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Offline SeanJohnson

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Catholics and Kosher Foods
« on: November 03, 2019, 06:22:31 AM »
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    • Does anyone know if there is a Church prohibition on eating Kosher foods (e.g., kosher salt, pickles, etc)?
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    Offline Mark 79

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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #1 on: November 03, 2019, 07:18:55 AM »
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    • To the best of my knowledge, there have been no references to the Old Testament dietary laws since the Council of Florence, Cantate Domino, relaxed the prohibitions of Apostolic times.

    Unless one hunts, fishes, and grows every morsel of the family diet, it is nigh impossible to avoid kosher/kashrut food. Look at any container on the shelf and it is rare to find one without the myriad symbols of the kosher swindle/tax.

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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #2 on: November 03, 2019, 07:20:31 AM »
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    • No, there is no prohibion. Furthermore, in my personal experience in the Food industry, kosher inspectors are more concerned on the source of the ingredienrs.
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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #3 on: November 03, 2019, 07:25:41 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on November 03, 2019, 07:18:55 AM
    To the best of my knowledge, there have been no references to the Old Testament dietary laws since the Council of Florence, Cantate Domino, relaxed the prohibitions of Apostolic times.

    Unless one hunts, fishes, and grows every morsel of the family diet, it is nigh impossible to avoid kosher/kashrut food. Look at any container on the shelf and it is rare to find one without the myriad symbols of the kosher swindle/tax.


    That is correct, specially in the East Coast.
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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #4 on: November 03, 2019, 10:08:29 AM »
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    • I am far more concerned about "Halal" products.
    In addition to being kosher, they are BLESSED.  Several years back there were videos on Muslin blessers at slaughter houses but they've all been removed from the net and descriptions of Halal products have been watered down to avoid mentioning the blessing.

    Method of slaughter[edit]
    Main article: Dhabihah
    The food must come from a supplier that uses halal practices. Dhabīḥah (ذَبِيْحَة) is the prescribed method of slaughter for all meat sources, excluding fish and other sea-life, per Islamic law. This method of slaughtering animals consists of using a well-sharpened knife to make a swift, deep incision that cuts the front of the throat, the carotid artery, trachea, and jugular veins.[19] The head of an animal that is slaughtered using halal methods is aligned with the qiblah. In addition to the direction, permitted animals should be slaughtered upon utterance of the Islamic prayer Bismillah "in the name of God".
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    The slaughter can be performed by a Muslim or an adherent of religions traditionally known as People of the Book.[20] Blood must be drained from the veins. Carrion (carcasses of dead animals, such as animals who died in the wild) cannot be eaten.[8] Additionally, an animal that has been strangled, beaten (to death), killed by a fall, gored (to death), savaged by a beast of prey (unless finished off by a human), or sacrificed on a stone altar cannot be eaten.[21]
    The animal may be stunned prior to having its throat cut. The UK Food Standards Agency figures from 2011 suggest that 84% of cattle, 81% of sheep and 88% of chickens slaughtered for halal meat were stunned before they died. Supermarkets selling halal products also report that all animals are stunned before they are slaughtered. Tesco, for example, says "the only difference between the halal meat it sells and other meat is that it was blessed as it was killed."[22] The British Veterinary Association, along with citizens who have assembled a petition with 100,000[23]signatures, have raised concerns regarding a proposed halal abattoir in Wales, in which animals are not to be stunned prior to killing.[24]Concerns about animal suffering from slaughter without prior stunning has resulted in the ban of slaughter of unstunned animals in Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.[25][26] Generally, killing animals in Islam is only permissible for two main reasons, to be eaten[27] and to eliminate a danger, e.g. a rabid dog.[28]
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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #5 on: November 03, 2019, 11:07:42 AM »
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    • We Goi can't even eat Kosher foods, since the minute we touch them they cease to be Kosher.  We pollute them and render them "unclean".  But the ingredients do tend to be of higher quality, and St. Paul spoke about even eating food that had been sacrificed to idols, provided that there's no scandal given.
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    Re: Catholics and Kosher Foods
    « Reply #6 on: November 03, 2019, 11:11:10 PM »
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    • "If it tastes good, eat it." - St Teresa of Avila  
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