Comments on: Shechting at the Food Conference- a messy business http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Feil http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/comment-page-1#comment-3342 Simon Feil Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:57:41 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/#comment-3342 Michael- the short answer to your question about the adhesions is, yes, it only applies to glatt. There is some discussion and disagreement among halachic decisors as to whether any adhesions are allowed but what Ashkenazim ultimately practice is that small adhesions that can easily be removed without damaging the lung render the animal kosher, but not glatt, which results only from animals with totally smooth ("glatt") lungs. Larger adhesions or holes would render the animal non-kosher. Michael- the short answer to your question about the adhesions is, yes, it only applies to glatt. There is some discussion and disagreement among halachic decisors as to whether any adhesions are allowed but what Ashkenazim ultimately practice is that small adhesions that can easily be removed without damaging the lung render the animal kosher, but not glatt, which results only from animals with totally smooth (“glatt”) lungs. Larger adhesions or holes would render the animal non-kosher.

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/comment-page-1#comment-3323 Leah Koenig Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:04:40 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/#comment-3323 Yes Michael - part Deux is coming soon...stay tuned! Yes Michael – part Deux is coming soon…stay tuned!

]]> By: Michael Croland http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/comment-page-1#comment-3322 Michael Croland Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:18:47 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/#comment-3322 Clarification: It seems that the original post I referred to was "Part Deux" (since this one ends with "More on that soon") that was accidentally posted first. Snippets of it come up on Technorati and Google, but that's about it -- there's no cached version. I guess it'll be posted soon, perhaps correcting/clarifying the parts I mentioned in my previous comment. Clarification: It seems that the original post I referred to was “Part Deux” (since this one ends with “More on that soon”) that was accidentally posted first. Snippets of it come up on Technorati and Google, but that’s about it — there’s no cached version. I guess it’ll be posted soon, perhaps correcting/clarifying the parts I mentioned in my previous comment.

]]> By: Michael Croland http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/comment-page-1#comment-3321 Michael Croland Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:56:14 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/shechting-at-the-food-conference-a-messy-business/#comment-3321 "For all of the back and forth here about whether to shecht a goat at the upcoming Food Conference (which is certainly a noble and lively debate) ..." -- Thanks for mentioning ... the big issue. I was pretty disappointed that the original version of this post didn't talk about it at all. Regarding the original post, though: It's amazing that the plan has evolved from killing one goat to two to three. Also, regarding the part about adhesions to the lungs making the meat not kosher ... this only applies to glatt kosher, right? “For all of the back and forth here about whether to shecht a goat at the upcoming Food Conference (which is certainly a noble and lively debate) …”
– Thanks for mentioning … the big issue. I was pretty disappointed that the original version of this post didn’t talk about it at all.

Regarding the original post, though: It’s amazing that the plan has evolved from killing one goat to two to three.

Also, regarding the part about adhesions to the lungs making the meat not kosher … this only applies to glatt kosher, right?

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