What foods are considered Kosher? Do Jewish folks eat pork or ribs?

Question

I'm just curious in case I end up with a Hanukkah crowd instead of a Christmas crowd this year.

Answer 1

No.
Pigs are forbidden for eating in Judaism, and so are seafood such as oysters, shrimps and lobsters.

We do eat beef, chickens, sheep, fish etc that were made kosherly...
The rules of Kashruth (kosher food) are numerous and complicated, but they regard only meat, and in most of the cases they regard meet that you wouldn't eat in a fancy feast anyway (unless your daily manu does include camels and hares).

Don't worry, our cuisines are really good.

Answer 2

No. The definition of halal and its requirements for being halal are:slaughtered by a Muslim. The animal has to be given water before the slaughter. The person slaughtering also has to say Bismillah Allahu Akbar" and other things. Also, the animals neck should be cut only about 3/4 the way. This is because when you cut the spinal cord, more of the blood remains. So, cutting to the neck allows the brain to send messages to the heart, saying that it needs blood, the heart then pumps blood (in an attempt to give the brain some blood, but instead the blood rushes out through the neck. Cutting the spinal cord ruins this process and the whole brain shuts down, resulting in more blood in the meat.

Answer 3

No, we do not eat pork......If the ribs are beef then yes.

The basic laws of kashrut are in the Biblical book of Leviticus, their details explicated in the oral law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) and codified by the later rabbinical authorities.



There are actually varying degrees of Kashrut, with the ultimate degree shading into behavior more than just the food itself. For instance, meat which is not Kosher may be sold to the general public or used for pet food however, milk and meat may not be combined together, even if the resulting mixture is to be discarded, let alone sold or fed to a pet.



Types of foods


Foods are kosher when they meet all criteria that Jewish law applies to food. Invalidating characteristics may range from the presence of a mixture of meat and milk, to the use of produce from Israel that has not been tithed properly, or even the use of cooking utensils which had previously been used for non-kosher food. All food derived from non-kosher animals as enumerated in the Bible is not allowed according to the laws of kashrut.



The basic categories are as follows:
Food derived from animals must be from kosher animals as listed in the Bible.
Meat products from kosher animals must be " shechted" (ritual slaughter) properly in order to be permissable.
Meat products from kosher animals that were " terefah," meaning they had some specific fatal disease or injury are not kosher.
There must be no mixing of meat and milk or milk products. One must have separate utensils for meat and milk food preparation, eating and storage.
The utensils used to prepare, eat and store kosher food must be completely clean of any non-kosher food. They must not have even absorbed the taste of non-kosher food (i.e. a pot used to cook meat and milk).
Certain agricultural products are restricted, such as fruits of a tree that is in its first three years, and produce of Israel that has not been tithed.
Leavened bread and products are considered non-kosher during the Passover holiday.


Identification of kosher foods


Store-bought foods can be identified as kosher by the presence of a hechsher, a graphical symbol that indicates that the food has been certified as kosher by a rabbinic authority. (This might be an individual rabbi, but is more often a rabbinic organization.) The most common symbol in America is the " OU" : a U inside a circle, standing for the Union of Orthodox Congregations. In other countries, especially Israel, there is often a local rabbinate which provides kashrut supervision. Many individual rabbis and organizations, however, have their own certification marks. These other symbols are too numerous to list.



The hechsherim of certain authorities are sometimes considered invalid by certain other authorities. A solitary K is sometimes used as a symbol for kashrut, but as this is simply a letter of the alphabet and cannot be trademarked (the method by which other symbols are protected from misuse). It does not indicate anything other than the fact that the company producing the food considers it to be kosher, which may or may not be the case.



Another way to check the kashrut of an item is to read the list of ingredients however, many observers of kashrut do not consider this to be sufficient. It can, however, identify obviously unkosher substances present in food.



Producers of food items and food additives can contact Jewish authorities to have their product deemed kosher. A committee will visit their facilities to inspect production methods and contents of the product and issue a certificate if everything is in order.



For various reasons, such as changes in manufacturing processes, previously kosher products can 'lose their hechsher' a change in lubricating oil to one containing tallow, for instance. Often, these changes will be coordinated with the supervising rabbi or organization, to insure that new packaging, which will not suggest any hechsher or kashrut, will be used for the new formulation. But in some cases, the supply of preprinted labels with the hechsher may still find its way onto the now nonkosher product for such reasons, there is an active 'grapevine' among the Jewish community identifying which products are now questionable, as well as products which have become kosher but whose labels have yet to carry the hechsher. That 'grapevine' will also publicize situations where an unauthorized hechsher has appeared on a product either accidentally or deliberately.

http://www.scandikosherfood.com/Kosher-food-basics.htm

Answer 4

Nope, no pork no shellfish! Don't know what the rest is! P.S. i'm not Jewish in case you were wondering!

Answer 5

No, I don't think they do.

Answer 6

Pork is only for the honest and the truly privledged .