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From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Kosher Meals -- meat and fish together
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Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 16:09:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 24 16:09:20 1984
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I was told recently that separating meat and fish is a custom
practised only by some traditional Jewish groups.  One explanation
offered was the potential difficulty in distinguishing, on your plate,
between red fish blood (which may be eaten, I believe, please comment
if I am incorrect) and red blood from meat that has not been kashered
(which may not).

I believe that this separation has been gradually relaxed in recent years.
It is still very common, however, to serve the gefulte fish before the
meat course, on a separate plate which is removed from the table before
serving the meat.
					- Toby Robison
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					(NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)