SC - Perspectives on Recipe Adaptation (was: ALCOHOL IN FOOD)

[CorwynWdwd@aol.com]

    Yes, when we think of Kosher, Kasher is normally what springs to mind.
What's interesting are the number of people who think that the practice is
cruel, somehow. Certainly no worse than non-kosher slaughterhouses, and
certainly a lot more hygienic. The Rabbis answer to a higher authority than
USDA inspectors . . .

    Sieggy

> > Or in the case of blood products and a practicing Jew, you have just
caused
> >them some considerable psychic agony.
>
> Actually, for a practicing Jew the rabbit would be unkosher anyway. From
the
> Jewish Dietary Laws Site: " Animals that may not be eaten Of the "beasts
of
> the earth" (which basically refers to land mammals with the exception of
> swarming rodents), you may eat any animal that has cloven hooves and chews
> its cud. Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:6. Any land mammal that does not have both of
> these qualities is forbidden. The Torah specifies that the camel, the rock
> badger, the hare and the pig are not kosher because each lacks one of
these
> two qualifications. Sheep, cattle, goats and deer are kosher. " So any
> "psychic agony" should be null. Perhaps you were thinking of another
> religious group?
>
> I DO agree that listing ingredients is important, after getting a dose of
> shrimp and needing a benidryl chaser several times... once in an SCA
feast,
> one tends to want to know what one is eating.
>
> BTW, the site can be found at : http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Animals
>
> Corwyn