a 16x16x16 box, and you're over $400 USD, and that's only if you don't go over 30 pounds.
So yeah, basically, I don't think you could fit enough burritos in a box to make it worth the shipping costs. By my rough why-am-I-bored-enough-to-do-this-math calculation, you'd have to fit over 50 burritos in the 12x12x12 box before breaking even. Double that for a 16x16x16 box. And then you're over the weight limit for that size box which makes shipping even more expensive, blah blah blah. Even if you somehow manage to save yourself some cash, it probably won't be much.
Bottom line: not worth it. Unless my original US -> overseas assumption was incorrect, in which case all bets are off.
So yeah, basically, I don't think you could fit enough burritos in a box to make it worth the shipping costs. By my rough why-am-I-bored-enough-to-do-this-math calculation, you'd have to fit over 50 burritos in the 12x12x12 box before breaking even. Double that for a 16x16x16 box. And then you're over the weight limit for that size box which makes shipping even more expensive, blah blah blah. Even if you somehow manage to save yourself some cash, it probably won't be much.
Bottom line: not worth it. Unless my original US -> overseas assumption was incorrect, in which case all bets are off.
It really depends on how much the dry ice itself costs; my mom's sent me a couple of care packages (it's impossible to get Wolf chili outside of TX, let alone on another continent) and the shipping was around $100. Not cheap by any means, but still probably cheaper than buying them here, especially since a lot of that was canned goods that weren't exactly light. It's worth checking out at least, and I'll definitely do my homework before committing to spending any money, in part because there are several ways to ship internationally and the price can vary a LOT depending on which one you use. Priority Mail International as a "large package" (any dimension>12", length<60", length+girth<108" ) seems like the least expensive option and if punched it in right at the USPS site a 30 lb. 16X16X16" box runs about $120 ($115 if I buy the postage online instead of at the post office). I'm actually more worried about what kind of duties the government here would hit me for, and clearing customs, but I'll definitely have to do some research before I commit to anything.
...I'll be interested to see if it ends up working out for you
But from my limited knowledge of the subject, you might be required to (and probably would want to) choose an overnight shipping option because the recommendation is 5-10 lbs. of dry ice per 24 hours in transit, and I don't even know if you can mail more dry ice than that apart from any weight limit requirements.Better all around if your bride can perfect a burrito recipe and batch freeze a bunch for you
It wouldn't cost much to ship it USPS, particularly if I did it priority mail, but it could take up to a week and a half just to get here, then I'd have to wait for the post office here to send me a note saying to come get the package. It would take a LOT of dry ice to keep the burritos frozen for the two weeks or more involved, and shipping that much weight overnight would cost a LOT more than $120, so it looks like a nice idea that isn't practical. Not that it's not worth checking out in more reliable detail than can be had in an online discussion, but it now looks like it's not viable after all.
The other idea shows promise; the wife is a pretty good cook.
I'm frankly amazed at how good a job she did on pumpkin pies last winter and a black forest birthday cake for me last weekend, despite the fact that she'd never before attempted anything like either. And she throws a tight spiral. 
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- 12/09/2011 06:42:51 PM
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Make sure the country you are shipping to allows dry ice packages, then go to this site
- 12/09/2011 07:01:04 PM
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I may have to look into this, thanks.
- 13/09/2011 02:58:48 AM
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Wow, I just realized what a grammatical nightmare that post of mine was
- 13/09/2011 03:35:10 AM
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No biggy. 
- 13/09/2011 03:54:18 PM
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- 13/09/2011 03:54:18 PM
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Well, the dry ice itself is quite cheap, it's the shipping cost it adds on
- 13/09/2011 06:10:40 PM
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I'm confused on exactly where you're talking about shipping to/from, but it's probably not worth it.
- 13/09/2011 03:42:50 AM
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TX to Norway.
- 13/09/2011 03:35:43 PM
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I'm sure it's at least worth looking into
- 13/09/2011 04:23:55 PM
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Yah, the time issue looks like the real problem.
- 15/09/2011 12:46:23 PM
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you are craving frozen grocery store burritos LOL
- 13/09/2011 03:44:06 PM
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LOL
- 13/09/2011 03:44:06 PM
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I have MOSTLY simple tastes.
- 15/09/2011 01:00:45 PM
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A cheat's version is buy a Crunchie and crumble it into vanilla icecream *NM*
- 13/09/2011 01:04:34 AM
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That sounds delicious, and also as though you could make your own.
- 13/09/2011 02:51:10 AM
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But I'd be so disappointed when it didn't work out.
- 13/09/2011 06:14:41 PM
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