tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post2786178366169878289..comments2023-12-27T03:40:39.548-05:00Comments on Mah Rabu מה רבו: מי יאכלנו בשרBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-24466811273166579262007-09-02T04:53:00.000-04:002007-09-02T04:53:00.000-04:00I recently went to a Shabbat potluck in San Franci...I recently went to a Shabbat potluck in San Francisco (after many years of living in Cambridge and Jerusalem) and learned two crucial differences between east and west:<BR/><BR/>1. In San Francisco (at least among <A HREF="http://www.missionminyan.org/" REL="nofollow"> this</A> crowd) potluck/communal meals are often meat. In Cambridge, a potluck would NEVER be meat--I can just about count the number of meat-cooking households in liberal/observant Cambridge on the fingers of both hands. <BR/><BR/>2. Yet in San Francisco (and Toronto too, I've learned), everyone composts--municipal composting is mandatory. That's never been an expected value at Cambridge potlucks--I've seen it once or twice in NY.<BR/><BR/>Just some food for thought (or composting)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-56895496206450740192007-08-30T18:52:00.000-04:002007-08-30T18:52:00.000-04:00Per my comment a few days ago, I did reference thi...Per my comment a few days ago, I did reference this post on my blog:<BR/><BR/>http://heebnvegan.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-miscellaneous-musings-than-most.html<BR/><BR/>Thanks!heebnveganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781553507279284345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-7272075889849232102007-08-27T21:27:00.000-04:002007-08-27T21:27:00.000-04:00I found your post very interesting and may discuss...I found your post very interesting and may discuss it on my blog (http://heebnvegan.blogspot.com) later this week. <BR/><BR/>Re: "the meat crowd doesn't tend to overlap much with the potluck crowd"<BR/>* I'd never thought about that. I don't think I'd ever heard of a potluck before I went vegetarian (albeit that was when I was 15, fairly young), but they've certainly become a major part of my life since.heebnveganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781553507279284345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-18144864430778275642007-08-27T16:33:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:33:00.000-04:00My thoughts, as a former head mashgiach:I actually...My thoughts, as a former head mashgiach:<BR/><BR/>I actually learned this weekend that if you have a gendered (ie milk or meat) pot that has not been used in the past 24 hours, you can cook something pareve in it, and eat it on opposite gendered plates with opposite gendered food! (This was from a very frum rebbetzin in Providence, mind you).<BR/><BR/>Also, I was going to comment with basically the same thing that elf said about making cold pareve foods. <BR/><BR/>Also many people with dairy kitchens have some pareve pots, so they can cook for meat meals. Though I guess if you're in a crowd that usually makes dairy meals then people might not keep pareve pots.<BR/><BR/>And too bad they didn't have more meat!Knitter of shiny thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495339297497300925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-50306092261162947912007-08-27T09:12:00.000-04:002007-08-27T09:12:00.000-04:00In principal, Table 1 could have been divided into...In principal, Table 1 could have been divided into people with non-hechsher-conscious kitchens and people with hechsher-conscious dairy kitchens. I believe that Sephardim are not as crazy about the keilim, and will eat pareve prepared in dairy pots at a meat meal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-57635550905392902732007-08-26T23:58:00.000-04:002007-08-26T23:58:00.000-04:00People with all-hechsher dairy kitchens, who ordin...<I>People with all-hechsher dairy kitchens, who ordinarily prepare food for Table 2, must cook for Table 1 this time (even though it's conceivable that some of them might not eat from Table 1).</I><BR/><BR/>This isn't entirely true. They could prepare cold, non-spicy food (e.g., salad, including substantial salads with ingredients like tofu or canned beans). I don't know whether the instructions made it clear that that would be acceptable, but from a kashrut perspective, it would make no sense not to allow it.elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271905313295544312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-47536027272340290392007-08-26T22:52:00.000-04:002007-08-26T22:52:00.000-04:00Stringencies about kosher dishes and utensils are ...<I>Stringencies about kosher dishes and utensils are based on the presumption that hot (in temperature or flavor) food absorbs the essence of meat or milk from the dishes. Are there any vegetarians who take this presumption seriously enough that they won't eat anything that has been cooked on fleishig dishes?</I><BR/><BR/>I know plenty of vegetarians that fall into that category. In general I've found that religious Jewish vegetarians are crazier than standard vegetarians because they take all the crazy kashrut kelim concepts and apply it to vegetarianism also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com