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artk2002:

--- Quote from: Sterling on December 21, 2006, 03:34:55 PM ---Although I though Kosher meant blessed?

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There are a great number of rules relating to what is kosher -- mostly to do with how the food is prepared.  The big issues are: No pork and you cannot use the same dishes for meat and milk-based foods.  For instance, the beef tray cannot have cheese on it, and none of the equipment used to prepare the beef (like a cutting board) can have had contact with dairy products.

To the OP: By all means arrange for something that you can eat.  It's ridiculous that Bunny's dietary issues would take precedence over yours.

Chartreuse:

--- Quote from: mrsbrandt on December 21, 2006, 03:50:11 PM ---I think that since the event is at Grandpa's house (Lola's and MIL's dad) that everyone's requirements should be taken into account not just Bunny's, but apparently Bunny and Lola don't feel that way.

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The sign of a good planner is that they can see others' needs beyond their own.  That being said, Bunny and Lola really dropped the ball by not even checking to see if anyone else had dietary issues needing to be addressed.  And to be completely blunt, if everyone else has to eat kosher because Bunny's there, that's rude.  One accomodates individual issues for an individual, not the entire party.

I'm going to agree with Sterling and say that a turkey tray probably your best bet for not causing any real holiday grief.

mrsbrandt:
ArtK2002  I'm sorry I'm not too well versed in Kosher foods so you know what you're talking about...a Kosher person can be around pork right, even if they're not eating it.  As long as none of the same utensils/plates/etc. touch the pork?  So it would be okay if I brought a pork and turkey tray, as long as I made sure things didn't touch?  (I'm just having a hard time swallowing the cost of having an entire tray made of turkey since it'd have to be a custom tray, as opposed to one of the more generic ones I could grab.)

JoyinVirginia:
I think the tray you plan to bring sounds lovely. Bring it and anyone who wants can have some.
Joy in Virginia

Lisbeth:
As a Jewish person, I gotta admit that the idea of a "kosher Christmas" sounds funny to me...

But that's just me.

In any case, I'd go ahead and bring the things you have planned, and if Bunny chooses not to eat them, that is her choice.

By the way, true kosher practice also requires that dairy and meat products (this includes poultry) should not be cooked together or served simultaneously, and that pork and shellfish are also not kosher and cannot be included in the meal.  So if ham is being served, Bunny is not going to have a kosher Christmas.

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