Kitchen Mishaps
This is the hebrew term used for hot steam produced by food while it's cooking.
What is zeah?
The Torah prohibition of cooking, benefiting, and eating basar b’chalav applies specifically when meat and milk are combined through this process.
What is derech bishul?
The widely accepted Ashkenazic waiting period after eating meat is this long.
What is 6 hours?
An object placed between two people who are eating meat and dairy separately.
What is a heker?
A utensil which has been used with hot food in the past 24 hours.
What is a ben yomo?
This is, according to Rav Hershel Schachter, the hebrew term for very thick steam.
What is hevel?
This is the hebrew term for the minimum temperature is required for food to be considered halachically cooked.
What is yad soledes bo?
A colorless, flavorless, and translucent food ingredient derived from collagen, typically sourced from the skin and bones of cows, pigs, or fish. It acts as a versatile gelling agent, thickener, and stabilizer in foods like gummies, marshmallows, and desserts.
What is gelatin?
These two foods may be on the table at the same time although they may not be eaten together because it is dangerous to do so.
What is fish and meat?
A utensil used directly on the fire or stove-top is generally classified as this type of vessel.
What is a kli rishon?
If a drop of milk falls into a pot of meat and there is sixty times as much meat as milk, the mixture is permitted because of this halachic principle.
What is bittul b'shishim?
Submerging a food in a liquid for more than 24 hours.
What is kavush?
Many have the custom to wait after eating this aged dairy product because it resembles meat in texture and persistence of flavor.
What is hard cheese?
This common mealtime utensil may not be used as a heker because it lacks sufficient height.
What is a plate?
A utensil containing hot liquid which was poured into it from a kli rishon.
What is a kli sheini?
This is the hebrew term for smell produced by food which is baking.
What is reicha?
When flavor of a food is absorbed only the amount of a peel.
What is k'dei klippah?
The shortest amount of time that one must wait to eat dairy after eating meat that any custom allows.
What is one hour?
A type of bottle of milk which some hold that may be at the table when eating meat.
What is a baby bottle?
This is the general process of removing forbidden absorbed flavor from a utensil.
What is kashering?
The hebrew principle for when bottom food/utensil overpowers the top.
What is ta'ata gavar?
The opinion who holds that cooking meat and milk together without intent to eat it is allowed.
Who is the Kesef Mishna?
This is the minimal required action between eating dairy and meat.
What is kinuach and hadacha? (wiping and rinsing)
This type of forbidden food may never be on the same table that a Jew is eating at.
What is chametz on Pesach?
Doing this with a fleishig knife can permit its use with cold cheese.
What is stabbing in the ground?