A quick reminder:
Our Kosher board welcomes hounds who are interested in everything from kosher-style (but not actually kosher) chow through to those who maintain a strict kosher diet and everything in between. It's up to each individual to decide what meets his/her needs and restrictions. We expect everyone to be tolerant of varying needs and restrictions, and to watch out for themselves, without attempting to convince others about what's right and wrong.
Thanks for your help in keeping this in mind!
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Suggestions for dining with client at non-kosher restaurant
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Tried new Kosher Pita Grill (2nd Av & 50th NYC)
Too bad, those dumplings are tasty- certainly available elsewhere.
Back to ess-a-bagel or packing lunch....
(2nd ave deli is kosher and would deliver to you)
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Fireside in Monsey is consistently good and worth the trip
Chef Alex cares about his food and presents variety and quality. High end. Worth the trip, especially from Teaneck.
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Kosher kimchee
I make my own and it turned out incredible. I went to a Korean grocery store and bought the spicy red peppers fresh and then dried them myself in an oven on "proof" setting. I also bought the larger maps cabbages there and good sea salt. I made my recipe up, but used a sea weed and veggie and dried shiitake broth to make the umami base. 2.5 days in the pantry to ferment and then into the fridge. Spicy, pickly, funky, fresh and effervescent.
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Is this for real? Kosher Parmigiano Reggiano??
Here's what everyone was talking about, photographed in London.
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Reviews of Passover Hotel Programs?
Thats what I like about ChowHound, a thread 10 years old!
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Suggestions for dining with client at non-kosher restaurant
Seriously? You recommend the OP go into the kitchen to supervise the cooking? Please re-read the OP's first post; he/she will be dining with a client. I can't believe having the host disappear from the table for the duration of the food preparation is what any client will appreciate.
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kosher food along I-95
I'm wondering if this somewhat incomprehensible and incomplete comment on a 10-year-old thread is really going to be very helpful to anyone. If there's some new (or maybe previously undiscussed here) kosher place in Richmond that you wish to report on, perhaps starting a new thread would have been a better idea.
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Cast Iron Pans
rust comes from oxidation; there is no way a brand new cast iron pan or pot would actually rust instantaneously. Grease on the seat covers from Crisco smeared on the surface is more likely to make a mess. In any event, wrapping the vessel in a towel or putting it in a large paper or plastic bag makes more sense than putting grease on it; especially on the bottom, where the first time it's heated, the Crisco will melt and smoke.
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Is this for real? Kosher Parmigiano Reggiano??
In my refrigerator, but that's probably not what you mean. :-) Bought it at Benz's in Crown Heights. It was great to have it for Pesach and beyond!
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Cast Iron Pans
I'm sorry, but the rust stains in my trunk from brand new toiveled cast iron pans say otherwise.
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Is this for real? Kosher Parmigiano Reggiano??
I saw the Gran Duca Parmigiano Reggiano at Kosher Marketplace tonight. I can't speak to what the OU does or doesn't approve of, but at minimum Rabbi Marmorstein must approve it.
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Suggestions for dining with client at non-kosher restaurant
Actually, I don't think it's about the time that would be involved; most restaurant kitchens are busy and crowded with a lot of hazards. And, of course there are health regulations. I doubt a patron who is not a celebrity or a prominent person would be allowed in the kitchen of any but a very small restaurant. And for good reasons. For one thing, insurance companies insuring the restaurant would object very strenuously and if an accident did occur, might deny coverage. Better to stick to making a lot of inquiries and arrangements in advance, or stick to raw items.
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Reviews of Passover Hotel Programs?
CLUB KOSHER 2016 Caribe Hilton Puerto Rico
THUMBS DOWN all the way...
As departing guests aptly stated: "Can't wait to get home to start vacation."
Food AND wait service LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED...
Guests were sticking their fingers in the buffet serving bowls and staff DID NOT SAY A WORD. Extremely poor coordination between the hotel and Club Kosher program. Trashed Tea Rooms. Breakfast and lunch room felt like a SAUNA. Program ran out, and did not replace, BASIC STAPLES, i.e. KPSweetner, one or two days into the program. Every day they stated "It's coming tomorrow..." Very rarely was there a proper size disposable hot cup that had a proper fitting lid.
Been to NUMEROUS other Passover programs, hence the name pesachzagat, and this was an "unmitigated disaster."
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Cast Iron Pans
Wow!! Who knew?! I looked it up and apparently it can be instant under the right conditions:
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=485
You must have the world's cleanest trunk to have visible rust stains from the process! And, I still maintain it would be more difficult to remove Crisco than the rust stains. Wrapping the vessel would be the best bet.
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Reviews of Passover Hotel Programs?
Jake, you are correct. People pay thousands of dollars to attend Pesach programs and need to know in advance what they are getting into. To not post something bad bedasue we do not want to insult anyone, and lead someone to pay "thousands of dollars for an inferior program is lifney ever or putting a stumbling block in front of a blind person.
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kosher raw milk and milk products
Thanks for the information! I've done much research on the topic of raw milk myself. Do you know where I could find real raw dairy products?
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Golan Foodie Tours?
Looking for recs for wineries and artisanal food places in the Golan (or on the way) that do tours & tastings. De Karina bears the repeat visit and is already on the list
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Kosher in Prague and Vienna
I wrote a long review of Prague this past fall (2015.) We were there over chol hamoed Sukkot including Shabbat, so we ate all but one of our meals at the hotel. Food in the hotel sukkah was ok not spectacular. Brush up on your Hebrew if you want to have someone to talk to.
http://www.chowhound.com/post/prague-1026445
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kosher raw milk and milk products
Here's some data comparing instances of illness/death from raw milk and pasteurized milk. Numbers appear to be pretty close but what they're comparing is raw numbers, not relative risk. When you consider that pasteurized milk is probably 98% of the market, the raw milk figures are relatively huge. Just sayin'.
http://www.realrawmilkfacts.com/raw-milk-news/story/outbreaks-and-illnesses-from-raw-and-pasteurized-milk-and-dairy-products-19/
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