OT:OP: was SC - Kosher Plants Hygienic, HAH!

[Michael Newton]

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From: "Sharon R. Saroff" <sindara at pobox.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: Re:OT:OP: was SC - Kosher Plants Hygienic, HAH!


> By Jewish law the chickens have to be killed and processed a specific way
> or else they are not kosher.  My grandfather did this for a living when my
> dad was a boy.  From what I remeber, you make a quick cut at a certain
spot
> in the neck.  All meat and poultry is soaked and salted to draw out the
> rest of the blood.
At my post, they pack the meat in salt for one hour;
helps kill the bacteria, but plays heck with the sodium level and water
retention.
Beatrix