kosher & halal

[Alexey Fuchs]

Larry writes:

> The most intriguing part of this post to me is the inference I feel
> licensed to draw from the above that Jews who maintain the dietary
> laws are not allowed to consume some types of alcohol.
> Granted that this puzzler is not strictly ads-related (but then
> neither is the halal/kosher distinction, so I'm only leading us
> slightly further down the unkosher trail)--but just which types could
> they be?  Mexican mezcal with non-kosher maguey worms in the bottle?
> Corned-beef infused Irish Cream liqueur?  Pork-belly stout?
> Shrimp-based aperitifs?  The mind boggles.

Some Jews who _strictly_ obey the dietary laws are not allowed to eat or
drink anything that does not bear a special stamp, the so-called "badats"
stamp (its an acronym, but I have always had problems with religious Hebrew
acronyms - they are half Aramaic).
For these, "non-badats" is non-kosher, no matter what is the type of it.
(So, I guess, that does not prove anything).

I presume that mezcal worm is indeed non-kosher, probably because it is not
mentioned in the Bible.

Generally, the distinction between kosher and non-kosher goes far beyond
food and drinks (I apologize if I say obvious things) - it concerns dishes
(and, I guess, it means that if there was no rabbi sitting next to the
barrel at the brewery or wherever the drink is produced it is non-kosher),
tooth-paste and even toilet paper.

And, lastly, Jews are not allowed to consume certain types of alcoholic
beverages on Passover. Though, perhaps, the definition of kosher does not
include this. And this is way too far from ADS :)

                                                                                Alexey Fuchs,
                                                                                whose two cents miss
                                                                                the slot