Kosher meaning in English
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Definition
kosher: food prepared according to the rules of Jewish law
Examples
- "What diet's he on now? Kosher? Halal?"
- "However, I now have an answer to all of your concerns: health and safety, hygiene, nutrition, freshness of food, vegetarian options, vegan options, gluten-free options, kosher options, halal options, nut allergies, and all the other things you're always bothering me about."
Exercise 1
Complete the sentences below with the most appropriate term!
"Urgh! There's a pubic hair in my soup!" ---> This is a problem related to .
"This potato is green, and there's mold on the salad." ---> This is a problem related to .
'I don't eat meat, eggs, or dairy products. I therefore need ---> .
"Urgh! There's a pubic hair in my soup!" ---> This is a problem related to .
"This potato is green, and there's mold on the salad." ---> This is a problem related to .
'I don't eat meat, eggs, or dairy products. I therefore need ---> .
Complete the sentences below with the most appropriate term!
"Urgh! There's a pubic hair in my soup!" ---> This is a problem related to hygiene 1.
"This potato is green, and there's mold on the salad." ---> This is a problem related to freshness of food 2.
'I don't eat meat, eggs, or dairy products. I therefore need ---> vegan options 3.
"Urgh! There's a pubic hair in my soup!" ---> This is a problem related to hygiene 1.
"This potato is green, and there's mold on the salad." ---> This is a problem related to freshness of food 2.
'I don't eat meat, eggs, or dairy products. I therefore need ---> vegan options 3.
1 hygiene: "Hygiene" is the right answer here. If someone's body hair has found its way into the soup, then the kitchen is probably "unhygienic" or "dirty". Example: "We need to tell our smelly colleague to improve his personal hygiene".
1 vegan options: "Vegan options" is not the right answer. "Vegans" do not use any animal products, which is unrelated to finding something unpleasant in your food!
1 freshness of food: This is not the best answer. The soup may be "fresh", even if it contains a disgusting hair!
1 nut allergies: This is not the best answer. If someone has a "nut allergy", they are "allergic" to nuts, which means they have a very bad reaction to contact with nuts (peanuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts etc.).
2 freshness of food: "Freshness of food" is the best answer here. When food is "fresh", it has been bought recently, and is in good shape. Green potatoes and moldy salad are old, or rotten. Example: "I eat lots of fresh fruit to keep myself healthy".
2 nutrition: "Nutrition" concerns the healthiness (or unhealthiness!) of certain foods, and their properties such as fat content, calories, vitamins etc. It is not the right answer here.
2 vegetarian options: Vegetarians do not eat meat (including fish!) or meat-derived ingredients. This is not the right answer here.
2 nut allergies: This is not the best answer. If someone has a "nut allergy", they are "allergic" to nuts, which means they have a very bad reaction to contact with nuts (peanuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts etc.).
3 vegan options: "Vegan options" is the right answer. Vegans do not eat or use any products from animals, including meat, milk, butter, yoghurt, eggs, wool, or leather. Example: "Did you know that Moby is a vegan? He's also bald, but that's unrelated".
3 vegetarian options: Vegetarians do not eat meat (including fish!) or meat-derived ingredients. This is not the right answer here, because vegetarians do eat dairy products, and usually they eat eggs.
3 halal options: Halal food is suitable for Muslims. It includes meat, and so is not the right answer here.
3 kosher options: Kosher food is suitable for Jews. It includes meat, and so is not the right answer here.
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