Pareve (1929 or 1939); William B. Saphire's "Strictly Kosher" ((1944)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:41:11PM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> PAREVE

>  This continues a study of Jewish food for the OXFORD
> ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD (2004).  Merriam-Webster has
> "pareve" (1941), "fleishig" (1943), and "milchig" (1928).
> OED doesn't have any of these terms?  Jesse, is that right?

It does seem to be right at the moment, but we'll be working
on them soon.

>    From OCLC WorldCat:
>
> FLEISHIGE YIDEN, MILCHIGE YIDEN UN PAREVE YIDEN
> Words and music by Max Kotlowitz, Arrangment by Abe Ellstein
> musical score
> 1929
> (There is a "NOTE:  Title also in Yiddish."  ALSO in Yiddish?--ed.)

Perhaps this is supposed to mean 'also written in the Hebrew
alphabet'?

>    From the AMERICAN HEBREW, 24 March 1939, pg. 26 ad:

OED has a 1933 example of _pareve_ (spelled _parve_) in its
files, so at your current rate you should be able to find an
1893 cite in an OUP-published book sometime in the fall of
2003.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED