Kosher food in itself is healthy because the dietary rules mentioned in the keshrut were laid down to make your food fit to eat and in fact kosher stands for quality, purity, wholesomeness and truth. The kosher guidelines make sure that you consume food devoid of diseases and toxins, whether you eat meat, vegetables or dairy products.
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Healthy kosher food
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Kosher bread
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Almost every culture and religion has different types of breads as an integral part of its dietary ritual and so does the Jewish culture. The Jewish people have had a long tradition of suffering and uprooting and some of its traditions may seem extreme, especially when it comes to preparing and consuming food, these were the essential guidelines to make sure people remained healthy under hostile conditions. Although many modern-day Jews don’t strictly follow the old laws when it comes to eating, during various religious ceremonies and occasions most Jews try their best to serve only kosher foods and desserts.
Kosher steak
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Want to make sure the mouthwatering steak you’re gobbling down is kosher, that is, it’s been prepared according to the laws of kashrut? For your steak to be kosher the animal it comes from must be killed as painlessly as possible. Of course this requires that only a kosher expert must butcher the animal.
Although a typical steak comes from beef, especially in America, the one you are eating can come from any edible animal that can be sliced the way steaks are sliced. So you can get your steak from fish (it helps if it’s large fish), from sheep and goats and for that matter even from camels if you’re ready to savor them.
Kosher Food Online
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Even if an animal is slaughtered in the right manner and all blood is drained out there are certain animal parts that are not kosher food. The fat that surrounds the vital organs and liver should not be consumed. The sciatic nerve and its adjoining blood vessels are discarded too.
Keshrut also says that dairy products and meat products should not be eaten together. This means for your food to be kosher it should not have a mixing of dairy products and meat products. That is why kosher breads are never prepared with dairy and meat products.
What is Kosher Meat?
Friday, July 10th, 2009Popular Kosher and Jewish Foods
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Major Kosher Foods
In spite of the relatively small size of the Jewish population, kosher food is big business worldwide, and especially in the US. The dollar value of the American kosher food market is some $10 billion, and the dollar value of kosher goods produced in the USA is $175 billion, according to a major kosher food survey conducted by Cannondale Associates.
The survey threw up some interesting revelations. Only 21% of Americans who buy kosher foods do so for religious reasons. Non-Jews who buy kosher food products tend to do so because they think “kosher” is synonymous with “healthy.”
Kosher Food
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Kosher Food
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.”
-Voltaire (1694 – 1778), famous French philosopher and writer
Kashrut refers to Jewish dietary laws. Food in accord with halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér, meaning, “fit” (in this context, fit for consumption by Jews according to traditional Jewish law).
Food in Israel
Monday, June 8th, 2009Israel is a melting pot of cultures, and food is no exception. Israeli cuisine is a very diverse cuisine consisting of local dishes as well as foods brought to Israel by Jewish immigrants from around the world. All cuisines are a result of the interplay of many forces–historical, sociological, and agricultural. Israeli cuisine and Jewish food is no different.
Therefore, many foods that are typically considered “Israeli” originated from the wider cuisine of the Middle East – including the popular falafel and the famous “Israeli salad” of cucumbers and tomatoes in distinctively small pieces. In addition, Jewish traditions of Eastern Europe play an integral role in Israeli cuisine, with ingredients such as sour cream and dishes such as borscht (a cold soup made from beets).
Kosher food delivery
Friday, June 5th, 2009Park East Kosher delivers throughout the USA and to select International cities with FedEx or with our own delivery service.
Park East Kosher Butchers and Fine Foods
If you live in any of the areas listed below you will receive your order by one of our refrigerated trucks directly to your door.
Tuesday:
Livingston
Short Hills
West Orange
Englewood
Wednesday:
Great Neck (Before 3pm)
Thursday:
Five Towns
Bergen County
Connecticut
Westchester
Atlantic Beach
Riverdale
Below 50th Street (Before noon/ After 6pm)*
Friday:
Hamptons