by Aaron Abadi | Mar 8, 2020 | Eating Out
Eating at a non-kosher Chinese restaurant can be difficult. Culturally they’re often not as forthcoming on clarifying what is or is not vegetarian. Often they’re mom and pop operations and possibly there’s a trust issue. but let’s say you get past all that and you go...
by Aaron Abadi | Mar 6, 2020 | Eating Out
It is easy to confirm that the soup is vegetarian. If it contains cheese, you need to specify that the cheese is one of the approved type cheese on the second sheet of the year-round kosher list and that the Renet is not from animals. In any restaurant, supermarket,...
by Aaron Abadi | Mar 6, 2020 | Kashrut
Everyone asks about gelatin, how can you say that products are kosher if they contain gelatin?! The answer is that although today’s kashrut industry policies consider gelatin a problem since its usually made from meat, in truth and from Halacha it’s not a problem....
by Aaron Abadi | Mar 5, 2020 | Eating Out
Here’s a typical Italian menu. The biggest issues at Italian restaurants are confirming that everything that you will eat is vegetarian, especially the renet in the cheese. You can ask the waiter and if he’s not 100% sure, have him ask the chef. Be aware that many...
by Aaron Abadi | Mar 5, 2020 | Eating Out
Most observant jews that travel on business will eat fish at restaurants, often without knowing how to do it right and thus with a side order of guilt. Here are the issues. Bishul Akum for one. (Cooking of a non-Jew). Any of the fishes that are eaten raw in...
