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Leesah
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 Mon, Sep 05 2011, 8:03 am
I'm wondering; in Israel, do fresh mushrooms need a hechsher?
Anyone know?
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Liba
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 8:12 am
| Seraph wrote: |
Btw, Liba, you said raw grains you'd buy without a hechsher. What about raw rolled oats or steel cut oats? Would you hold that as a raw grain that can be bought hechsher free, or one that needs good hashgacha? |
Once they are cut and processed we only buy them with hashgacha.
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Seraph
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 8:16 am
| Liba wrote: | | Seraph wrote: |
Btw, Liba, you said raw grains you'd buy without a hechsher. What about raw rolled oats or steel cut oats? Would you hold that as a raw grain that can be bought hechsher free, or one that needs good hashgacha? |
Once they are cut and processed we only buy them with hashgacha. | Ah ok. What about things like white rice, white flour, which are processed, but are still raw?
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Liba
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 8:26 am
| Seraph wrote: | | Liba wrote: | | Seraph wrote: |
Btw, Liba, you said raw grains you'd buy without a hechsher. What about raw rolled oats or steel cut oats? Would you hold that as a raw grain that can be bought hechsher free, or one that needs good hashgacha? |
Once they are cut and processed we only buy them with hashgacha. | Ah ok. What about things like white rice, white flour, which are processed, but are still raw? |
They generally have vitamins added in the US, so we only buy them with hasgacha there and here there are other issues, so we buy with hashgacha here as well.
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small bean
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 10:10 am
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I think everything on this list, I would buy, except cut fresh fruit. actually, I try to buy with hechsher because I don't know so much, but dh will buy without as he is learned and knows what's ok) the really good olive oils don't usualy have a hechsher, so we buy that, also flax seeds I'll buy without. the rest of the things, only if my dh goes shopping...
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lst
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 10:28 am
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I;m not sure if fresh mushrooms in E"Y need a hechsher, but they do need to be checked for bugs.
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ally
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 11:03 am
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During shmita I was told I could buy any mushrooms so I guess we hold that they don't need a hechsher.
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September June
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 11:04 am
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Whole spices don't either need a hechsher but once they're ground or chopped, they do.
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Liba
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 11:15 am
| Sonny Joon wrote: | | Whole spices don't either need a hechsher but once they're ground or chopped, they do. |
or dried. They often use agents (possibly non kosher) to keep spices from sticking when being dried.
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ElTam
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 1:50 pm
We had Rabbi Eidlitz's list on our fridge for a long time, but it disappeared (kids like to play with magnets).
I cannot find it on his website. If anyone knows the link, I would appreciate it, as I am bothering my rav with phone calls from the grocery store more often than I would like.
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nylon
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Mon, Sep 05 2011, 2:56 pm
My understanding was that EVOO is okay because it is mechanically (cold) pressed. Most oils undergo more processing. I do wonder, now, if those cold pressed, unfiltered nut oils would be okay by the same logic. But I wouldn't buy something like canola oil without a hechsher because I know how much processing is involved.
When I lived in the UK I bought most of those things without a hechsher, which the LBD said was fine. Here in the US, it only comes into play if I buy in bulk, or if I buy one of the local brands of milk (OU says it's fine). I do buy basmati rice in bulk (not enriched anyhow). I will buy raw items in bulk--nuts, beans, flours, etc.
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