Culinary question...

[alysten]

Is beef tallow able to be consumed by kosher folks?

Comments

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Would you like me to ask on the SCA-cooks list? Annoying Girl will undoubtedly answer. But it must be said, she is Jewish and does keep kosher, so would be a reliable source in this case.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

Lets see what the LJ hive mind says first, before invoking Annoying Girl.

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

There is always the issue of getting the Genie back in the bottle afterward, I admit. ;-)

[kragore.livejournal.com]

Should I point my resident Jew, Shu_Al over?
- k.

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

Usual disclaimers here, but... I *believe* the issue with beef tallow is that it has to come from a cow that was killed in kosher fashion, which is difficult to determine as far as most modern supplies go. If you get it from a kosher butcher, you should be good.

Note that it counts as a meat product, so it can't be combined with dairy ingredients in a particular dish -- i.e., it makes anything it's in a meat dish.

You can use goose fat as a kosher substitute, though!

[alysten.livejournal.com]

That actually has potential. Especially what's given in the larder for Yule. I wanted to make sure I had a non-pork option for larding meats.

[wingblaze.livejournal.com]

What if the beef tallow came from a cow that was born without legs? Then it doesn't have cloven feet.

This is a good one for ianraven.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

I was hoping he'd have spoken up by now... I will probably ask him tomorrow.

[kragore.livejournal.com]

After checking with my resident Jew, she replies that Woodwindy's got it - long as the beef was killed kosher. (normal "do not mix with Dairy" restrictions apply.)
- K.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Now...next question, where can I get kosher tallow in Philly? Hmmmm.

[kragore.livejournal.com]

A kosher butcher. I wouldn't trust anything less to actually be kosher. Typing in "kosher butcher philly" brought up a number of locations.
- k.

[aryll.livejournal.com]

Do they often come without legs? All the ones I see wandering around here tend to have a full complement.