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From: Brando
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:02 PM
To: Heidi
Subject: Question


Can Jews eat a ham and cheese sandwich? I know that they can't eat a cheeseburger because of the milk of the cow and the meat are from the same place. Does it matter if it's any animal and cheese?

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From: Heidi
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:15 PM
To: Brando
Subject: RE: Question


first of all, kosher jews wouldn't eat the ham. no pork products. wouldn't eat a meat and cheese sammie, either. no mixing of meat and milk.

kosher animals have to chew their cud and have a split hoof (cow, sheep, goat, deer). other "forbidden foods" are shellfish & bottom-dwellers like lobster, crab, shrimp, and anything that crawls on its belly like a snake...or a worm :)

but fish is neutral. for ince, salmon is often served at events here & allows for a dairy product like butter to be served at the table, too.

domestic birds are ok (chicken, turkey, goose, duck)

also a kosher animal has to be killed the right way in order to be kosher -- has to be a quick, fast, "painless" death for the animal, and i think a rabbi has to bless the space, too.

oh, no eating blood. before eating the meat it has to be soaked & salted to properly get all of it out of the tissue.

that's all i know. i'm sure there's more tho.