Things You Need To Know About Kosher Meals

By Kate McMahon


The word kosher may be familiar for some and for others, it is foreign. This is all about rules and religious norms. This is directly related to pure and more suitable way of consuming a meal. It can be considered as a law concerning all the permitted and forbidden foods. Kosher meals have several aspects to the dietary rules which must be considered.

First is its meat and derivatives. It must comply with specific rules. According to the law, the types that can only be eaten are those of cattle or any animals that have hooves and chew the cud. These rules must all be followed. If an animal only has hooves but does not chew the cud then it is not acceptable.

The most considered are the bulls, goats, cows and many others. Based on them, for these animals to be eaten, they should be slaughtered by a traditional slaughterer. Their law avoids any way that will cause pain to the animals. So, these must be killed instantaneously.

The Jews are also practicing the tradition of removing the blood and removing the veins and the skin. After the animal is killed, they removed the fats and the veins which are considered forbidden. After, the meat is soaked in a bath with a room temperature for half an hour. To get rid of the blood, it is then placed on salting tables where it is salted for an hour.

The Jews are concerned about the poultry and other derivatives too. They will not consume any birds for good. They also created a list of those that can be eaten and those that should be avoided. The eagle, owl, swan and pelican are marked check. Those that must not be consumed are ducks, geese, chicken and turkey. These lists are not complete however.

Next in line are the dairy products and other derivatives. Milk products come from kosher animals. The milk of impure cattle is prohibited however. Any dairy products may not have kosher ingredients. According their law, an additive cannot be declared during packaging but still it is taken as non kosher meal. One must be aware therefore of what he is eating to avoid any disobedience of the law.

Milk and meat should not be cooked together. They must not be mixed based on their certain law. They should not be served on the same table and must not be eaten together. This rule is also practiced in observant of the Jewish household. Utensils should also be carefully separated and labeled. Those that are used for meat are well separated from the ones that are used for milk.

With strict observance comes the daily habit of these laws. After eating a particular meat, one must wait for at least an hour before he or she can eat dairy. After consuming a dairy product, there is not interval needed before a meat is eaten. In terms of fish, only those that have fins and scales may be eaten.

All food that grows in the soil or on plans and trees or bushes is taken as part of the kosher meals. Nevertheless, those animals which include the insects that have legs or very short legs are not part of their daily meal. Vegetable and fruits with these insects must be checked and cleaned properly. Insects must be removed.




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