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NEW PRODUCTS TO SEE AT KOSHER FEST

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NEW PRODUCTS TO SEE AT KOSHER FEST

Posted on October 14, 2010

FROM KOSHER TODAY NEWSLETTER 10/12 Some of the new products that will be showcased at Kosherfest include the following: Main Menu’s 100% Natural Turkey loaf and Chicken loaf (a new company from A&B Famous Gefilte fish), Au’some’s Super Mario Snerdles candied fruit strips, Cal Delight’s Microwaveable Instant Chinese Meals (no water added), California Delight’s Sriracha Continue Reading »

ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP CORRUPTION IN HASHGACHA IN ISRAEL

Posted on October 13, 2010

THIS ARTICLE COMES FROM FAILED MESSIAH BLOG AND SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. The following is an excerpt of a Yediot Achranot article translated by Jerusalem Kosher News: The Chief Rabbinate of Israel last week withdrew objections to the establishment of a new agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Such an agency would Continue Reading »

USDA VEGGIE REPORT- WHICH VEGGIES WILL GO UP IN PRICE??

Posted on October 8, 2010

Released October 1, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Fall Season Fresh Vegetable Harvested Area Down 1 Percent Fall Season Melon Harvested Area Up 1 Percent Summer Storage Onion Production Down 5 Percent The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables Continue Reading »

FOOD SAFETY- THAWING FOODS

Posted on September 29, 2010

FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU: It’s important to be sure you thaw and defrost foods properly. Upon removal of frozen food items from the freezer, bacteria start multiplying within the dangerous zone (40 degrees Fahrenheit to 140 degrees Fahrenheit). Therefore, the defrosting process should be looked at as a race between you and bacteria with Continue Reading »

STAR-K LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED NO HECHSHER

Posted on September 27, 2010

Aluminum Foil Applesauce plain only, even with high fructose corn syrup and vitamins Baking powder Baking soda Beer domestic unflavored Bran unprocessed Buckwheat raw Carob Powder Cocoa Powder plain (not cocoa mix) Coffee ground unflavored Corn Meal Corn Powder Corn Starch Cupcake holders Dental floss Dishwashing gloves Farina-raw plain Grains raw Honey-pure unflavored Lip Gloss Continue Reading »

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DELI MEATS

Posted on September 23, 2010

FROM PHIL LEMPERT, SUPERMARKET GURU: Food and Health News 5 Things to Know About Deli Meats September 20, 2010 [Image of: Deli Meats] Take a look the next time you are in the deli department (where you can find these prepackaged and hanging on hooks) or in the ready to slice deli section, and you’ll Continue Reading »

DECODING THE CARTON- EGGS

Posted on September 16, 2010

Decoding the Carton: Eggs September 15, 2010 A hen lays only one egg a day, so imagine all the birds required to produce the 72 billion eggs Americans consume each year. Cluck, cluck! No wonder eggs are so popular: They pack a powerful nutritional punch. The yolk naturally contains zinc and vitamins D, E and Continue Reading »

SHANA TOVA!

Posted on September 8, 2010

We will be off for a few days (duh!) and want to take this moment to acknowledge you- our dear, loyal readers. We started the Kosher Nexus a long time ago as an anonymously mailed newsletter sent to 50 people. A second issue quickly followed and was mailed to 110 people. Those first two issues Continue Reading »

FOX NEWS JUST FOUND OUT WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR SIX YEARS NOW!

Posted on September 7, 2010

visible shrimp could very well be living in every drop of water you drink — but that’s OK, they’re nothing to worry about. A photo posted to the online sharing site Reddit has the Internet abuzz. It shows a tiny animal — a shrimp-like crustacean called a copepod — and announces that the reader found Continue Reading »

ROSH HASHANA LOOMS LARGE ON THE HORIZON

Posted on September 2, 2010

Most years, by this point in Ellul, most butchers have raised their prices so high you need to take out a second mortgage to buy. Here in Queens, this year there seems to be no big jump in prices. What’s going on your hood? We are fortunate here, because a new Glatt supermarket (full size Continue Reading »