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What is a Kosher Pickle?

How is a Pickle Kosher and how does it relate to the Jewish Tradition?


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The Jewish laws and traditions are very strict and specific about their laws especially when it comes to food and food handling. The simplest pickles will meet the strictest rule in the Jewish tradition. In order to have the authentic pickle kosher, this Jewish delicatessen will undergo certain standards and restrictions.

Animals that are used in brining the cucumber should always be clean in biblical terms. This means that the polysorbates used should never come from pigs and other unclean animals. Polysorbates are used to brine the prickles in exchange with the common salt and water. This component should only come from clean animals such as cattle and it should be slaughtered properly and follows the kosher law on slaughtering animals for food. Once the cattle is not slaughtered in accordance with the Jewish tradition, then the pickle is not considered as a kosher pickle. To ensure that the pickle is a kosher, kosher certification is needed and it is often awarded to facilities that have met the kosher standards. A kosher certification is given by a rabbinical kashrut inspector or sometimes called a mashgiach. He ensures that the facilities maintain the kosher standard to make an authentic pickle kosher.

A kosher pickle has a unique taste that is different from the usual pickles. This is because the pickles of the brine and the garlic kosher salt, meat, and other vegetables that is prepared under the Jewish tradition and law. This Jewish delicatessen is very popular and is enjoyed by people of different religion and people of different culture all over the world. Kosher pickle is different from other types of pickles such as dill pickle, butter pickle, or bread pickle. The taste is purely Jewish wherein you can enjoy the unique zesty taste. Aside from that, once you order a kosher pickle in a restaurant, it would be best to ask for a kosher certificate just to make sure that you will be enjoying an authentic Jewish delicacy.
Jan 19th, 2013 at 5:57 PM
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