samedi 2 septembre 2017

Things To Know About Kosher MRE

By Donna Price


You may have been eating while on maneuver when you saw one or two of the platoon mates eating different kind of MRE. The MRE they were eating was labeled kosher MRE or even halal. Thus you may have been wondering is this kind of rations the military was giving you any more special than the regular one that you are eating. Read on in this article so as to increase your knowledge on what is and what is not kosher.

You should know that halal prepared food is one that has been prepared according to regions guidelines set by imams for Muslims, and that the food for Jews as set by rabbis and rabbinical statutes. These guidelines are also strictly covered in both the Koran and the Torah for those of the Judaic faith.

Most people will be familiar with halal food, as this can be seen on labels on items. However, halal, which means allowed, as opposed to haram, which means forbidden. Halal can also cover lifestyle and choices such as hotels, and even fashion and clothing. Sometimes television programs can also have a halal mark or symbol.

Kosher however, is also gaining ground in becoming more popular as more and more jump on the religious bandwagon. It is different however from halal food in some respects such as halal food will never contain or allow artificial condiments like mono sodium glutamate, while for Jews, their food may sometimes allow it.

Although Islam and Judaism are somewhat related as they both sprang from Abraham there are differences. What is good for one is not halal to the other and vice versa. It pays to never make assumptions base on what limited knowledge one may have or it could lead to embarrassing and sensitive situations.

Preparation of slaughtered animals to extract meat is something that also differs between Jewish kosher and Muslim halal foods. Muslims include a lot of preparatory prayers before and sometimes during the slaughter process, while for Jews this is not necessary, as long as a qualified Jew, most preferably a rabbi, does the preparation.

Alcohol is permitted in Jewish foods so a fruitcake that is good for a Jew but can never be touched by a Muslim. Also for Judaic acceptable food, dairy and meat can never be mixed together in the ingredients or overall preparation. For Muslims, all veggies and fruits are always halal, while Jews only consider these foods as being acceptable as long as they have no bugs on them or have had no contact with bugs or insects. Interestingly, grape products made by non Jews can never be acceptable to Jews.

This article has thus shown some main differences of Islamic and Judaic prepared foods to augment your understanding. Halal is more encompassing and surpasses being food only in its applications, whilst for the Jews, it is something that is related as to being clean and being ingested into the body, being food and drink in this case.




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