If you could be a non-Jew for a day...

[Harel13]

...what would you do?

I've heard a number of interesting answers over the years to this question.

C'mon, rev up your creativity engines. Keep it clean, though...

 

[Flankerl]

Perform a sacrifice.

 

[Harel13]

Perform a sacrifice.

That's one of the answers I'd heard in the past: go to a hardware store, buy materials, build an altar and perform a sacrifice.

 

[rosends]

It would be food related. Maybe when I was a much younger man my imagination might have moved somewhere else, but right now, I'm all about the food.

 

[Harel13]

It would be food related. Maybe when I was a much younger man my imagination might have moved somewhere else, but right now, I'm all about the food.

I'd probably go with food, too. Yeah, I'm materialistic...the thing is, just getting over the psychological barriers would take much more than a day. If I found that I'd be unable to eat something not kosher, then I'd probably allow one of my real yetzarim take over for a bit......

 

[IndigoChild5559]

I'd probably go with food, too. Yeah, I'm materialistic...the thing is, just getting over the psychological barriers would take much more than a day. If I found that I'd be unable to eat something not kosher, then I'd probably allow one of my real yetzarim take over for a bit......

I'd start with bacon, move on to bbq ribs, then lobster....

The idea of making a sacrifice is a good one.

 

[rosends]

With all the fake meats and fake cheeses, even the foods I once drooled over are not as attractive. But as the yearning for flesh is weaker, so is the flesh.

 

[Harel13]

With all the fake meats and fake cheeses, even the foods I once drooled over are not as attractive. But as the yearning for flesh is weaker, so is the flesh.

Sooo...cannibalism?

 

[Harel13]

Perform a sacrifice.

he idea of making a sacrifice is a good one.

Personally, I'm of the opinion that someone should create a start-up company for mass-producing DIY Altar-building kits, IKEA-style. Sure, at the moment, presumably, only Noahides with access to cattle or birds would buy them, but I'm certain that in the future, there would be more interest.

Note: To whomever wants to do this, I demand some sort of percentage. I don't ask for much.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

With all the fake meats and fake cheeses, even the foods I once drooled over are not as attractive. But as the yearning for flesh is weaker, so is the flesh.

I'm waiting for these synthesized lab meats to come out in grocery stores.

 

[Harel13]

I'm waiting for these synthesized lab meats to come out in grocery stores.

I've heard that in America there are things like kosher bacon-flavored snacks. That sounds absolutely nuts to me. Sure, I have no reason to suspect that they aren't kosher - but gosh, here in Israel the Badatzs won't give their hechsher for a box of cereal featuring a basketball player. Of course, not every kashrut certifier has that standard, but I just don't get how any mashgiach would be comfortable with giving such a hechsher...

 

[RabbiO]

I've heard that in America there are things like kosher bacon-flavored snacks. That sounds absolutely nuts to me. Sure, I have no reason to suspect that they aren't kosher - but gosh, here in Israel the Badatzs won't give their hechsher for a box of cereal featuring a basketball player. Of course, not every kashrut certifier has that standard, but I just don't get how any mashgiach would be comfortable with giving such a hechsher...

I certainly wouldn’t ask you to try one of those products if to do so would make you uncomfortable. Frankly, I don’t think I have nor do I have any great desire to do so. However, there are at least some organizations, within the Orthodox sphere, such as the Orthodox Union, Aish HaTorah and Chabad who have no problem, per se, with such products.

 

[dybmh]

I've heard that in America there are things like kosher bacon-flavored snacks. That sounds absolutely nuts to me. Sure, I have no reason to suspect that they aren't kosher - but gosh, here in Israel the Badatzs won't give their hechsher for a box of cereal featuring a basketball player. Of course, not every kashrut certifier has that standard, but I just don't get how any mashgiach would be comfortable with giving such a hechsher...

Yup, BaconBits, some folks put them on salad. They're crunchy, salty, and Kosher per OU.

 

[Harel13]

I certainly wouldn’t ask you to try one of those products if to do so would make you uncomfortable.

'nah, of course not. I can imagine people fantasizing about trying such products - the gemara even makes mention of what to do in case someone wants to eat pork or meat with milk - there are certain kosher substitutes, such as cow udder (which, disgustingly enough, I have tried once, and trust me, I now know why the gemara suggested trying it out - after you eat it, you'll never want to eat meat with milk again...) - but when you actually stand in front of such a product...well, I don't know how the actual decision is made...what I'm saying is that the mindset is a bit, well, mind-boggling to me.

 

[Harel13]

Yup, BaconBits, some folks put them on salad. They're crunchy, salty, and Kosher per OU.

I think that if someone would try to bring those to Israel, there'd be a major outrage from the UO community and also some of the O community.

 

[dybmh]

I think that if someone would try to bring those to Israel, there'd be a major outrage from the UO community and also some of the O community.

Bacon. People go crazy for it.

 

[Harel13]

Bacon. People go crazy for it.

You know, for many years there used to be laws against raising pigs in Israel. The law might still be around, but of course, some people found loopholes.

Ironically, now that people are in partial lockdown, wild boars are wreaking havoc in some cities, like Haifa (center of many non-Jewish communities). What could it all mean?!

 

[Harel13]

As long as this thread has moved to unkosher and/or interesting food, I have a confession to make: When I was in high school, I attended a Siyum Shas of the last round of the Daf Yomi at my brother's high school. The highlight of the evening, in my opinion, was the special dinner: a Seudat Masoret, where Masoret specialists bring all sorts of exotic foods that their kosher culinary status has nearly been lost (sometimes because communities have nearly been wiped out or because of other diaspora events) and then people try them out and hear interesting facts about these different traditions.

The menu, from what I remember, was:
Cow udder
Red deer
Fried locusts

Yes, I've eaten weird kosher stuff.

 

[dybmh]

Just because you can eat it, doesn't mean you should eat it... just say'n

 

[Harel13]

Just because you can eat it, doesn't mean you should eat it... just say'n

Yeah, true dat. However, I gotta say: fried locusts taste exactly like Israeli potato chips.