FROM KOSHER TODAY (FEB.10, 2014) The OU will, for the first time, issue a Kosher for Passover certification for “kitniyot” foods. Kitniyot is a category of foods that were forbidden by Ashkenazic custom during Passover because they might be confused with forbidden grains. Included in this group are: beans, buckwheat/kasha, caraway, cardamom, chickpeas, corn, fennel, Continue Reading »
FROM THE JEWISH PRESS (1/28/14) Snack food manufacturers are increasingly turning to the Orthodox Union for kosher certification to expand their markets during the Passover holiday. Classic Foods announced last week that the company and its branded snack products will be kosher for Passover, under the certification of the OU, which will put Kettle Classics, Continue Reading »
With a fanfare lacking only trumpets and drum rolls, the OU breathlessly announced that this year they will offer OU Pesach certified Quinoa. Here at the Kosher Nexus, we have long stated that Quinoa is automatically kosher for Pesach. And, if you buy your quinoa before Pesach, you certainly have no Pesach worries. In the Continue Reading »
Cover a cookie pan with aluminum foil (makes it easier to clean up later) Line the cookie pan with matzahs. Ok if they overlap a little. Melt the margarine with the brown sugar until it starts to boil. Pour this mixture over the matzahs and bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes. Take the pan Continue Reading »
Great dish for hol hamoed Pesach- Russian Potato and Mushroom Croquettes 1½ lbs potatoes, peeled and chopped 5 cups water 1 onion, peeled and chopped ¼ lb mushrooms 1 tsp oil 1 Tbsp water salt/pepper to taste 1 cup matzo meal 1 Tbsp oil Boil potatoes in water until tender. Drain and mash potatoes. In Continue Reading »
FROM THE NY DAILY NEWS Food More and more creative chefs and entrepreneurs are expanding the range and quality of kosher foods Restaurants like Pardes in Brooklyn and JSoHo in Manhattan turn out dishes made with lamb or veal ‘bacon’ By Michael Kaminer / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Kielbasa. Bacon cheeseburgers. Texas BBQ. Oy, this Continue Reading »
In THE LAWS OF PESACH by the family of the late Rabbi A Blumenkrantz, on page 250, they write the following: Starch is used to bind the briquettes. Some companies use wheat starch. Also, some companies use recycled charcoal, which was used to filter whiskey. People should, therefore, not use charcoal briquettes on Pesach to Continue Reading »
No matter how hard we have searched, we have never found any evidence that points to extraordinarily large olives in days of yore. Olives have remained pretty much consistently the same size (and there are different sized olives) over the millenia. Similarly, the size of eggs as referenced in rabbinic texts were much smaller than Continue Reading »
A TRANSLATION OF HIS FAMOUS TSHUVAH ON PEANUTS “Concerning peanuts, which were called stashkes in Europe—they have been accepted as being permitted on Pesach and are not considered kitniyos (legumes that are forbidden on Pesach) because all the reasons for the prohibition of kitniyos do not apply to peanuts. Peanuts are not sown in fields Continue Reading »
FROM KOSHER SCOOP Ingredients Meat Filling 1 large Spanish onion, diced oil for sautéing 1/2 lb (225 grams) ground beef 4 Tbsp ketchup 1 tsp brown sugar salt and pepper, to taste Potato Mixture 3/4 cup oil 3 eggs 6–7 large Idaho potatoes 1 small onion, peeled 2 Tbsp salt, or to taste 1 tsp Continue Reading »
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