So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Facts About Kosher Meals

By Molly Morse


Kosher meals refers to recipes that are made utilizing kosher foods. The food items that are given this classification are ones that conform to the various regulations set in place by the Jewish dietary law called kashrut. Foods permitted under this law is known as kosher, which means that it is fit to be consumed. There are a lot of meals that can be made with these items.

The foods that do not fit with the Jewish law are known as treif. These foods and related rules are outlined in the books of Deuteronomy and Leviticus. The reasons items may be treif including presence of ingredients derived from animals that are not kosher or animals that were not slaughtered in the proper manner. They might also be given this title if they are a mixture of milk and meat, grape juice or wine that has been produced without any supervision, produce that comes from Israel and has not been properly tithed or prepared using non-kosher cooking devices and utensils.

Rabbis and other Jewish authorities have stated that the laws related to kashrut may be broken in cases where life is at risk. In the Bible of the Jews, it says all animals that chew cud and have hooves that are cloven are clean. Animals that only chew cud and only include cloven hooves are not acceptable. The animals considered unclean based on these guidelines: hare, pig, camel and hyrax.

The Torah says that winged creatures are not to be consumed, particularly bats, water birds that eat fish and birds of prey. Animals that live in water are okay to eat so long as it includes scales and fins. Furthermore, things that crawl on earth are not permitted, although bugs born in fruit that do not crawl on the ground are allowed.

In terms of dairy products, it is implied that milk from animals with clean meat is permitted. Cheese is a complicated situation. The hard kind usually includes rennet, which is an enzyme that splits the milk into curds and whey. Most rennet is derived from animal stomach linings. Nowadays, it is often made recombinantly and is therefore considered acceptable. Despite being animal product, eggs are known as pareve. Gelatin could potentially be unaccepted depending on its source.

Preparation of this type of food is equally as important as its original source. There is plenty of information on this topic available to aid those looking to prepare and cook kosher meals. People who consider themselves Jews, consume a diet made up of these foods or just enjoy these types of meals usually know what is and is not permitted.

There might be differences in what foods and rules are acceptable, just as there are differences among Jews and how they practice. Most Jewish recipes only include foods fit for consumption. Because of this, a good source for prep and cook information, as well as recipes, is Jewish cookbooks.

Jews are not the only people who only consume kosher meals. However, this is a system directly correlated to this religion. There are rules when it comes to cooking and food preparation, as well as the types of animals that can be consumed.




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