Kosher Cooking Info Request -- Please!

[Moses613]

1. LOL

Thank you again, Moshe! That is another Friend’s (RIP) name! Brings back great memories!

I wish there were more people like you. May G*d reward you a thousand fold for all your help! May you and your loved ones have people who genuinely care for you all your lives.

Luz Maria (given Hebrew name by my Friends: Hannah)

Thank you for your kind words. And if I were to directly translate your name into Hebrew, it would be Luz = light = Orah, Maria = Miriam.


Where are you from originally, if I may ask?

 

[Luz_Maria]

1. LOL

Thank you for your kind words. And if I were to directly translate your name into Hebrew, it would be Luz = light = Orah, Maria = Miriam.


Where are you from originally, if I may ask?

You are welcome. Thank you for translating my name. I like it better i Hebrew than in English.

My ancestry is Spanish. Believe it or not, both North and South of Spain :yup: !

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Thanks again for all your help. You are very patient and that is appreciated.

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**Orah Miriam
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[Luz_Maria]

I’m not sure how to quote everything including the blue, so I’ll answer here in reference to your earlier posts.
2. They are parve, but there is a special condition that if they were cooked in a milk pot, then they preferably should not be mixed with meat in the same dish - and vice versa with a meat pot. However, if they were already mixed, then the mixture is acceptable. Best to cook in a parve pot.
4. Yes, sorry for not being more clear but tuna salad is in my definition of “prepared” foods. I meant anything that has to be cut, mixed or blended by the eating establishment rather than pure food. Like, you can buy an apple or banana anywhere, obviously. But with tuna salad, as one example, there is no way to know if the mayonnaise in it is kosher-certified or if a non-kosher oil was blended in. Oooppss! No, my Good Friend has no problem with my tuna “salad” because I may not use mayo for mine and use cream cheese . So . . . my tuna salad is “milk”! We together may add green olives or other items to it.
5. Right, no ladle that was used with non-kosher. If the food is cold, you don’t even need to use a parve ladle, just a clean, kosher one. If it is warm then you must use a specifically parve ladle.
6. Stovetop is the gas or electric range where you place frying pans or pots to boil. Making that kosher is much more complicated. The oven, for baking, can be set on self-clean as I said.
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I feel like a big load has been lifted off my heart now that I may prepare more foods properly for my Friend. You are very patient and a very good teacher who does not make the “student” feel ignorant. Thank you! May G*d bless you abundantly!

Orah Miriam

 

[Luz_Maria]

Thank you each for your help. The Christian people who posted gave ideas that are helpful from the non-Jewish side. Since my friend and I have been friends for many years and have open lines of communication, it has been great so far. Thank you for your tips, I sure will keep them in mind. Now my friend needs more help because of age than before and I went to the Jewish Community here. Moshe and Kaninchen you have been very wonderful. Thank you!

I spent quite a bit of time with my friend last week. She told me that I had “really listened” when explained about the Jewish ways! Well . . . I did listen and take it to heart because. Three questions come to mind now:

1. My friend keeps “milk” and “meat” dish/kitchen towels. How are those kept “Kosher”? Is there a special way to wash/launder them? Somehow, I understand the actual “sponge” to wash cooking utensils better.
2. Are there age limit/parameters to keeping Kosher or its strictness? I ask because in the Latin-rite Catholics (Roman Catholics) one is required to observe the laws of abstinence (not eating meats - including chicken, but may eat their fat and eat fish) starting at the age of 14. In Latin America and the Caribbean chicken is allowed. There is no upper age limit on abstinence after which the person is automatically excused, but those who need to eat meat for a medical reason may be dispensed from the abstinence requirement. In the United States, the fasting requirement begins at age 18 and continues until age 59. At that age, a person is automatically excused from the requirement to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but, if health permits, may participate in the fast should s/he choose to do so. This “rules” are many times changed or tweaked by the “Conference of Catholic Bishops” of that country or region; therefore, one should check the local “rules”. This fasting is not like the Jewish fasting, but . . . let’s see if I get it correctly: a person may eat 1 meal plus 2 other “meals” that do not equal 1 meal. One’s confessor or spiritual director may also change the way one fasts. For instance, my confessor/spiritual director changed the way I was fasting and when I told him I had done it for years, he told me that the obedience would be a greater sacrifice. He was right!:bigyikes:

2a) What happens when the person gets “older”, can function well, keeps Kosher, but is slightly forgetful of the Kosher nuances? No. Do not get me wrong. Far be it for me to tell my friend how to keep Kosher! I have told a friend, RIP, that he could not move on Yom Kippur and when told I was not Jewish to say that, I called a mutual Jewish friend and asked that person to speak to him in “Jewishness”… I remember being told that I would move on Yom Kippur to which I answered nicely that I am not Jewish (well, I do not think I am; although many ask me if I am), but I would not move on Holy Thursday or Good Friday.

1. From which side is the Jewish Faith passed on to the children, the mother’s or the father’s?

Thank you each so much for coming to my aid. I will print the vegetable/fruit chart and the other information and keep it for reference. I will sure confuse people when I die and they look through my recipe book and find all this information about keeping Kosher!They might think that they now “know a secret”!

I will keep you in my prayers and please don’t forget me in yours.

Orah Miriam

 

[Moses613]

Hi, happy to help. I am pressed for time so my answers will be short.

Thank you each for your help. The Christian people who posted gave ideas that are helpful from the non-Jewish side. Since my friend and I have been friends for many years and have open lines of communication, it has been great so far. Thank you for your tips, I sure will keep them in mind. Now my friend needs more help because of age than before and I went to the Jewish Community here. Moshe and Kaninchen you have been very wonderful. Thank you!

I spent quite a bit of time with my friend last week. She told me that I had “really listened” when explained about the Jewish ways! Well . . . I did listen and take it to heart because. Three questions come to mind now:

1. My friend keeps “milk” and “meat” dish/kitchen towels. How are those kept “Kosher”? Is there a special way to wash/launder them? Somehow, I understand the actual “sponge” to wash cooking utensils better. They can be laundered together, there’s nothing special about the process. She keeps separate ones because it reduces confusion if you want to wipe up spilled milk or meat juice with them, but it’s not strictly necessary.
2. Are there age limit/parameters to keeping Kosher or its strictness? I ask because in the Latin-rite Catholics (Roman Catholics) one is required to observe the laws of abstinence (not eating meats - including chicken, but may eat their fat and eat fish) starting at the age of 14.

Customs vary slightly according to community. Before the age of 6-7 we are not allowed to feel a child non-kosher food but do not have to stop the child from eating it on his/her own. In practice, you won’t find many parents willing to let their younger child eat non-kosher, though. Around the age of 6-7, or maybe even a little younger, we are required to start educating the child in how to properly observe the laws so that when they reach the age of majority (12 for girl, 13 for boy) - when they are strictly required to keep everything - they will be well-versed in the rules.

In Latin America and the Caribbean chicken is allowed. There is no upper age limit on abstinence after which the person is automatically excused, but those who need to eat meat for a medical reason may be dispensed from the abstinence requirement. In the United States, the fasting requirement begins at age 18 and continues until age 59. At that age, a person is automatically excused from the requirement to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but, if health permits, may participate in the fast should s/he choose to do so. This “rules” are many times changed or tweaked by the “Conference of Catholic Bishops” of that country or region; therefore, one should check the local “rules”. This fasting is not like the Jewish fasting, but . . . let’s see if I get it correctly: a person may eat 1 meal plus 2 other “meals” that do not equal 1 meal. One’s confessor or spiritual director may also change the way one fasts. For instance, my confessor/spiritual director changed the way I was fasting and when I told him I had done it for years, he told me that the obedience would be a greater sacrifice. He was right!:bigyikes:

2a) What happens when the person gets “older”, can function well, keeps Kosher, but is slightly forgetful of the Kosher nuances?
If possible they should be reminded or helped. If they aren’t functioning at the level where they can remember the nuances 100% G-d does not “blame” them for that.
No. Do not get me wrong. Far be it for me to tell my friend how to keep Kosher! I have told a friend, RIP, that he could not move on Yom Kippur and when told I was not Jewish to say that, I called a mutual Jewish friend and asked that person to speak to him in “Jewishness”… I remember being told that I would move on Yom Kippur to which I answered nicely that I am not Jewish (well, I do not think I am; although many ask me if I am), but I would not move on Holy Thursday or Good Friday.

1. From which side is the Jewish Faith passed on to the children, the mother’s or the father’s? A child is Jewish from birth if and only if his/her mother is Jewish. Someone whose father only is Jewish is not Jewish at all, but he does have a status where if he wants to convert we make it easier for him than a non-Jew who has no connection. All that being said, in any case intermarriage is not sanctioned.

Thank you each so much for coming to my aid. YW!
I will print the vegetable/fruit chart and the other information and keep it for reference. I will sure confuse people when I die and they look through my recipe book and find all this information about keeping Kosher!They might think that they now “know a secret”!

I will keep you in my prayers and please don’t forget me in yours.

Orah Miriam

 

[Luz_Maria]

Thank you very much Moise and every-one for all your help! This friend am trying to help is the only one of my friends who keeps Kosher, so . . . the others are not able to help with my questions. It is not difficult at all for me to do this because . . . as my Family taught and “exampled”, things done out of love are easy. :hug3:

May G-d reward you 1000 fold and bless you abundantly.

Orah Miriam