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Went for a meal at some new friends last Friday night, both Jewish, she white (a reggae dj as well) and he black. Lovely meal with lots of lighting of candles, hebrew prayers, gifts and such.

I want to return the invite.....anybody any advice as regards kosher foods.

I don't really want to call them up and say....black puddings ok chuck?

Mick

In reply to Mick Ryan:

Ask them. Seriously. I daresay some are more fastidious than others (cf, for instance, the many Muslims who drink beer...)

In reply to Mick Ryan: Indeed, I don't keep a kosher kitchen and eat pork etc.

I would however be observant if my guests were.

I'd suggest something like fish with herbs and lemon (no butter), duck with cherries, some cheese.

In reply to sloper: as said, how 'observant' are they ? my partners jewish but niether her nor close family respect any of the dietery laws but some of their friends do to varying degrees.

Just ask them, fair chance they'll eat anything you put in front of them

In reply to Doug:

I did bring a dish with......fish and chickpea curry....and she did ask what type of fish....it was haddock and she liked it.

In reply to Mick Ryan:

IMHO the best thing is to ask them. If they are offended at you asking then they are plastic. I have entertained people of many cultural backgrounds and been entertained by them, asking is acceptable.

DJ

In reply to Mick Ryan: Maybe she doesn't like oily fish such as mackerel and was just checking

But if she didn't ask about dairy produce in the curry maybe she isn't observant.

But anyway its not bad to check whether people don't eat certain things for whatever reason (eg religion, morals, allergies) when inviting folk round. Just don't serve faggots and mushy peas.

In reply to sloper:

Whoever said ask them was on the right lines. If they were *very* observant I doubt they'd invite a gentile for supper.

But...

Firstly wait until the religous holidays are over - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) is just starting. There's a lovely multicultural list on the Birmingham Council web site! So, BTW, is Ramadan and one of the Hindu festivals.

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=1183&CONTE...

For food:

http://www.kashrut.com


Make sure it has scales & fins. Shell fish & eels are not kosher. Herrings & salmon are certainly OK. So is mackerel & tuna - and so apparently are goldfish! They are a kind of carp at least for kosher classification.


Oops - meat & milk! Think duck still counts as meat... And apparently what is and is not a kosher bird is a apparently bit complicated...

How about going fish & veggie and maybe a little cheese? Gets round all the stuff to do with meat, and with mixing meat & milk.

In reply to Cats: As far as I know you can eat meat & dairy at the same meal but not in the same dish.

In reply to sloper:

I can see the world is no longer the same place as I left it two days ago.

No you bloody well cannot eat meat and dairy at the same meal. However, I recall that the Dutch are fairly liberal about this and permit dairy products after a reasonable period and so may fall within the same meal. Say in coffee at the end.

But no other communities have followed this. By no other communities, I am not necessarily referring to extant communities. Rather, traditions that are known but not maintained in many instances.

In reply to sloper:

Not if you are orthodox. There are Jews of all shades in the UK from those that eat bacon and give their daughters barmizvahs, through to the ultra-orthodox where the women wear (expensive, natural-looking!) wigs to cover their hair and go to the mikveh or mikvah (ritual bath) for ritual clensing after their period or childbirth.

There is a specified time gap (3-6 hours according to the source I've found) that must elapse between meat & milk. Some well-off orthodox Jews have two *kitchens*. If not that, then two sets of *everything* including two dishwashers.


http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm

In reply to Mick Ryan:

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