How Kosher meat differs from the regular one?

Question

And if Kosher isn't available, Jews go for Halal or the usual meat in the market?

Answer 1

Kpsher meat differs in the following ways:
1) It can only come from animals which have cloven hooves and chew the cuds (which generally means beef, mutton and lamb in most olaces of the world though kosher venison is available from a few outlets.)
2) The animal is killed in a specific way (a single cut with an exceptionally sharp knife that cuts the jugular, wind pipe and carotid artery- inducing almost instantaneous unconsciousness. If the blade is nicked, and tears the skin onstead of cutting it cleanly (and thus making more the animal feel more pain than necessary) the meat is not kosher.
3) The meat is salted and hung to get rid of as much blood as possible.
4) The hind quarters are not eaten (unless the sciatic nerve is removed, which is rarely done as it is a difficult and costly process.)
5) The meat is checked for specific defects- more so than even in health checks mandated by health authorities

If kosher meat is not available, then we do without meat.

Answer 2

Essentially, what makes meat kosher is the way in which it is killed. There is a strong prohibition against consuming blood in the Torah, so kosher butchers use practices that drain as much blood as possible from the carcass.

Halal meats would likely not be acceptable to orthodox Jews because their butchers are not certified by a rabbinical authority. Since meat is seldom an "emergency", they would likely go without.

Answer 3

besides for what animal it can be Kosher meat different from regular meat in how the animal is slaughtered and how the meat is prepared.

The animal is killed by a qualified individual called a shochet. He dose this by using a long blade to in one motion slit both the esophagus and wind pipe of the animal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehitah

the animal is then inspected for any blemishes that would make it unfit and then is typically salted to remove as much blood as possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehitah#Blood


Not all Jews keep Kosher, but the ones that do would simply refrain from consuming meat rather than eating meat that was not kosher.

Answer 4

Anything that's Kosher has to adhere to a couple of rules - well, actually many. First off, it's blessed by a Rabbi. anything that comes into contact with the making the gelatin can not come into non-kosher items. That includes pots, pans, untensils, food stuffs, etc. . . Link below will help explain Kosher foods better.

Answer 5

To add to what's already been said: if there is no kosher meat available, we go without meat. Halal is not kosher. All kosher is halal but not all halal is kosher.

Answer 6

It being Kosher depends on how the animal was killed, how the surface was that it was killed on, what part of the animal is considered kosher is important. No pork, catfish etc.

Answer 7

The meat is prepared according the standards laid out in the Torah, whereas other meat is not.

Answer 8

Their religious leader is following the process to make sure it is clean.