Can somebody explain to me what kosher food is?
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Question by Katie: Can somebody explain to me what kosher food is?
I think its where you dont mix dairy and meat. And i think jewish people eat kosher. but im not sure and would like to learn more!
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9 Responses to Can somebody explain to me what kosher food is?
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It is a prepared meat made by jewish tradishion, it involves inspecting, salting, and killing the meat in a certan way, No dairy products may be served when kosher is consumed, and pigs cannot be consumed
jack
July 19, 2013 at 4:23 am
kosher is a food that is blessed by a Rabbi which is a Jewish priest.
Tom M
July 19, 2013 at 4:42 am
i think it is jewish food dpn’t eat it it’s nasty you’ll gett sick if y0u qnnt come to my house i am cooking ok see you later after dinner mashed potatoes chicken she had alittle on her chicken wasnt bad she laughing got to go eat buy.
donna d
July 19, 2013 at 5:18 am
it is jewish food and religious jews eat it because it is a sin to eat regular food. kosher food doesn’t have any extra ingredients in it though. it isn’t cooked special or anything. it is just foods the jewish people pick out as special God like foods. good luck!
The Hispanic Stalker
July 19, 2013 at 5:42 am
Kosher is a way of preparing ingredients and foods following the rules of the Torah, the Jewish book of law and history. Some of the rules tell you what you can and cannot eat. Like goats, sheep and cows are okay, but camels and pigs aren’t. Fish with scales and fins are fine, but shellfish aren’t. Some of the rules are about how the ingredients are to be prepared and stored – like you cannot bring utensils that touch meat in contact with other ingredients, and you have to let the blood drain from the meat entirely. Some of the rules are about what can be eaten together – for example, you can’t eat meat and dairy at the same time.
So you can make most types of cooking (like Mexican cooking, or Italian) kosher if you are creative about it.
Some Jews think that some or all of these rules aren’t important anymore, because they believe the rules were designed to keep people safe back before refrigerators and stuff. Other Jews think it’s still God’s command to keep kosher.
My Muslim friends like to buy kosher-certified foods and go to kosher delis because then they know it follows most Muslim dietary regulations too.
Olya
July 19, 2013 at 5:54 am
I would never try to do that..
You might think I was a Christian and lying to you.
SO
You read…
http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm
Mike L
July 19, 2013 at 6:30 am
http://www.ou.org/kosher/primer.html
This link gives a very concise explaination of Kosher. It should answer all your questions.
Raylee
July 19, 2013 at 7:13 am
Its mostly food or the factory that has been blessed by a rabbi. i work in a food process plant and you would be surprised of the amount of customers that you probably buy products from everyday that require a kosher trailer to bring thier product. i’m told by one of the trucking companines that every 6months they have to have a rabbi come around and he blesses the trailers and its like $ 200 a trailer. i’m also told that when their has accidently been a load loaded with a non kosher trailer and a rabbi had to bless it over the friggin phone. little off topic there but it just goes to show how big a deal kosher stuff is
wood8282
July 19, 2013 at 7:27 am
First of all, those who answered with the old wives tale, “food blessed by a Rabbi”, that is absolutely ridiculous!
Jewish people as a whole can eat just about anything.
Jews who keep KOSHER have entirely different standards of what they can and can not eat.
For example, we never eat any meat that is not one of the 10 kosher animals. A land animal is kosher if it has spilt hooves and chews its cud. It must have both kosher signs.
Examples:
● cows, sheep, goats and deer are kosher, while pigs, rabbits, squirrels, bears, dogs, cats, camels and horses are not.
● There are two land animals that have ONE of the TWO signs. A Camel chews its cud, but does not have split hoofs. A Pig has the hoofs, but does not chew its cud.
● Fowl: The Torah lists 21 non-kosher bird species — basically all predatory and scavenger birds. Examples of kosher birds are the domestic species of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pigeons.
● Fish & Seafood: A water creature is kosher only if it has fins and scales. Examples: salmon, tuna, pike, flounder, carp and herring are kosher. Any fish that craws on the bottom of the ocean is USUALLY not koser. Catfish, sturgeon, swordfish, lobster, shellfish, crabs and all water mammals are not kosher.
● All reptiles, amphibians, worms and insects — with the exception of four types of locust — are not kosher.
Meat and milk are never combined. Separate utensils are used for each, and a waiting period is observed between eating them.
Kosher foods are thus divided into three categories:
Meat includes the meat or bones of mammals and fowl, soups or gravies made with them, and any food containing even a small quantity of the above.
Dairy includes the milk of any kosher animal, all milk products made with it (cream, butter, cheese, etc), and any food containing even a small quantity of the above.
Pareve foods are neither “meat” nor “dairy.” Eggs are pareve, as are all fruits, vegetables and grains. Pareve foods can be mixed with and eaten together with either meat or dairy.
AND…believe it or not, the EGG is not dairy – as many think. An Egg is considered Pareve.
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Well, as usual, I have gone of on a typing spree – pretty long-winded here – or should I say long-typed.
Hope this helps. Remember, Jewish is a type of religion or culture. There are many levels of JUDAISM – reform, conservative, orthodox, Modern orthodox, ultra-orthodox and Chassidic.
Kosher food can be eaten by anyone….no matter what their religion.
As long as the laws of the Torah are followed, the food which is prepared according to Halachach law is kosher….period.
GOOD LUCK…hope this helps!
DiDi Dvora J
July 19, 2013 at 8:09 am