It is very complicated to explain. Every food has its own rules. Milk cant be mixed with meat, and fish cant be eaten with meat. Most people wait 30 mins after eating dairy before eating meat, and 3 hours after meat before dairy. Even if food is kosher it must be prepared with uncontaminated supplies to remain kosher. Birds can't be wild birds and fish need to have fins and scales. Animals need to have split hooves and they need to chew their food twice like cows. After following these rules one must properly kill an animal with a flawless knife, with a sudden move, so the animal don't feel any pain. Then the lungs must be checked for diseases and many other body parts as well. Vegetables often need to be soaked in vinegar to kill and remove insects.
There are many other conditions that need to met as well but these are the basics.
Kosher food (i.e. food which meets the Jewish dietary laws) may include kosher bread. Challah and bagels are two examples, but any style of bread can be kosher as long as all the ingredients are kosher, and none of the utensils were used for non-kosher food.
Any cheeses made from kosher ingredients by a manufacturer that is certified kosher is kosher. Kosher refers to any food prepared according to the laws of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), it is not a style of food.
Any side dish that is prepared in a kosher kitchen using only kosher ingredients would be kosher. Please note that kosher is a designation given to any food that is prepared following kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) and is not a style of food.
Kosher food have been produced under the supervision or a Jewish Rabbi, whereas non kosher foods have not. _________ Correction: Kosher food does not require a Rabbi's involvement. When talking about commercially prepared food, the kitchen has to be supervised by a 'mashgiach'. Any orthodox Jew can be a mashgiach. Kosher food is prepared with kosher ingredients following the laws of kashrut.
Non-kosher pickles usually have the same ingredients that kosher pickles do only they're not made under kosher supervision and the ingredients used (vinegar mainly) might not be kosher.
Any store. You just have to look for a kosher symbol like an o with a u in it. That means a Rabbi made sure no non-kosher ingredients went into the product. Many Wal-marts and Shoprite carry Kosher food.
No, the ingredients are not Kosher.
When it comes to kashrut, food is either kosher or not, there's no inbetween. In regard to making a kosher salami, it must be prepared in a kosher facility with all kosher ingredients including the meat, spices, and casing.
It can be if it's made with kosher ingredients in a kosher kitchen.
Fish and chips can be kosher so long as the fish used is a kosher species and the food is prepared in a kosher kitchen with all kosher ingredients.
It could be made with non-kosher ingredients.
Kosher food refers to foods that are prepared and consumed following the laws of kashrut (Jewish dietary law), it is not a style of cooking. That being said, it's possible to make kosher versions of dishes from pretty much every country, this would require a kosher kitchen and kosher ingredients. Without a kosher kitchen, it is impossible to make kosher food.