November 24, 2004 at 12:00 am
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Raymond Irizarry
Member
The term Hebrew is never, to my knowledge, used as a catagory for food. As to Jewish food, there are probably as many varieties as there are cultures in which Jews participated over the centuries. The most well-known varieties are Middle Eastern, which typically includes Hummus and Fellafell (based on chickpeas) and Eastern European, from which we get bagels and lox with cream cheese. What they have in common is adherence to Jewish dietary law, which includes such factors as avoiding use of milk or milk products at the same meal with any meat, strict avoidance of pork and shellfish and use of meats that have been slaughtered in a humane fashion.
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