Posted on 05/25/2018 2:44:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I heard about Heme meatballs the other day.
Sounds promising.
I’m Jewish, but I’ve never kept kosher. I am however interested in healthy eating. My chief complaint about Keeping kosher is the totally unhealthy alternatives used, like vegetable oils, soy products, and now this travesty.
If you want to keep kosher: don’t eat a cheeseburger. Simple. Don’t create replacements that taste like it. Besides, looking at the ingredients, it’s not good for you and might even be seriously harmful.
The article may have stretched the truth a little on the first ever meat substitute. But it is the first that has the meat taste that will bring many people back for more.
The company is interesting because many vegans have made it their career — and so have high level bio engineers. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I like the concept that eventually this product can under cut the meat industry and for countries without abundant ranges and plenty of water, this could solve a serious meat shortage. In fact Impossible Foods believes Asia may be their main market.
As far as kosher — I do not keep kosher but if I did I would have these things in the home. My wife and I once took a meat cheese dish to a reform temple pot luck. There I learned that although the crowd did not personally keep kosher they were very concerned with a clear violation. They said it was because some kosher Jews might be in attendance, since Reform Jews can keep kosher if that is their preference. On the other hand, the concept of not “looking” like the food is kosher while in fact the rabbinate has confirmed that it is parve — that seems to be going a bit too far. But for the above reasons, I would not choose to buck the tide on this one.
Of course there are Jewish councils who don’t really believe Reform Jews are really Jews so I will stop here.
I know a family that had two kitchens.
Apparently they had the great luxury of lots of space! Many families who have the space have a separate Passover kitchen which is only used during Passover. So, you need meat, milk, and neutral ("pareve") sets of cooking utensils, dishes, servingware, etc. which is only used for the week of Passover. An untold luxury!
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