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Giraffe is kosher, rabbis rule in Israel
The Telegraph ^ | 6/6/2008 | Tim Butcher

Posted on 06/07/2008 7:36:51 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

A chance encounter in Israel between vets and a giraffe has led to a rabbinical ruling that the African animal is kosher.

According to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, vets were asked to treat an adult, female giraffe at Israel's largest zoo, the Safari Park in Ramat Gan.


Giraffe meat and milk has been ruled acceptable for observant Jews

The team, led by Professor Zohar Amar, took a routine sample of milk and found that it clotted in the way required by Jewish law for kosher certification.

They submitted more milk for verification by the rabbinical authorities and the paper reported that a ruling was made that giraffe meat and milk are acceptable for observant Jews.

The giraffe belongs to the family of grazing animals that have cloven hooves and chew the cud, thereby making them consistent with kosher rules, but the milk test was the final confirmation.

"Indeed, the giraffe is kosher for eating," Rabbi Shlomo Mahfoud, who accompanied the researchers in their work, said.

"The giraffe has all the signs of a ritually pure animal, and the milk that forms curds strengthened that."

But Dr Yigal Horowitz, the zoo's chief vet, said this did not mean there would suddenly be a surge in demand of giraffe food products in Israel.

"This does not mean that tomorrow we are going to drink giraffe milk or eat soup made from giraffe necks," he said.

"After all, this is an animal in danger of extinction."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: food; giraffe; kosher; zoo
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To: monkeyshine
"it is said they taste very bad and that is why lions "

Yeah, they taste like Acacia trees.

Kinda like Abo's don't eat Koala Bears because they taste like eucalyptus.

yitbos

41 posted on 06/07/2008 11:36:11 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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To: bruinbirdman

Keep this in mind.

You just might pull a hat trick in Trivial Pursuit.


42 posted on 06/08/2008 12:06:21 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Bible toting, bitter and armed with slashing sarcasm.)
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To: NaughtiusMaximus

Remember a Giraffe has a black tongue. It is this pointless facts that make people not want to play trivia games with me.


43 posted on 06/08/2008 12:10:41 AM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: bruinbirdman

We have always known giraffe is kosher, because it’s in our of our children’s books. I remember people turning in horror at the local zoo when one of my kids piped up, “Giraffes are kosher, Mommy! We can eat them.”


44 posted on 06/08/2008 12:21:41 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: LukeL
"Remember a Giraffe has a black tongue."

Now we know the reason for the ruling. A Kosher Deli owner inquired.

yitbos

45 posted on 06/08/2008 12:25:43 AM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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To: KarlInOhio

“If I get my Junior Genetic Engineer kit out and create a cud chewing pig, will it be kosher?”

You will probably have to buy the more expensive “Handi-Dandee Genetic Engineering Kit” because the milk curdling genetic material does not come with the Junior kit.


46 posted on 06/08/2008 6:36:14 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: Slings and Arrows; bruinbirdman
Obligatory ....


47 posted on 06/08/2008 6:42:38 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: bruinbirdman
Now is giraffe halal?
48 posted on 06/08/2008 7:54:16 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: bruinbirdman

Thats funny, I don’t know of a milk test in the Bible. Do you have a reference to it?


49 posted on 06/08/2008 8:35:59 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Roscoe Karns

Oink?! ROFL


50 posted on 06/08/2008 8:36:56 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: The Great RJ
"Now is giraffe halal?"

Probably not....You know those perfidious Joooos....Changed the Torah and corrupted it! /sarcasm

51 posted on 06/08/2008 10:20:58 AM PDT by blasater1960 ( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
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To: bruinbirdman
I don't think I want any "stink bull".


52 posted on 06/08/2008 10:49:01 AM PDT by rdb3 (Upward, onward, beyond...)
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To: GladesGuru

The rabbi must be sticking his neck out on that one!


53 posted on 06/08/2008 11:50:23 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: bruinbirdman; Bender2

"Who you talkin' 'bout?"

54 posted on 06/08/2008 11:54:18 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: big'ol_freeper; Allegra; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Guess this is the time to disclose nObama’s secret recipe he will unleash when McCain call him weak on defense of Israel:

OLD FASHIONED JEWISH GIRAFFE NECKBONES

100 lb. fresh pork neckbones
40 beef or chicken bouillon cubes
4 pounds salt
300 qt. water
40 c. coarsely chopped onions
2 pounds black pepper
12 ounces crushed red pepper
120 fresh carrots, peeled and halved
12 ounces thyme leaves

Wash Giraffe neckbones thoroughly in cold water and place in large pot. Pour in water; add bouillon cubes, onions, salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper and thyme. Cover pot and bring to rapid boil; lower flame and simmer until meat is tender and pulls away from bones easily, about 3 hours. Add carrots during the last 1/2 hour of cooking.

Serve with stewed Beets and Horseradish Dressing
Serves 100 to 120

Hey, we are... still cooking with nObama!

55 posted on 06/08/2008 1:18:53 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: big'ol_freeper; Allegra; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Guess this is the time to disclose nObama’s secret recipe he will unleash when McCain call him weak on defense of Israel:

OLD FASHIONED JEWISH GIRAFFE NECKBONES

100 lb. fresh Giraffe neckbones
40 beef or chicken bouillon cubes
4 pounds salt
300 qt. water
40 c. coarsely chopped onions
2 pounds black pepper
12 ounces crushed red pepper
120 fresh carrots, peeled and halved
12 ounces thyme leaves

Wash Giraffe neckbones thoroughly in cold water and place in large pot. Pour in water; add bouillon cubes, onions, salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper and thyme. Cover pot and bring to rapid boil; lower flame and simmer until meat is tender and pulls away from bones easily, about 3 hours. Add carrots during the last 1/2 hour of cooking.

Serve with stewed Beets and Horseradish Dressing
Serves 100 to 120

Hey, we are... still cooking with nObama!

56 posted on 06/08/2008 1:19:50 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: All
Opps, sorry for the double post. The sun got over the yardarm a little early today!
57 posted on 06/08/2008 1:21:46 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2
Don't forget the arugula.
58 posted on 06/08/2008 3:29:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Bender2

Love those neck bones!!


59 posted on 06/08/2008 3:29:31 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Daffynition

Of course.


60 posted on 06/08/2008 5:54:27 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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