YEAH, IT’S KOSHER, BUT SO WHAT?!

May 11, 2004 at 9:17:59a.m.

The other day, Kosher Nexus co-blogger Deborah Wenger and I were chatting about nothing in particular. Somehow, Yoohoo chocolate drink came up in the conversation. Deborah opined that she doesn’t like Yoohoo at all. She said, That’s one of those foods that make you think: “Yeah, it’s kosher, but so what?” We got to thinking, for each of us, there are always foods and/or products that are indeed kosher, but, as far as we are concerned, fall into the category of “so what?”

For me, that would be mock shrimp. I attended an affair where they had mock shrimp. Now, although I only became kosher when I became bar mitzvah, I have never tasted shrimp in my life. I have no clue as to how it tastes. So there I was, fancy affair, all dressed up, sizing up the “smorg” and I think to myself, “self, try the phony shrimp!” Seconds later, I was hunting for a napkin. Oh, yeah, the stuff sure was kosher, but it very much – for me – was in the category of “yeah, but so what?”

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(RJR)