On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 03:14:34 GMT, Sylvia
> wrote:

> > not stewing a lamb in it's mother's milk
>
>Actually, it's not cooking a kid (young goat) in its mother's milk.
>Refers to a pagan ceremony which of course the Israelites were not
>supposed to participate in. But the Talmud (fifteen centuries or so of
>rabbinical commentary) expanded that prohibition to no meat products at
>the same meal as milk products or vice versa, so those who keep kosher
>(not all Jews by any means) would not be able to eat a milk-containing
>mayonnaise on a meat sandwich.
>
>OTOH, basic mayo just contains egg, lemon juice, salt, and oil, and I
>don't remember whether egg is meat, dairy, or pareve (can be eaten with
>either milk or meat).

Hmm, in theory it should be OK to serve chicken and milk together
since chickens aren't mammals... but it's not. OTOH, a chicken salad
sandwich with mayonnaise (or other egg-chicken combos) should be
forbidden... but it isn't :>

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!