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"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>>I know kosher salt (and other kosher food) has been discussed to death
>> here over the years - but I was on a recipe hunt this afternoon and one
>> of my cookbooks had a recipe that called for kosher shrimp.
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>> Huh?
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>> I have never seen it sold as such here (but then I've never looked for
>> it). I can understand beef/pork/lamb/poultry having to be blessed
>> and/or free of banned substances/whatever - but shrimp? Is this because
>> of all the farmed shrimp one can get these days?
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>> BTW, I marked a couple thouands posts as read 20 minutes ago (tried to
>> catch up and decided it was futile) - so if this has already been asked
>> and answered, I apologize in advance.

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> Kosher shrimp are about as hard to find as kosher pork.
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> Paul
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http://www.baconunwrapped.com/2006/12/kosher-bacon.html