Comments on: Forget Quinoa — Now They’re Coming For Our Pot

By: the chocolate lady

the chocolate lady — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:39:14 +0000

And here I was thinking that walnut and hempseed kneydlekh would be a perfect, gluten-free, kitniot-free, low-glycemic index version of matzo balls.

Well, anyway, they are delicious and I will be making them again after yontif.

Non-narcotic hempseeds were used for food in Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Latvia. They are mentioned in the Yiddish stories of Shira Gorshman, of blessed memory.

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:27:31 +0000

mmm… hemp milk :-)

Thanks, elf, for the wikipedia pointer.

By: elf

elf — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:57:22 +0000

Howard: What do you know -- there's a whole Wikipedia article on Jewish law and tobacco. Here's the relevant part. I think it's safe to say that many rabbis do take smoking seriously. Malka Esther: My goodness, that is weird.

By: Malka Esther

Malka Esther — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:35:36 +0000

Today in the natural/organic store I saw hempmilk – milk made from hemp nuts. Then I saw hemp protien powder/protein drinks. Just weird.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:02:14 +0000

While this can of worms was not-entirely-intentionally opened, I’m going to run with it.

It is probably against halakhah to smoke cigarettes too (although for different reasons). I’d take passover and/or general rabbinic injunctions against pot seriously at the time that they take smoking seriously too.