According to both Mimi Sheraton and Arthur Schwartz, one of the reason NYC Jews love them some Chinese food is that everything is cut up real small.
So there might be some pork in there, but if they can’t SEE it, it doesn’t exist.
(This doesn’t count for pious Jews who are really serious about being Kosher, but for run-of-the-mill Jews who don’t give a damn* but would die of guilt if they ate a big slab of roast pork.)
- I would estimate the percentage of my Brooklyn/Manhattan Jewish friends who give a damn at 5-10%. Most of 'em are atheists like me.
I figure that hot and sour soup is “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
I thought the convention is that all Chinese food is kosher by tacit agreement, practically Jewish by association. 
I always have to link to this whenever these two topics coincide.
[QUOTE=a hand-lettered and -decorated sign on a glass door]
The Chinese Rest.
Assoc.
of the United States
would like to extend
our thanks to
The Jewish People
we do not completely
understand your dietary
customs…
But we are proud and
grateful that your GOD
insist you eat our food
on Christmas
Happy
Holidays!
[yin-yang] [star o’david]
[/QUOTE]
