[Sca-cooks] Kosher or Not

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 28 Feb 2003, at 21:24, Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamant wrote:

> I'm not sure how this applies to other animals, but Kosher cuts of
> beef are, as far as I can figure, are from the forequarter of the
> animal, as opposed to the loin and round, say, which are close to the
> sciatic nerve, which is a no-no, for some reason.
>
> There is a way to remove it that is acceptable for Kosher butchering,
> but I gather it's difficult and, in the end, sufficiently
> time-consuming as to make it not worth the effort under most
> circumstances.

It has to do with Jacob wrestling with the angel.  Genesis 32:25-33

25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of
the day. 26 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with
him. 27 And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' And he said: 'I will not let thee
go, except thou bless me.' 28 And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be
said: 'Jacob.' 29 And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for
thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.' 30 And Jacob asked
him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.' And he said: 'Wherefore is it that thou
dost ask after my name?' And he blessed him there. 31 And Jacob called the name
of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.' 32
And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
33 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.


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