http://jcarrot.org/eco-kosher-shabbat-meals-becoming-the-norm Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jcarrot.org/eco-kosher-shabbat-meals-becoming-the-norm/comment-page-1#comment-15894 Cheryl Tue, 19 May 2009 23:47:52 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=6321#comment-15894 It's funny you write about this. My husband & I are trying to figure out whether we want to feed our 11 month old baby meat. My husband is a vegetarian, I am not. The traditional approach would probably be - feed him meat - let him decide what he wants to do when he's older. That's one choice. Or an alternative is - don't feed him meat - let him make his own decision about that serious choice when he's older. Or maybe only meat from local organic farms - that also happens to be kosher (and that may also be the same thing as not eating meat). It’s funny you write about this. My husband & I are trying to figure out whether we want to feed our 11 month old baby meat. My husband is a vegetarian, I am not. The traditional approach would probably be – feed him meat – let him decide what he wants to do when he’s older. That’s one choice. Or an alternative is – don’t feed him meat – let him make his own decision about that serious choice when he’s older. Or maybe only meat from local organic farms – that also happens to be kosher (and that may also be the same thing as not eating meat).

]]> http://jcarrot.org/eco-kosher-shabbat-meals-becoming-the-norm/comment-page-1#comment-15765 Rabbi Matt Carl Mon, 11 May 2009 22:46:01 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=6321#comment-15765 Hannah, Thanks for the comment. It reminded me of a funny incident that happened probably 10 years ago: it was my turn to cook for the Kosher co-op at school and some vote had been taken to serve meat one time as an experiment and that weeknight was the designated one. My co-chef and I had in front of us disposable baking pans and utensils, since the co-op only owned dairy ones, a large pile of ground beef and the kitchen's normal condiments (the pareve ones, anyway.) He wasn't much of a cook and I never really learned to cook meat until becoming veg. We sort of stared at each other, shocked that this might be the hardest assignment of that semester! I'm told our meatloaf was terrible, which is a good thing, since it ended the experiment. I hadn't cooked meat before and I haven't (besides fish) since. It's an interesting question with regard to teaching children, especially because the first thing I did in that situation was obviously to call my mom, who's a great cook but not over the phone. Hannah,
Thanks for the comment. It reminded me of a funny incident that happened probably 10 years ago: it was my turn to cook for the Kosher co-op at school and some vote had been taken to serve meat one time as an experiment and that weeknight was the designated one. My co-chef and I had in front of us disposable baking pans and utensils, since the co-op only owned dairy ones, a large pile of ground beef and the kitchen’s normal condiments (the pareve ones, anyway.) He wasn’t much of a cook and I never really learned to cook meat until becoming veg. We sort of stared at each other, shocked that this might be the hardest assignment of that semester! I’m told our meatloaf was terrible, which is a good thing, since it ended the experiment. I hadn’t cooked meat before and I haven’t (besides fish) since. It’s an interesting question with regard to teaching children, especially because the first thing I did in that situation was obviously to call my mom, who’s a great cook but not over the phone.

]]> http://jcarrot.org/eco-kosher-shabbat-meals-becoming-the-norm/comment-page-1#comment-15762 Hannah Lee Mon, 11 May 2009 18:56:24 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=6321#comment-15762 No, we're not the norm or it wouldn't merit an article in the paper. When I was a new parent, I wondered if my daughter would be fully comfortable in the Jewish world without knowing how to cook chicken. I told myself that if she grew up to crave meat, she could get a book and teach herself. Hosting a vegetarian at the table makes people think about why they're eating meat, akin to hosting someone of another political perspective. No, we’re not the norm or it wouldn’t merit an article in the paper. When I was a new parent, I wondered if my daughter would be fully comfortable in the Jewish world without knowing how to cook chicken. I told myself that if she grew up to crave meat, she could get a book and teach herself. Hosting a vegetarian at the table makes people think about why they’re eating meat, akin to hosting someone of another political perspective.

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