A few nights ago the topic of kosher came up when I was with my boyfriend and I asked, "What exactly is kosher?" He told me to look it up so I went to wiki and it said it meant "fit/good." My next question was "okay but what makes it kosher?" I don't think he understood at first but we got into this argument about how I was looking too deep into it and that all I really needed to know that kosher meant fit according to jewish law. I did go further into it, and he was looking at me like "WTF?" I just wanted to know what the key points to declare something kosher... like fish have to have "fins and scales", you have to slaugher a cow a certain way, etc stuff like that.
What a silly arguement :(
Also!
A) What about Jello? I was reading that it's disputed.
B) Does a mermaid count? You can't eat a human, but mermaids have fins and scales..
2007-01-09 22:43:49 · 14 answers · asked by *Chinisu* 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
okay, if mermaids did exist, would they be considered kosher?
2007-01-09 22:49:18 · update #1
This is a serious question. Does it hurt to throw a little humor in? Some people leave no room for laughter.
2007-01-09 22:58:45 · update #2
Jello is disputed because the thing used as gelifiant can come either from animal bones or from algae.
Going deep into all that can be difficult in an era of processed food because it's quite difficult to know the whole process and ingredients used.
2007-01-09 22:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kosher pretty much means clean or fit for consumption but the rules are different than something simply being actually fit and clean. Like you said, animals have to be killed in a certain way and certain foods are completely off limits.
Sorry to say that Jello and anything else that contains porcine gelatin (rendered pig collagen from bones/skin/etc) including things like Haribo, marshmallows and some jams, are not considered kosher due to pigs being classed as an unclean animal.
2007-01-10 07:18:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jews have approved the consumption of all mermaids.
So... if you want your boyfriend to eat you, just put on the scale suit!
Actually, the whole "kosher" thing was to prevent the consumption of stuff that would kill you. Trichonosis is a nasty way to go, and in biblical times, they had no clue why it was a problem. Similar problems existed with most of the rest of "kosher" foods.
But that was antiquity... and religions are... religions. They are NOT logical.
I'm just happy the bagel survived.
2007-01-10 06:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by A_Patriot 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kosher is like the Jewish premium. There is a different word that excellently describes kosher but I can't think of it at the moment.
Edit: Something to the effect of "clean" I believe.
2007-01-10 06:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No too sure about the Kosher thing but as far as your B) question goes. Is a mermaid a Woman or a fish? she cant be half and half. You can eat a woman but with a mermaid although she has scales etc how do you eat her..... I mean where are her reproductive organs for you to eat...... where do you put things to reproduce. To me a woman with scales and a tale sounds too good to eat and she definitly is.
2007-01-10 06:54:05 · answer #5 · answered by fire462 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Jello. Look on the box. If there is a U with a circle around it, it has been declared Kosher.
2007-01-10 06:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OXFORD
kosher
/koshr/
• adjective 1 satisfying the requirements of Jewish law with regards to the preparation of food. 2 informal genuine and legitimate.
• verb prepare (food) according to Jewish law.
— ORIGIN Hebrew, ‘proper’.
jello
(also trademark Jell-O)
• noun N. Amer. a fruit-flavoured gelatin dessert made up from a powder.
mermaid
• noun a mythical sea creature with a woman’s head and trunk and a fish’s tail.
— ORIGIN from MERE2 (in the obsolete sense ‘sea’) + MAID.
There, that wasn't so difficult - what's to argue about? Yeah, I think you did go too deep, unless you were doing a comprehensive study on each. Chill a bit.
2007-01-10 07:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by Bite Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that difficult, I'm sure you could look it up on the web, same for Halal in Islam.
Jello I would guess has something to do with how the gelatin is produced and mermaids do not exist.
Does a persion with psioris count? Sorry its still a silly question.
2007-01-10 06:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just asked the wrong person. Ask his mother, she will be happy to explain kosher at length.
2007-01-10 07:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your bf was right when he said that, "kosher (means) fit according to Jewish law". It's also become mainstream slang, used as a synonym for the word "good". He was also right when he said you were getting way too deep. It is what it is.
2007-01-10 07:02:29 · answer #10 · answered by GreyGHost29 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋