So I had already noticed that the list of kitniyot seemed to be getting longer over time; a friend told me the other day that at least the MO rabbis in New England kept expanding the list of "home cooks can't possibly inspect this well enough to find any bugs- you can only eat these things packaged and frozen, with hexure." I had been familiar ( Read more... )

Are noodles made from potato starch (like harusame) or sweet potato starch (like dangmyeon) or arrowroot or tapioca or suchlike conventionally-acceptable starches pesadik? I assume bean-threads have the same answer as all of these, except modified to reflect whatever kitniyot ruling one follows with respect to legumes. Also, what about konnyaku/

Does anyone know of any kosher wines that are sold in 5L boxes, a la Franzia, and if so, where? Hubby has recently started drinking red wine for health reasons and we've burned through 3 750ml bottles (1 8oz serving/day) in the last week. At anywhere from $11-15/bottle, this has the potential to get really expensive in a hurry ( Read more... )

Talk me through what makes maple syrup kosher ( Read more... )

Next year I might live in a place with very few Jews (a city in Spain), and I'm wondering under what conditions I would be able to keep kosher, halakhically speaking. Currently I do not keep strict kosher, but I'm a vegetarian. My goal is to keep strict kosher, but right now I live with non-kosher, non-Jewish vegetarian roommates, and my lease ends ( Read more... )

So I just got back from the beach the other day, and bought a box of salt water taffy that I thought my office mates at a Jewish organization might like. …it was only after I forked over the dough that I realized I had no idea whether or not these candies were kosher. D’oh! *facepalm ( Read more... )

What is the kashrus status of Blackberries?

Are they allowed?
Can you check them?

I just washed a bunch, put them on a plate..and watched two buggies creepy crawl away...

Time to toss?

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