Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thank you, Judy, for the Kosher link. Donna E (Los Angeles) --- wwjd <jtwigg wrote: Kosher does not mean animal free. It is the way an animal is killed > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_foods > Judy ______________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Kosher can be fairly complicated, but Kosher gelatin would be veggie. If the label says Kosher PARVE then it would be veggie for sure. Since the dietary laws require that each animal be slaughtered in a " Kosher " way, it is not practical for gelatin, where they make it from the hoofs and tendons of all sorts of animals. So they could not claim " Kosher " and " Kosher " gelatin has to be vegetarian. A rabbi has to be present in the slaughtering of each animal, and it would not be possible of practical to get a rabbi for each animal part involved in making gelatin the usual way (not vegetarian) since I think it is more e of a byproduct (gross, sorry). Kosher means it follows the Jewish dietary laws. Some animals are not eaten at all, the ones that are eaten have to be slaughtered in a certain way (humanely presumably but let's not go there...) Meat and dairy are never to be consumed together ('thou shall not boil a kid in its mother milk', it is in the old testament), so food can be designated as meat, dairy and Parve. Parve can be consumed with meat or dairy and it is usually vegan but may contain egg (eggs are considered parve). Confused yet? OK, I said it is complicated, but if it says KOSHER PARVE or just PARVE you are safe, but if you are vegan double check the label for eggs. I better stop here before confusing anyone any further (Cabrita) , Donna Ellis <tupelopm wrote: > > Thank you, Judy, for the Kosher link. > Donna E > (Los Angeles) > > --- wwjd <jtwigg wrote: Kosher does > not mean animal free. It is the way an animal is > killed > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_foods > > Judy > > > > ______________________________\ ____ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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