Today is January 29, 2025 / /
Today is January 29, 2025 / /
We have never been too happy with the current situation allowed by most kosher vaadot in the USA vis a vis on site hashgacha. It seems that most vaadot allow the owner- IF HE IS ORTHODOX- to be a part of the ongoing hashgacha of the store. We have always felt that standard was a Continue Reading »
Campbell’s Vegetarian Vegetable Soup will no longer be certified by the O/U. Cans still bearing the O/U are certified.
Many kosher agencies use a DE to indicate that a product is inherently pareve, but was made on dairy equipment. The whole idea is that food with a DE may not be eaten together with meat, but it may be eaten immediately after meat. The OU does not use the DE designation. When something is Continue Reading »
In this past week’s Forward, Rabbi Menachem Genack, rabbinic administrator and CEO of OU Kosher, responded to the article by Prof.Shapiro. Let’s go to the end of the rabbi’s remarks first. In his last paragraph, the rabbi wrote: “… we at the OU are proud of the sea change we have brought about in the Continue Reading »
We are thankful to Rabbi Eidlitz of the Kosher Information Bureau for this information. Tic Tac products manufactured in Europe with Hebrew writing and distributed in Israel over the last several years, have generally been accepted as kosher. However, it has now been discovered that there may have been falsifying of documents regarding that product, Continue Reading »
Ok, so it’s not a crazy person. Go know it’s a dessert. Gosh, and what a dessert it is. Once you have had Bananas Foster, you have seen the fabled castle in the sky. Or, as they say in New Orleans: They ain’t nuttin like it, honeychild! We found a simple recipe in the pages Continue Reading »
Here are some more really weird recipes that we found for you. Once again, make these recipes at your own peril. As there apparently is no end to what people will actually eat, we encourage you to not send us your favorite! Bisquick Ick A really great dish, actually: Make a couple of pancakes with Continue Reading »
We found this really intersting story in the Arizona Republic.?? Read on! Spice up your condiments Bring flavored condiments to your table Karen Fernau The Arizona Republic Aug. 23, 2006 12:00 AM Open most any refrigerator, from a pizza-munching college student’s to one used by a chef known for decadent foie gras custard, and chances Continue Reading »
Professor Shapiro’s article on Glatt is well researched and clearly hits the mark. We actually can not quibble over his major points. In fact, it is only on some minor points that we disagree. For example, the Professor wrote that non Glatt meat has been “relegated to Conservative Jews and others who don’t take kashrut Continue Reading »
The following story, appeared in last week’s edition of the FORWARD NEWSPAPER. We give you the story as it appeared. Frankly, we feel it does deserve some comment, but for the moment, we present it as is. Our commentary will follow in another column…………. Marc Shapiro | Fri. August 18, 2006 Due in no small Continue Reading »
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