SC - poison in peach pits

[Decker, Terry D.]

Stefan asked:

>>> Huh? What's a "fleschig" table? Is this a table so the
>>> archers can reattach the feathers to their arrows? :-)
>>> Or maybe the opposite of a "diet" table? :-)

And Bear guessed:

>>> It's probably the Yiddish form of Fleisch, the German
>>> word for meat.


Close.  According to kashrut, Jews cannot eat milk and meat at the same meal.  (See Deuterotomy 14:21)

Therefore, everything that is food is called one of three things:

    Fleishig = flesh, meat
    Milchig = milk
    Pareve = neutral

You can eat pareve with almost anything.  But some things that might be pareve at other times, could be fleishig or milchig depending upon teh preparation, and must be so marked.  For example, bread is basically pareve, and is assumed to be so.  However, you can make bread milchig -- a croissant, for example.  Or you can make it fleishig, like a meat-filled piroshki.  You need to mark these before baking to indicate that they are not pareve, using a special shape or other indicator.

Note that it is traditional to wait six hours after eating meat before you can eat dairy.  Among the Ashkenazic, if you eat a strang-flavoured cheese (Swiss, feta, etc.) you must also wait six hours before eating meat.  Otherwise, you can eat mild dairy in the same meal with meat, but you must clean your mouth first.  So, you can have buttered bread with the appetizer, then brush and rinse your teeth and mouth, then have roast beef.

It also means that if ice-cream is planned for dessert, you have to eat dessert first, then your meal.  <s>

                           ---= Morgan


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