How to Keep Kosher

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Kosher means proper as related to kashrut, or Jewish dietary law. Based on scripture and rabbinic scholarship, the laws are extremely complex, but here are the fundamentals.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Two sets of utensils, pots, pans, and plates
Two kitchen sinks
Two sets of utensils, pots, pans, and plates
Two kitchen sinks

Step 1: Eat permitted meats

Eat only mammals that chew their cud and are cloven-hoofed. Accepted meats include beef, venison, goat, and lamb or mutton.

Step 2: Eat permitted poultry

Among poultry, chicken, turkey, duck, and goose are permitted.

Step 3: Refrain from eating all shellfish

Refrain from eating all shellfish, such as clams, mussels, shrimp, lobster, oysters, and crabs.

Step 4: Eat fish w/ fins & scales

Eat only fish with fins and scales.

Step 5: Look for kosher certification

Meat and poultry must be slaughtered in the prescribed manner. Look for kosher certification at your butcher or supermarket.

Tip: On packaging, look for trademarked emblems of kosher certification organizations, like a "U" inside a circle, a "K" inside a circle, or a "K" inside a star. "P" means kosher for Passover.

Step 6: Cook meat & dairy separately

Cook meat and dairy using separate utensils and pots.

Step 7: Eat meat & dairy separately

Do not eat meat with any dairy products. Use separate plates for the two foods.

Step 8: Wait 6 hours between eating meat & dairy

In general wait 6 hours after eating meat to consume any dairy products.

Step 9: Buy kosher eggs & milk

Buy eggs from kosher birds and milk from kosher mammals.

Step 10: Check fruit for worms or bugs

All fruits and vegetables are kosher, but make sure there are no worms or bugs in or on them.

Step 11: Designate one sink for meat & one for dairy

If possible, designate one sink for meat and the other for dairy.

Step 12: If using one sink ...

If using one sink, wash utensils, pans, and plates in separate dishpans and dry dishes on separate racks. Do not let the utensils, pots, plates, or racks touch the sink. Do not soak dishes or pots directly in a sink used for both meat and dairy.

Step 13: Make sure grape products are kosher

Wine and other grape products, like grape jelly, must be kosher.

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[NYCrazyRob]

Step 12 sounds like OCD.

[VloggerGal90]

well then you are racist. and there is no reason to dislike someone for their religion.

[superpiemonster]

@thecastman97 ah I see you have good taste my friend yes Alaska pollock is kosher as it has both scales and fins

[twistedbydsign99]

you can eat certain bugs, john the baptist ate grasshoppers and honey.

[emcee2456]

@yuvalkb Oh thank you!

[yuvalkb]

@emcee2456 because it's a jewish law that you are not supposed to eat a cub with his others milk.

[wrg1183]

@porkere No need to aplogise. YHVH has made idiots in all races. :o}

[wrg1183]

@Jewdicris That has absolutely nothing to do with Talmudic law.

[porkere]

@wrg1183 i apologize for my race some jews think they know it all when they dont

[porkere]

@emcee2456 there is a law brought down about it in the old testament because when the jews recieved the torah (old testament) on the mount sinai there were no laws about keeping kosher but g-d issued this law and all jews had to throw out all thier old stuff because they cooked the 2 together you can also not eat milk after meat but you can eat meat after milk

[emcee2456]

I'm just curious, why does one need to seperate the dairy and the meat to keep kosher?

[MultiRump]

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