On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 21:12:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>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.

Unless they plan to go for a weeks long walk through the desert with
their pork and lobster of course.