Comments on: Eating Italian https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/ Practicing Judaism without all the pain Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-66 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:24:16 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-66 In reply to Sefardi Sefardi.

I read the link. That’s great. So same logic applies.

]]> By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-65 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:20:24 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-65 In reply to Sefardi Sefardi.

Yes RE Pizza Hut.
I’ll look at the link. Thx

]]> By: Sefardi Sefardi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-64 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 05:05:01 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-64 In reply to Aaron Abadi.

Also, can the same pizza logic be extended to, for example, Pizza Hut?

I found a site called Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG.org). They seem to be pretty serious about animal products and rennetless cheese – and are pretty machmir about it! I found this posting about the cheese at Pizza Hut:

https://www.vrg.org/blog/2019/05/23/pizza-hut-cheese-made-with-microbial-fermentation-ingredient-parmesan-romano-cheese-blend-contains-animal-based-rennet/amp/

]]> By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-62 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 04:04:30 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-62 In reply to Sefardi Sefardi.

The grill is constantly running and therefore constantly kashering itself. Anyone who cooks on a grill knows what I’m talking about. Ask them to make sure the grill is clean anyway.

Pasta is normally made plain and then additives are mixed in afterwards. A pot of pasta will have no meat or squid flavor.
Fried fish, correct.

]]> By: Sefardi Sefardi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-61 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 03:51:21 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-61 How about grilled fish. Any special considerations for the grill that they may be using to grill meats and such?

And for pastas, we just tell them to use a fresh clean pot? Or for fried fish, use a fresh pot with new oil?

]]> By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-58 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 03:16:25 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-58 If they commit to them being vegetarian, then they have separate oils. You should certainly ask if you aren’t sure. My experience is that they were asked these questions multiple times. If they say something is vegetarian, they’re very careful not to mix. Otherwise they say “it’s vegetarian, but it’s cooked together with non-vegetarian…”.

]]> By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-57 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 03:12:47 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-57 In reply to Marc Epstein.

The pizza oven burns out the pepperoni. It’s very hot and is constantly kashering itself. Anything left over burns to a crisp.

]]> By: Marc Epstein https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-51 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:06:54 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-51 And what about those fritters, do they use the same oil they used for the calamari?
Thanks so much!

]]> By: Marc Epstein https://kashrut.org/eating-italian/#comment-50 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:53:39 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=336#comment-50 Dear Rabbi Abadi,
You may have covered this, but keylim and ovens in, say, an Italian restaurant. Pepperoni being cooked in the same oven as my vegetarian pizza? Thank you in advance for any guidance!

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