Kosher doesn't just mean the absence of pork, shellfish and other treif cuts. It's a lot more complicated and detailed than that.
For one thing, kosher food has to start kosher -- which in the case of meat means that it's been appropriately slaughtered and handled under rabbinical supervision.
For another, and more to the point, every surface the food touches must be kosher -- or the food, whether meat, dairy or pareve, becomes treif, i.e., no longer kosher. Asd a practical matter that means kosher food cannot be cooked outside a kosher kitchen -- at least not with a working knowledge of what is and isn't allowable.
The requirements of people who actually keep kosher versus the requirements of people who keep a sort of mime a casual kosher-lite (which, BTW, I'm not mocking) are extremely different. That's why I suggested asking.
Turkey ham or turkey bacon would probably be the among the closest and least obnoxious substitutes. But you'd have to something about the lack of fat.
Something about all of this reminds me of rumaki. Where's the Navy Grog?
BDL
For one thing, kosher food has to start kosher -- which in the case of meat means that it's been appropriately slaughtered and handled under rabbinical supervision.
For another, and more to the point, every surface the food touches must be kosher -- or the food, whether meat, dairy or pareve, becomes treif, i.e., no longer kosher. Asd a practical matter that means kosher food cannot be cooked outside a kosher kitchen -- at least not with a working knowledge of what is and isn't allowable.
The requirements of people who actually keep kosher versus the requirements of people who keep a sort of mime a casual kosher-lite (which, BTW, I'm not mocking) are extremely different. That's why I suggested asking.
Turkey ham or turkey bacon would probably be the among the closest and least obnoxious substitutes. But you'd have to something about the lack of fat.
Something about all of this reminds me of rumaki. Where's the Navy Grog?
BDL
