FoodBanter.com - View Single Post

Ed Pawlowski

On 8/3/2017 8:47 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 2017-08-03 3:07 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 8/3/2017 1:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> They were not expecting them to handle meat. They did not want them to
>>>> cook meat on their BBQ. Accommodation is supposed to be mutual.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> So if a Rabi came to your house and you made him borscht would you
>>> expect a Rabi to make you a pork chop?
>>
>> If it helps..... I have eaten ham in the home of a Muslim.
>
> I have had a Jew and a Buddhist Lama (senior monk) request to be fed
> pork and bacon (and they ate it with pleasure).
>
> Janet.
>

Sure, many Jews publicly practice the kosher laws but privately enjoy
pork products and lobster. A couple of centuries ago some of the
dietary restrictions made sense but with modern farming and sanitation,
less so today.