What are some good holiday desserts to give to an orthodox jew?

Question

Doesn't need to be a jewish dessert just diet friendly to an orthodox jew. Don't they have dietary restrictions?

Any recipes or websites appreciated!

Thanks

Answer 1

Orthodox Jews eat only food that is KOSHER, i.e., conforms to some rather complicated rules. There are different degrees of orthodoxy so that some orthodox Jews will eat foods that other orthodox Jews would find unacceptable.

In addition, the dishes food are served in have to be treated specially. For example, a dish that has had meat in it cannot be used to serve dairy foods.

The most orthodox Jews would not eat in a household or restaurant that does not follow all of the strict Kosher rules.

Anyway, Jews -- and especially orthodox Jews -- do not observe the same holidays that non-Jews observe. For example, Jews do not observe Christmas or Easter.

So, if you are not sure just what is acceptable to a specific orthodox Jew, save yourself embarrassment and do not serve him/her ANY food (except maybe a hard-boiled egg in a shell or fresh fruit).

Answer 2

To amend the first two - unless you also keep kosher and have a kosher kitchen, any recipe in the world isn't going to help - they won't eat it unless it's kosher.

BTW - kosher is not that the food itself is blessed by a rabbi, but it's harvested or prepared in such a way that it keeps with dietary restrictions.

Your best bet would be to purchase something kosher. Either go to a kosher bakery - you can often find them in Orthodox communities - or get something prepackaged that's marked with the kosher symbols - they're either a circled U or a circled K somewhere on the front label. The words parve or dairy are often near that circled U or K. (Parve means it's a "neutral" food - can be eaten with either milk or meat products. They can't combine milk and meat products in the same meal = they have to wait 6 hours or more to eat one after the other.)

Giardelli chocolates are also kosher. If you go to the kosher baker, Ruggelah are a nice thing - they're small cookie-like pastries.

Answer 3

You can't make something for an Orthodox Jew. You'll have to buy something kosher.

Godiva chocolates have kosher products. You could buy a box as a nice gift. Just make sure it is part of their kosher selection. There's more info at:

http://www.godiva.com/about/kosher.aspx

There's also a famous NYC gourmet grocery store called Zabars. They have many kosher selections and they ship (use "kosher" as your search word to find all their kosher items):

http://www.zabars.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Zabars-Site/default/ViewSimpleSearch-Start;pgid=dcpQS0slhXU000Uz9TiEckuu0000ZSUU-LCu;sid=kKj9cQhOstBHN08q3cHncwhE8aGMkGlH4Uk=?DefaultButton=findSimple&WFSimpleSearch_Phrase=kosher&FromSearch=Search&SimpleSearchButton=Go