What is meant by 'KOSHER" food?

Question

What is meant by 'KOSHER" food?

Answer 1

Bland and tasteless....

Answer 2

Food blessed by a Rabbi, that meets the strict adherent of the Old Testament, and the Talmud.

Answer 3

kosher is good food,,

like word halal of muslims

it means its nto killed cr uely and it was killed and slayed by the name of god

religous muslims and jews eat this kind of meat

and its healthy not just cause of its humanity

cause its clean and not filthy

Answer 4

they say prays over it before it is slaughterd

Answer 5

it means food that is acceptable within the Jewish religion as Halal is within the islamic religion.

not being jewish myself im sorry i dont know the exact details of  what is acceptable or not.

Answer 6

Jewish people can only eat Kosher food. I think it means that it has been killed in a certain humane way by another Jew. Type it in Google if you want to know more

Answer 7

Kosher means that the animal has been killed in a non barbaric way I think

Answer 8

It is food prepared within certain Jewish religious requirements. Jews can only eat food that has been deemed Kosher.

Answer 9

For meat it i killed in an humane way but also hast o be blessed by a Jewsish Rabbi.

Answer 10

It must be approved, and processed according to Jewish laws. Kosher food is often tastier, humaine and safer than non-Kosher foods. Kosher meats are always of superior quality.

Answer 11

Kosher food is food that meets Jewish dietary laws, or kashrut, which comes from the Hebrew word for "fit" or "proper." Any food can be called kosher food if it adheres to Jewish law, or halacha. Conversely, foods typically labeled as "Jewish" aren't necessarily kosher. Jewish foods are generally those dishes that are traditionally Jewish. Kreplach, cholent, kugel, latke, and kishka are all traditionally Jewish foods, but if they are not prepared in accordance with kashrut, they will not be kosher food.

Answer 12

"Kosher" means "proper" in Hebrew and refers to the kashrut (jewish food laws) that Jews follow. It refers to the kind of animals they can eat and how they have to be prepared and slaughtered.

Jews can only eat meat which has cloven hooves and chews the cud like cows, goats and sheep. Pigs and horses are not kosher.

There is a list of the kind of poultry they can eat in the Torah which consists of chicken, turkey and duck.

They can only eat fish that have scales, fins and a backbone like salmon.

Meet must not be eaten with dairy and Jews can have to wait between 1-6 hours between eating them.

There isn't a reason specified in the Torah for following these laws. However it's commonly believed that the food laws were put in place by God to challenge the Jews will power and makes them closer to God and appear more holy in his eyes.

I did an RE exam on Judaism last week and the above is left over information I still have in my brain =]

Answer 13

A few kosher rules I know of -

1. no meat and dairy in the same meal (some Jews wait 2 hours, some wait 4, some 6 etc etc)

2. No pork

3.  Kitchen is "kashrut" which means it's overseen by a Rabbi to ensure all food is prepared in a certain way - e.g. different utensils and pots for meat and dairy dishes - you can't even wash them up and use them for the other.

That's all I know, i'm sure there is more :o)

Answer 14

Kosher- to halal meat in a yes, a non barbaric way causing minimum pain for the animal.

Done by Jewish People.

Answer 15

Kosher means that the meat has been killed in a humane way, and in the Jewish religeon people need to eat this type of meat and no other.

Answer 16

I'm amazed how many people don't quite know the answer to this.

Kosher food is food that strict adherents of Judaism are permitted to eat. It does indeed mean that the animal has to be killed in a certain way. Specifically, the throat is slit in one movement, which is supposed to relieve the animal of as much suffering as possible. Then all the blood is drained out.

However, it means other things as well. Not all animals killed in this way are kosher. For example, strict Jews are allowed to eat mammals that both chew the cud (like cows) and have cloven hooves, but not mammals that only have one of these features — which is why pigs aren't kosher. Similarly, fish must have both fins and scales (so shellfish are not kosher). And meat and dairy products must not be mixed — they can't be stored, cooked or served together.

There are other rules as well, but I think you get the idea — it actually gets very detailed. The Islamic dietary laws are similar, but not completely the same.

Answer 17

Kosher is the way it is prepared, Jewish people can not eat meat and dairy together or have them ever been on the same place so if say ice cream was kosher that means it wasn't prepared where they prepared and packaged the beef.

Answer 18

Spiritually (religiously) legal, acceptable.

Answer 19

try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_food...