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Sunday 4 February 2018

Tips For Preparing Quality Kosher Meals

By Carolyn Rogers


If you are a manager of a restaurant, the question of how to increase the income is one that must preoccupy you. You will need to think of ways that can help you sell more. Research is necessary. Look at the people who live near where you are located. If they could provide sufficient demand for offerings such as kosher meals or other multicultural foods, satisfy that need.

These meals are like any other meal you have ever prepared in the sense that you need to cook them and serve them. However, there are certain aspects relating to sourcing of food items you will need to understand. The word Kosher has its origin in one of the traditions in the Middle East. It means pure. It also means fit for consumption.

If the community you serve is demanding these foods, offer them. Ensure you fully understand all the requirements that need to be met before the items can be kosher compliant. You have the job of assuring the community that the dishes you will be selling have been procured after the observance of the applicable religious laws. Some items are forbidden and others that are not, you must distinguish between the two.

If you plan to be including meat as part of your product offerings, ensure to comply with the laid down regulations. Fundamentally, you must understand what the requirements of the Torah are regarding what stands as permitted or forbidden. The Torah directs that permitted meat is that which has been obtained from animals with split hooves and those that chew the cud. You are allowed to serve beef and mutton, for example.

Any animal that meets one condition and fails to meet the other is not pure. An animal that chews the cud and has hooves that are not split should not be eaten. A camel is a good example. Also, a creature with cloven hooves but does not belong to the class of creatures that chew the cud, such as a pig, should not be slaughtered.

Another important factor taken into consideration is who did the slaughtering and how they performed the act. According to these regulations, not every person is permitted to slaughter animals. The right animals must be slaughtered by the right person to qualify as licensed food. The beast needs to be slaughtered in a way that does not cause pain to them, too.

After slaughtering, the kosher specialist and his helpers handle the meat by removing unwanted fats and veins. After this process, the carcass remains soaked in water at room temperature for thirty minutes. To get all the blood out of the meat, it is coarse-salted for one hour on special salting tables.

Regarding birds, certain types of fowls cannot be slaughtered. The swan, owl, stork, eagle, vulture, and the pelican are classified as forbidden products. Additionally, eggs and young ones from these creatures should not be eaten. Chicken, duck, turkey, and goose comprise a category of fowls recognized as permitted birds. As such, you are allowed to use their flesh in preparation of these meals.




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