What is kosher food?

Question

I always thought it was Jewish vegetarian food, but heard it has meat too?

Answer 1

food prepared according to God's dietary laws - meat not strangled in it's own blood, cooked in its mother's milk, etc. foods that are not considered unclean such as pork.

People call it Jewish but it is not instituted by the Jews, only taken more seriously and observed by the Jews but should be observed by all that claim to be followers of Christ and obey the commands of God as they were instituted by God, not for the Jews specifically but for His followers, that we may live a healthy , blessed and abundant life.

Answer 2

it includes vegetables but also has other specifications which can apply to meat as well such as not mixing meat with dairy or the processes used to slaughter the meat.

got this from wikipedia:

"The dietary laws are given in Leviticus 11: "And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: "speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.'" (Leviticus 11:1–11:2).

Leviticus 11:3 sets down that Jews may eat all animals (some translations use "beasts") that have cloven hooves and chew their cud, and Leviticus 11:4 explicitly prohibited the consumption of animals that do not have these characteristics, designating them "unclean to you." Four mammals are specifically prohibited:

The camel, because it chews its cud but does not have cloven hooves (Leviticus 11:4);
The hyrax, because it chews its cud but does not have cloven hooves (Leviticus 11:5);
The hare, because it chews its cud but does not have cloven hooves (Leviticus 11:6);
The pig, because it has cloven hooves but does not chew its cud (Leviticus 11:7);
The identification of the above animals and other issues relating to this topic is the subject of a book by Natan Slifkin[citation needed].

Leviticus 11:8 commands the Jews that, "of their flesh you shall not eat, and of their carcass you shall not touch." The following verse, Leviticus 11:9, goes on to address seafood.

All kosher mammals, therefore, are even-toed ungulates and herbivores in the suborder Ruminantia, including several common domesticated animals and many wild animals. Kosher animals include the following:

Bovines (family Bovidae) (cattle (cows), goats, sheep, and antelope)
Musk deer (family Moschidae)
Deer (family Cervidae)
Giraffes and okapis (family Giraffidae)
Pronghorns (family Antilocapridae) "

Answer 3

Jews aren't allowed to eat pigs, as they are "unclean" animals. Kosher foods contain no pork products and tend to be more "pure" foods.

Answer 4

yes, its actually a jewish standard where there should be no preservatives in their food.

Answer 5

bleed right and prayed over after butcher paid a fee