I am aware that when eating kosher you’re not supposed to mix meat and dairy in the same meal. The question is, how much time needs to elapse before you can, say, follow up that roast beef and rye sandwich with an ice cream cone? Is there a set time period or just “something reasonable”?
One must wait a significant amount of time between eating meat and dairy. Opinions differ, and vary from three to six hours after meat. This is because fatty residues and meat particles tend to cling to the mouth. From dairy to meat, however, one need only rinse one’s mouth and eat a neutral solid like bread, unless the dairy product in question is also of a type that tends to stick in the mouth.
Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ)
After eating dairy and before eating meat, eat something pareve, which does not stick to the palate. Then rinse your mouth, or take a drink, and wash your hands. In addition, many have the custom of waiting a certain period of time – a half-hour or an hour. After eating certain hard cheeses, a six-hour waiting period is required (see Why the extended wait between eating “aged” cheese and meat?).
After eating meat foods, we wait six full hours before eating any dairy. The six-hour waiting period is standard for all Jews, except those groups which have halachically established other customs.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/133896/jewish/Waiting-Periods-Between-Meat-Dairy.htm
Since most Orthodox Sephardi Jews consider the Shulchan Aruch authoritative, they regard its suggestion of waiting six hours mandatory. Ashkenazi Jews, however, have various customs. Orthodox Jews of Eastern European background usually wait for six hours,[94] although those of German ancestry traditionally wait for only three hours,[95] and those of Dutch ancestry have a tradition of waiting only for the one hour. <snip>
It has traditionally been considered less problematic to eat dairy produce before meat, on the assumption that dairy products leave neither fatty residue in the throat, nor fragments between the teeth. Many 20th century Orthodox rabbis say that washing the mouth out between eating dairy and meat is sufficient. Some argue that there should also be recitation of a closing blessing before the meat is eaten,[102][103] and others view this as unnecessary.[104] Ashkenazi Jews following kabbalistic traditions, based on the Zohar, additionally ensure that about half an hour passes after consuming dairy produce before eating meat[105]
Mixtures of milk and meat (Hebrew: בשר בחלב, romanized: basar bechalav, lit. 'meat in milk') are forbidden according to Jewish law. This dietary law, basic to kashrut, is based on two verses in the Book of Exodus, which forbid "boiling a (goat) kid in its mother's milk" and a third repetition of this prohibition in Deuteronomy.
The rabbis of the Talmud gave no reason for the prohibition, but later authorities, such as Maimonides, opined that the law was connected to a prohibition of idolatry in ...
A bacon cheese burger on a sesame seed bun is definitely NOT kosher during Passover.
True, but have you ever had a ham and cheese sandwich on matzoh during Passover? I have.
I don’t where I got it from, but I heard that four hours is enough. Just for the record, I have never had kid boiled in its mother’s milk.
If you really wanna’ lose your rugelach, check out what Woody Allen’s BIL consumes during a major Jewish holiday in the film “Radio Days.”
Dammit. Okay, I’ll just have the crabcakes.
*Nothing *in Judaic law is that simple.
I feel guilty when I do that. Every time.
Broomstick:
I am aware that when eating kosher you’re not supposed to mix meat and dairy in the same meal. The question is, how much time needs to elapse before you can, say, follow up that roast beef and rye sandwich with an ice cream cone? Is there a set time period or just “something reasonable”?
I wait 6 hours after meat and 30 minutes after dairy. I keep Kosher since 1996, but I am only partially observant.
I still do an involuntary shudder when I hear someone order ham and cheese on a bagel. McDonalds used to have them.
You don’t even have to be Jewish! An observant Muslim wouldn’t eat a bacon cheese burger on a sesame seed bun on Passover either. (ETA: This is probably true of observant Adventists too.)
Thanks for the answers.
I find it interesting that the waiting period for meat is so much longer than for (most) dairy.
No, but I one spent Yom Kippur eating pork schnitzel cooked by an Austrian. For real.
Isamu
May 24, 2016, 12:50pm
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What’s wrong with Austrians?
Off hand, there was this one guy, about 80 years ago…
I didn’t realize that Arnold Schwarzenegger was that old!
The first time I ever ate at a Kosher deli I ordered pastrami and Swiss on rye. Oops. The waitress stared at me for a minute, apparently decided I wasn’t being a wiseass, and explained why they couldn’t serve that.
Fast forward a few years and I am heading to Tel Aviv on a business trip. I am all worried about repeating my faux pas in a less forgiving environment, so I study up on Kosher rules. Sit down to my first dinner after landing, look over the menu, and see shrimp wrapped in bacon in a cream sauce. Strike one, strike two, and strike three. Never had to worry about Kosher rules the entire trip.
OldGuy
May 24, 2016, 3:27pm
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Marvin_the_Martian:
The first time I ever ate at a Kosher deli I ordered pastrami and Swiss on rye. Oops. The waitress stared at me for a minute, apparently decided I wasn’t being a wiseass, and explained why they couldn’t serve that.
There was a kosher deli near us that would sell me a corned beef and Swiss on rye, but only if I promised it was for take-out and that I wouldn’t unwrap the separately wrapped cheese and put it on my sandwich until after I left the premises.
So I’m guessing the “Krusty the Clown” sandwich (ham, bacon, and sausage with a smidge of mayo on white bread) wouldn’t be kosher.
Wolfgang Puck. We lose more jews each year in just this way…