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WriterMom
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 Tue, Aug 18 2009, 3:08 pm
This might be a dumb question, but it occurred to me today for the first time.
We have a yogurt maker. You add warm milk, add yogurt cultures, and it heats it at a low temp until it becomes yogurt, then you refrigerate and use as normal. You need to add the culture; some people buy dried packets of it and stir it in, or you can use some yogurt you've already got that has active cultures and that's your starter. That's what I did, so I've never looked for a kosher packet of bacteria to add; I don't know if they exist, but kosher yogurt certainly does, so that's what we used.
Here's my (perhaps silly) question: the cultures are alive, and they're not vegetable. Is there any issue at all here with kashrut, since you're eating something that's alive?
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chanahlady
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Tue, Aug 18 2009, 3:28 pm
Oops, sorry, read it too quickly... you were asking about culture and I answered about yeast!
Last edited by chanahlady on Tue, Aug 18 2009, 5:23 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Seraph
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Tue, Aug 18 2009, 3:43 pm
Do you know how many bacteria you ingest daily? Shratzim are forbidden- this includes all visible bugs.
But microbes, as in microscopic-obes, are not non-kosher because they arent visible to the naked eye and torah does not forbid you from eating something you cannot see without a microscope.
However, you have to find out where these microbes are grown; perhaps they are grown in non kosher cultures and hence a problem and need a hechsher? I don't know...
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WriterMom
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 8:35 pm
| Seraph wrote: | Do you know how many bacteria you ingest daily? Shratzim are forbidden- this includes all visible bugs.
But microbes, as in microscopic-obes, are not non-kosher because they arent visible to the naked eye and torah does not forbid you from eating something you cannot see without a microscope.
However, you have to find out where these microbes are grown; perhaps they are grown in non kosher cultures and hence a problem and need a hechsher? I don't know... |
Good point ... I guess I wondered if there's bacteria that are naturally present vs bacteria that you deliberately introduce. I looked in the health food store and the starters they sell have no hechsher, so since using a tablespoon of storebought yogurt works for us, I'll just stick to that.
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ShakleeMom
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 10:49 pm
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Yes, you can buy it in the health food stores, because the SCD diet requires this to be added to the yogurt maker. Regarding your question, I believe bugs that are microscopic are ok… or at least below a certain size. You’re getting millions of good bugs with each serving, so don’t worry. And of course you already know, they’re good bugs!
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