Comments on: Kosher, Yes. Jewlicious? No! http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/ It's a Jewish Blog! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kosher Bacon? | THE DAILY BACON http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-1624186 Kosher Bacon? | THE DAILY BACON Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:03:43 +0000 /?p=978#comment-1624186 [...] via Jewlicious [...] [...] via Jewlicious [...]

]]> By: shakti http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-72297 shakti Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:53:14 +0000 /?p=978#comment-72297 Pork-belly futures are on the rise! As for the chips, "Betcha' can't eat just one...!" Pork-belly futures are on the rise! As for the chips, “Betcha’ can’t eat just one…!”

]]> By: Rich http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-71185 Rich Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:02:18 +0000 /?p=978#comment-71185 Hey, if it's kashrus, it's kashrus! we can eat it! Hey, if it’s kashrus, it’s kashrus! we can eat it!

]]> By: Ben-David http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-67462 Ben-David Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:16:09 +0000 /?p=978#comment-67462 Tofu is disgusting. It is basically edible plastic. Soy sauce and miso only taste good because of the yeast and salt. G-d made soybeans to fatten cattle with, for delicious steaks. People are not supposed to eat soybeans. Ben-David Tofu is disgusting. It is basically edible plastic.

Soy sauce and miso only taste good because of the yeast and salt.

G-d made soybeans to fatten cattle with, for delicious steaks. People are not supposed to eat soybeans.

Ben-David

]]> By: Ephraim http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-67137 Ephraim Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:49:16 +0000 /?p=978#comment-67137 If you want to enjoy soy, you should eat it in its natural state as it was intended to be eaten: as tofu, miso, soy sauce, etc. East Asia has spent the last 3,000 years developing an entire cuisine based on the soybean, and properly enjoyed in its natural setting and as it is intended to be eaten, it is delicious. The reason most soy products available in the US are so disgusting is because they take soy beans and try to make them taste like someting they aren't. Tofu is not beef or chicken, and the results of trying to pound that square peg into the round hole are almost unifomly dreadful. It is all <i>ersatz</i> food. It is difficult to find it here, but fresh, natural tofu properly prepared is absolutely delicious. If you want to enjoy soy, you should eat it in its natural state as it was intended to be eaten: as tofu, miso, soy sauce, etc. East Asia has spent the last 3,000 years developing an entire cuisine based on the soybean, and properly enjoyed in its natural setting and as it is intended to be eaten, it is delicious.

The reason most soy products available in the US are so disgusting is because they take soy beans and try to make them taste like someting they aren’t. Tofu is not beef or chicken, and the results of trying to pound that square peg into the round hole are almost unifomly dreadful. It is all ersatz food.

It is difficult to find it here, but fresh, natural tofu properly prepared is absolutely delicious.

]]> By: Ben-David http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66825 Ben-David Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:58:23 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66825 I agree with ck (as a former cheeseburger lover): the best kosher cheeseburger is made with soy meat and dairy cheese. The soy cheese is disgusting - we stopped going to a local pizzeria because we could clearly taste the difference, even with spicy sauce. Muffti is half-right about soy products. The soy weiners my kids love taste like nothing human beings should eat. But the ground "beef" and other products are not bad at all. I agree with ck (as a former cheeseburger lover): the best kosher cheeseburger is made with soy meat and dairy cheese.

The soy cheese is disgusting – we stopped going to a local pizzeria because we could clearly taste the difference, even with spicy sauce.

Muffti is half-right about soy products. The soy weiners my kids love taste like nothing human beings should eat. But the ground
“beef” and other products are not bad at all.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66595 ck Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:44:46 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66595 I just really dislike junk food. Lays also offers Ketchup and chicken flavored potato chips. Eating that shit is wrong because it's crap. I laugh at how people try to infer things about one's religious orientation from this. BTW, Veggie burgers with cheese, soy or otherwise, are awesome. I just really dislike junk food. Lays also offers Ketchup and chicken flavored potato chips. Eating that shit is wrong because it’s crap. I laugh at how people try to infer things about one’s religious orientation from this. BTW, Veggie burgers with cheese, soy or otherwise, are awesome.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66550 Debbie Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:54:55 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66550 The dislike of products like these is also typical of older generations. My father hates the idea of fake bacon and a rabbi whose shiur I go to hates the idea of potato bread for Pesach. It's really just people resisting innovation rather than anything inherently halachic -- the idea of "it violates the spirit of the halacha" is just a smoke screen. The truth is, there isn't really such a thing as "the spirit of halacha." Either you follow the halacha or you don't. Sure, there's a concept of not being disgusting regarding things that are allowed (I can't think of the Hebrew phrase at the moment), but it isn't quite the same idea. And marit ayin is a much more intricate concept than people realize. The dislike of products like these is also typical of older generations. My father hates the idea of fake bacon and a rabbi whose shiur I go to hates the idea of potato bread for Pesach. It’s really just people resisting innovation rather than anything inherently halachic — the idea of “it violates the spirit of the halacha” is just a smoke screen.

The truth is, there isn’t really such a thing as “the spirit of halacha.” Either you follow the halacha or you don’t. Sure, there’s a concept of not being disgusting regarding things that are allowed (I can’t think of the Hebrew phrase at the moment), but it isn’t quite the same idea. And marit ayin is a much more intricate concept than people realize.

]]> By: T_M http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66436 T_M Tue, 05 Apr 2005 19:01:13 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66436 You predicted it in the Ayelet Waldman post. You are a certifiable genius, Esther. Either that, or you might have a gift for fortune telling. ;) You predicted it in the Ayelet Waldman post. You are a certifiable genius, Esther.

Either that, or you might have a gift for fortune telling. ;)

]]> By: Esther http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66434 Esther Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:58:59 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66434 I was reluctant to Google such a thing from my current undisclosed yeshiva-oriented location. I do believe I predicted this particular search term at some point, although I don't think I have a record of the IM conversation that would prove it... You'll just have to face it: Google's crushin' on Jewlicious. Because of the aforementioned state of being super fantastic. I was reluctant to Google such a thing from my current undisclosed yeshiva-oriented location. I do believe I predicted this particular search term at some point, although I don’t think I have a record of the IM conversation that would prove it…

You’ll just have to face it: Google’s crushin’ on Jewlicious. Because of the aforementioned state of being super fantastic.

]]> By: T_M http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66433 T_M Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:58:13 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66433 #2 for Jewish blog?! There's room for improvement, ck, lots of room... #2 for Jewish blog?!

There’s room for improvement, ck, lots of room…

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66430 ck Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:53:33 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66430 Oh Good Grief. This <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=jewish+vibrators&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official" target="_blank" >love affair </a>Google has with Jewlicious is ridiculous already. I mean thanks for the ridiculous traffic Sergei. But seriously .... why are we #1 for Jewish Vibrators? Why? Why!! Number 2 for "Jewish blog" is ok given that we are so super fantastic. Oh Good Grief. This love affair Google has with Jewlicious is ridiculous already. I mean thanks for the ridiculous traffic Sergei. But seriously …. why are we #1 for Jewish Vibrators? Why? Why!! Number 2 for “Jewish blog” is ok given that we are so super fantastic.

]]> By: Grandmuffti http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66425 Grandmuffti Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:49:18 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66425 Muffti now finds himself agreeing with Ephraim. What a strange frew weeks it's been. Muffti can vouch for the lack of any similarity between the taste of any kosher substitute and the real deal. This is as ridiculous as every vegetarian who has made Muffti eat some tofu-(name of meat here) and claimed no one could tell the difference. Ummn, yeah. Right. Muffti now finds himself agreeing with Ephraim. What a strange frew weeks it’s been. Muffti can vouch for the lack of any similarity between the taste of any kosher substitute and the real deal. This is as ridiculous as every vegetarian who has made Muffti eat some tofu-(name of meat here) and claimed no one could tell the difference. Ummn, yeah. Right.

]]> By: T_M http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66415 T_M Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:24:26 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66415 Esther, have you googled "Jewish vibrators" yet? Check out the Ayelet Waldman/Michael Chabon post. Esther, have you googled “Jewish vibrators” yet? Check out the Ayelet Waldman/Michael Chabon post.

]]> By: Esther http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66414 Esther Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:22:54 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66414 Maybe, metaphorically, premarital sex IS kosher bacon flavoring... Besides, I saw actual Talmudic proof that both entities, however same or different they may be, conclusively lead to dancing. Maybe, metaphorically, premarital sex IS kosher bacon flavoring…

Besides, I saw actual Talmudic proof that both entities, however same or different they may be, conclusively lead to dancing.

]]> By: T_M http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66412 T_M Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:19:54 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66412 How did we go from premarital sex to kosher bacon flavoring? How did we go from premarital sex to kosher bacon flavoring?

]]> By: Ephraim http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66410 Ephraim Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:17:06 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66410 I'm a BT, and I grew up eating all sorts of trayf. I am here to tell you that the kosher "shrimp" that I have had taste <i>absolutely nothing</i> like the real thing, which are indescribably delicious and are the one trayf food for which I still retain a really serious craving. I occasionally get a twinge for other stuff, but resistng shrimp is a serious challenge, one to which I have been able to measure up, fortunately. The kosher soy "bacon" made by Morningstar Farms is, however, remarkably like the real thing in taste and texture. It is really quite amazing. Their link suasage is pretty good, too. Eating kosher food that appears to be trayf is like doing something on Shabbat that is halachically permitted but which just somehow doesn't seem <i>shabbesdich</i>. This is a judgment call for every individual to make. In any case, I'm with velvel. I’m a BT, and I grew up eating all sorts of trayf. I am here to tell you that the kosher “shrimp” that I have had taste absolutely nothing like the real thing, which are indescribably delicious and are the one trayf food for which I still retain a really serious craving. I occasionally get a twinge for other stuff, but resistng shrimp is a serious challenge, one to which I have been able to measure up, fortunately.

The kosher soy “bacon” made by Morningstar Farms is, however, remarkably like the real thing in taste and texture. It is really quite amazing. Their link suasage is pretty good, too.

Eating kosher food that appears to be trayf is like doing something on Shabbat that is halachically permitted but which just somehow doesn’t seem shabbesdich. This is a judgment call for every individual to make.

In any case, I’m with velvel.

]]> By: Janice http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66408 Janice Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:51:12 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66408 "It's Not Crab" is made from haddock to look like crab with the pink edges. Don't know what kind of preservatives or colorings are used, but it can't be as bad as all of the chemical things they put into various foodstuffs to create "bacon" or "cheese" flavors. “It’s Not Crab” is made from haddock to look like crab with the pink edges. Don’t know what kind of preservatives or colorings are used, but it can’t be as bad as all of the chemical things they put into various foodstuffs to create “bacon” or “cheese” flavors.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66404 Leslie Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:17:59 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66404 It's a bit like getting the soya cheese and putting it on a hamburger so you can have a "cheese"burger. A few of my frummer friends like to do that. If they enjoy the product, then why not? It’s a bit like getting the soya cheese and putting it on a hamburger so you can have a “cheese”burger. A few of my frummer friends like to do that.

If they enjoy the product, then why not?

]]> By: celestial blue http://www.jewlicious.com/2005/04/kosher-yes-jewlicious-no/#comment-66403 celestial blue Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:51:35 +0000 /?p=978#comment-66403 Oh come on.... it *almost* sounds good when you say it in French and with a pretentious French accent... Bacon Fumé! BACON FUMÉ!! ok... maybe not. I never have been a fan of smoked flavoured things anyway. Blecch. Tastes like I'm running through a burning field with my mouth gaping open. Oh come on…. it *almost* sounds good when you say it in French and with a pretentious French accent… Bacon Fumé! BACON FUMÉ!!

ok… maybe not. I never have been a fan of smoked flavoured things anyway. Blecch. Tastes like I’m running through a burning field with my mouth gaping open.

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