Author Topic: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread (Read 982626 times)

aygart · « **Reply #780 on:** August 10, 2015, 04:38:54 PM »

Quote from: noturbizniss on August 10, 2015, 04:32:27 PM

Does salt need a hashgacha? Specifically, curing salt which has pink food coloring added? (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Hoosier-Hill-Farm-Prague-Powder/dp/B008X6KE0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439238455&sr=8-1&keywords=Prague+Powder+No.+1%2C)
If so, anyone know where to get kosher curing salt?

coloring generally needs a hechsher

noturbizniss · « **Reply #781 on:** August 10, 2015, 04:39:43 PM »

Quote from: aygart on August 10, 2015, 04:38:54 PM

coloring generally needs a hechsher

That's what I thought. Now I gotta find kosher curing salt

noturbizniss · « **Reply #782 on:** August 10, 2015, 04:52:51 PM »

Found this post and decided to call myself and the star K said it does not need a hechsher even though it has coloring added.

incendia · « **Reply #783 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:22:42 PM »

Quote from: noturbizniss on August 10, 2015, 04:32:27 PM

Does salt need a hashgacha? Specifically, curing salt which has pink food coloring added? (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Hoosier-Hill-Farm-Prague-Powder/dp/B008X6KE0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439238455&sr=8-1&keywords=Prague+Powder+No.+1%2C)
If so, anyone know where to get kosher curing salt?

pink comes from other minerals not from coloring

noturbizniss · « **Reply #784 on:** August 10, 2015, 08:28:19 PM »

Quote from: incendia on August 10, 2015, 08:22:42 PM

pink comes from other minerals not from coloring

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That's pink Himalayan salt, not curing salt.
http://www.americanspice.com/prague-powder-noquoe)-1-pink-curing-salt/

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Ingredients:

Salt, Sodium Nitrite, Red #3, less than 2% Sodium Silico Aluminate & Propylene Glycol added as flowing agent.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_salt

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Many also contain red dye that makes them pink to prevent them from being confused with common table salt.[2] Curing salts are not to be confused with Himalayan pink salt, which is pure salt with trace elements that give it a pink color.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #785 on:** August 11, 2015, 06:18:54 PM »

Who would even think about discussing these topics in a public, anonymous forum?

OU: 212-613-8241

noturbizniss · « **Reply #786 on:** August 12, 2015, 07:10:42 AM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on August 11, 2015, 06:18:54 PM

Who would even think about discussing these topics in a public, anonymous forum?

OU: 212-613-8241

Some things don't require a shailah immediately, and some organizations won't answer every question. Especially those concerning reliability of hechsherim. Many folks here are much less anonymous than you think as well.

noturbizniss · « **Reply #787 on:** August 17, 2015, 12:41:56 AM »

Any mixed drinks that are likely kosher in a bar or comedy club? Years ago I think I got frangellico or something like that but iinm I was misinformed and the brand name is no good. Any tips, lists or recommendations besides beer or straight whiskey or vodka?

mancunian · « **Reply #788 on:** August 17, 2015, 01:10:31 AM »

Jack and ginger or jack and coke or screwdriver are always safe.
The you can go with a Bloody Mary check what mix and make sure no olives or extras (I ordered one like that today and I think they held the vodka too)
Usually a Long Island iced tea is safe too as it's mainly alcohol and soda

keemster26 · « **Reply #789 on:** August 17, 2015, 01:48:52 AM »

___on the beach should also be fine I believe.

yakrot · « **Reply #790 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:03:33 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 24, 2015, 01:59:28 PM

Fuego, Foozo, and Zak recs?

Hechsher changed at Zak the Baker... Make sure it's still within your standards

Dan · « **Reply #791 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:04:05 PM »

Who is it under?
Their website says OK.

yakrot · « **Reply #792 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:07:15 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 24, 2015, 02:04:05 PM

Who is it under?
Their website says OK.

Used to be km

Dan · « **Reply #793 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:10:10 PM »

Who cares?
Who doesn't use the OK?

yakrot · « **Reply #794 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:10:35 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 24, 2015, 02:10:10 PM

Who cares?
Who doesn't use the OK?

Locally many ppl

Dan · « **Reply #795 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:11:10 PM »

Sounds like pure politics to me.

What ingredients do you think these places use if not OK/OU/etc?

Dan · « **Reply #796 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:21:49 PM »

Quote from: yakrot on August 24, 2015, 02:19:03 PM

I don't know what ingredients they use and I'm not saying not to eat there. I was just making the public aware that there has been a change. Once you ask me who doesn't eat there the answer is many ppl. Politics or not the reason that a local hechsher was created many years ago was because of the lack of oversight that some of the National brands of hechsherim seemed to have on a local level.

They did the same thing in CLE 20 years ago to force the nationals out with a "superior" local, pushed one restaurant out of business for non-compliance, and they wound up certifying a place serving pure treifes.

I don't know the situation in MIA, but you can see why I don't put a lot of stock in local hechsher mafias.
Bottom line is that if you don't eat OK and OU (at least on non-meat) you pretty much shouldn't be eating anywhere because every restaurant is using OK and OU products.

Dan · « **Reply #797 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:49:38 PM »

Based on what happened in CLE, the national did a better job than the local mafia which served me treif. So it's a non-factor for me.

Ergel · « **Reply #798 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:50:19 PM »

Details?

Dan · « **Reply #799 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:52:30 PM »

Quote from: Ergel on August 24, 2015, 02:50:19 PM

Details?

Quote from: Dan on August 24, 2015, 02:21:49 PM

They did the same thing in CLE 20 years ago to force the nationals out with a "superior" local, pushed one restaurant out of business for non-compliance, and they wound up certifying a place serving pure treifes.

Happened in the early-mid 90s. Restaurant was Pe-King, right across from the Hebrew Academy where I was rewarded with a treif egg roll for getting the top score in the class

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