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- From: carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
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- Subject: Re: When is a dill pickle Kosher?
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 22:01:16 GMT
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- andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes:
-
- >What's the difference between a dill pickle and a Kosher dill pickle,
- >other than rabbinical supervision? In the supermarket, the ingredient
- >lists on the two jars are identical, as are the prices, but the Kosher
- >bottle also includes several dozen small yellow spheroids that I don't
- >recognize.
-
- I'm neither Jewish nor an expert on kosher food, but I'll pass along
- some recollections I have from growing up with a father who ran a
- cheese factory which produced some Kosher product.
-
- Some states (maybe all? maybe FDA?) restrict use of the term "Kosher"
- such that it may appear only on products which are, in fact, certified
- Kosher by a rabbinical organization. There are more than one of
- these, though they may all have reciprocity agreements.
-
- However - it's possible that your kosher pickle may in fact be a "kosher
- _style_ dill", which refers to a recipe/flavor/preparation method
- traditionally associated with Kosher pickles.
-
- Assuming it's really Kosher, certified under rabbinical supervision,
- the differences probably are:
-
- - most likely absolutely no difference in ingredients.
- - possibly, though not likely, some preparation differences.
-
- Kosher refers to more than ingredients, some standards of cleanliness
- and methodology are required. These standards are more complicated
- for animal products, extending to the method of slaughter. And even
- for primarily vegetable products, all the component ingredients,
- methods, containers, and material which ever touches the product must
- be certified kosher.
-
- With our cheese, it was easiest to make ALL the cheese according to
- Kosher methods, using all Kosher ingredients, etc. Even though only a
- fraction of it was labelled as Kosher, it was, in fact, all Kosher. I
- expect that many certified food products also use this method.
-
- The requirements weren't difficult, as I recall; the most troublesome
- element was rennet (made from cow entrails of some sort). It was
- difficult to get Kosher rennet, but possible - and very little is
- used in making farmer's cheese. Other than this, the only changes in
- the cheese plant were having an inspection every few months, at a
- fairly reasonable cost.
-
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