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- From: CPLS13@email.mot.com (Steven_Cohn)
- Subject: Re: When is a dill pickle Kosher?
- Organization: Motorola_CoveragePLUS
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 08:09:56 GMT
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- In article <2418@shaman.wv.tek.com>, andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew
- Klossner) wrote:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > -=- Andrew Klossner (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
- > (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
-
- Responses to date are:
-
-
- >carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis)
-
- >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.
-
- This is the closest. Actually, cleanliness is only a side affect
- (usually), not a requirement of Kosher supervision. There are several
- aspects to Kosher food:
-
- 1) Absolutley no mixing of any meat and dairy products (not even dairy
- by-products like whey, etc).
-
- 2) All meat must come from kosher animals (defined as having split hooves
- and chewing their cud), and the animals must be slaughtered in a certain
- way (sharp knife slit through the neck - quickest, least painful method of
- slaghtering).
-
- 3) No birds of prey.
-
- 4) Only seafood with fins and scales.
-
- 5) No bugs!
-
- 6) Certain restrictions on the production of wine/grape juice.
-
- And a few more esoteric things not worth mentioning here.
-
- The key, as Carl points out, is that everything used in the process must be
- certified as kosher, which in the case of pickles could very easily be a
- problem with the vinegar used in the pickling process. Some vinegars are
- produced from/with wine, and this could be a problem if not properly
- certified.
-
- >wc4209@writer.yorku.ca (Irene Berkovich)
-
- >In the case of Kosher Dills, this refers to the style of pickle, not
- >the actual kashrut of the product.
-
- This ABSOLUTELY FALSE ! The definition of Kosher from a religious
- standpoint is very strict, and as mentioned in one of the posts, is even
- governed by law in New York, and New Jersey. While it may be true that
- most Kosher dills are of a certain "style", this is not what makes it
- kosher!
-
- >guru@camelot.bradley.edu (Jerry Whelan)
-
- > I've been told that the `true' label for kosher products is
- >a little k in a circle similar to the copyright symbol.
-
- This is ABSOLUTELY FALSE ! There are a number of symbols from various
- koosher certification agencies, the most popular and widley accepted one is
- O-U, a circle with a U inside. There are however, many others.
-
-
-
-
- Steven Cohn
- Motorola CoveragePLUS Engineering
- CPLS13@EMAIL.MOT.COM
-