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Is Rice Which is Cooked by A Non-Jew and then Dried-Out Permissible?

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Is Rice Which is Cooked by A Non-Jew and then Dried-Out Permissible?

Posted on October 18, 2018

What if a non-Jew cooked food which is subject to the prohibition of bishul akum, like rice, and then dries-out the food? In this case, is this food considered to be bishul akum and therefore prohibited? The Ben Ish Hai (Parashat Hukat, Shana Bet 17) relates that in Bagdad, non-Jews would cook bulgur until it Continue Reading »

Aunt Bea’s Cauliflower Casserole

Posted on October 17, 2018

Wash, check, and separate cauliflower, boil until tender, and place in buttered casserole (Use one where the cauliflower can be in one layer). Combine with:  2 diced hard boiled eggs 1/4 c Parmesan cheese 1/4 c bread crumbs 1 T parsley 1 clove minced garlic (or some garlic powder) Salt & pepper Dot with 3 Continue Reading »

Butternut Squash Latkes

Posted on October 16, 2018

What You’ll Need 5 cups shredded butternut squash (see Note) 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 3 tablespoons vegetable oil What to Do In a large bowl, combine squash, onion, and egg; mix well. Add flour, salt, and pepper and mix until thoroughly Continue Reading »

Lay’s Deep Dish Pizza Potato Chips (OU)

Posted on October 15, 2018

Lay’s recently released Deep Dish Pizza potato chips, inspired by Giordano’s. The chips are a taste of the iconic stuffed deep-dish pizza inspired by the famous Giordano’s pizza recipe. The new chips are available for a suggested retail price of $3.49. www.fritolay.com

New Nutella Flavored M and M’s

Posted on October 12, 2018

Eating Nutella straight out of the jar is great and all, but often, it comes with a price — sticky hands, stained t-shirts, and the inability to stop until there isn’t any left. OK, so maybe you have better self control and aren’t a total savage, but in the case that you are, M&M’s is coming Continue Reading »

Popcorn Quinoa Chips (OU)

Posted on October 11, 2018

The Safe + Fair Food Company announced the addition of a new line of Popcorn Quinoa Chips to its expanding portfolio of free-from products. The gluten-free chips are free from five of the top eight allergens and are made with clean ingredients. The Popcorn Quinoa Chips come in three flavors: Olive Oil & Sea Salt, Continue Reading »

Tastykake Minis

Posted on October 10, 2018

The Tastykake brand unveils two new single-serve options with the launch of its bite-size Tastykake Minis cupcake line. Initial varieties in the line include Tastykake Mini Swirly Cupcakes and Tastykake Mini Peanut Butter Cupcakes. The Minis Swirly Cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes with a crème filling topped with chocolate icing. The Minis Peanut Butter Cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes Continue Reading »

This Is About A Pumpple Cake. It Is Not Baked Kosher. But It Could Be (hint, hint)

Posted on October 9, 2018

Flying Monkey Bakery refers to their Pumpple cake as the “dessert equivalent of a turducken,” but one slice into the towering treat reveals an even more wild ingredient bonanza. For the unenlightened, a turducken is the potentially foolhardy feat of cooking a chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey to make a layered Continue Reading »

Bastard Oleaster Is A Fruit Found In India

Posted on October 8, 2018

Bastard oleaster is a fruit that doesn’t just have a name befitting a rock star, but looks the part as well. Its appearance resembles a small plum tomato covered in silver glitter. But that’s not where its personality ends; if you cut one open, you’ll find an elongated seed sporting a bizarre, striped pattern. The Continue Reading »

Mickey Mouse Oreo Cookies

Posted on October 4, 2018

Mickey Mouse is ringing in the big 9-0 in a very sweet way. Nabisco has partnered with Disney to announce a brand-new, limited-edition Oreo to celebrate nine decades since the character first debuted as Steamboat Willie in an animated short in 1928. The cookies are the same classic shape but with three different celebratory designs etched into them, Continue Reading »