Can Jews eat potatoes

Answer 1

Yes. Jewish people can eat potatoes and all other fruits and vegetables. However, if they are cooked in non-kosher pots or fried in non-kosher frying pans then Jewish people could no longer eat them.

Answer 2

First of all, not all Jews keep kosher, but I assume you're asking about those who do. Yes, they can, but the laws of kashrut dictate that milk and meat must be kept completely separate. That means that many Jews who keep kosher have two sets of silverware and dishes, one for dairy and one for meat products. So yes, but not with meat, i.e., no cheeseburgers.

Answer 3

It depends on how they've been cooked - for example, they may have been fried in pork fat and in that case will definitely not be suitable for Jews. Beef fat - as I believe is the case with McDonald's fries - is acceptable provided the cow was slaughtered according to shechita laws which govern how an animal should be killed if its meat is to be kosher (I have no idea whether or not McDonald's use kosher fat - I very much doubt their meat is kosher as shechita meat is more expensive than meat slaughtered in the non-kosher industrial way and fast food chains like to cut costs). If the have been fried in vegetable oil and contain no animal products at all then they are parve - that is, neutral, meaning that kosher laws do not apply and they can be eaten. Fries do not need to be salted with kosher salt to be kosher - any salt (which is a mineral and therefore parve) will do. Kosher salt is simply salt used to kasher (remove blood from) meat, the name does not mean that the salt is any more kosher than any other salt.

Answer 4

Yes, with the following two strictures:

1) Fruits and vegetables should be checked to see that they are free of insects. Jews aren't permitted to eat insects.

2) Fruits and vegetables grown in Israel must have Hafrashat Terumot Uma'asrot (they must be tithed according to halakha). Either purchase Israeli fruits and vegetables that have Rabbinical certification, or do the procedure yourself. The details of the procedure can be found in the attached Related Link. They are complicated, so you may want to consult a knowledgeable person the first time.

Fruits and vegetables grown outside of Israel do not have to be tithed.

Answer 5

First, for the purposes of this question, I am narrowing the analysis to Jews who keep kosher, e.g. follow the dietary laws, and also ignoring any personal Allergies.

While Jews can eat cheese, there are a number of particular issues that arise with cheese. The first is that cheese is a dairy product and therefore cannot have had any contact or preparation with meat and must be prepared and served with koshered utensils (utensils that have been properly washed and/or have never had contacted with meat). Part of this is also that it cannot be consumed contemporaneously with any meat product. The second major issue is that the method of creating cheese requires rennet, which comes from either plant matter or the stomach lining of cows and other animals. The current majority consensus among Orthodox Jews is to seek exclusively non-meat rennets, but historically, meat rennets were permitted as long as the animal was a kosher animal that was killed in a kosher process. The third major issue is that the milk used to produce the cheese must come from a kosher animal or plant material, e.g. cow-milk, sheep-milk, goat-milk, and soy-milk are permissible, but horse-milk, donkey-milk, camel-milk, and human breast-milk are not permissible.

Answer 6

There is no issue with eating potatoes during Passover for any group.

Answer 7

As long as they are sure they were not cooked in pork fat, yes. yes

Answer 8

Yes, potatoes are kosher as they're a plant. However, if they're cooked in a non-kosher kitchen or non-kosher foods are mixed with them, they will be rendered non-kosher.

Answer 9

Yes, potatoes (and fruits and vegetables in general) are kosher for Passover and in fact, are a major staple during the holiday. Both whole and as potato starch.

Answer 10

Yes. It should be ascertained that the ingredients are kosher and that there is no mixture of meat and dairy; and a kosher pot and utensils (or new ones) should be used.