Comments on: OU Kosher Essay Contest for Grades 4-12

By: Christian Gutierrez

Christian Gutierrez — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:13:53 +0000

What I often times do at McDonald’s is order a Double Cheeseburger, without the cheese, and on and untoasted/unheated bun. Now how’s that for a gentile attempting to eat kosher from a fast food chain?

By: DebraG

DebraG — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:24:50 +0000

And Legal Seafoods packaged oyster crackers (my boss gets takeout of their chowder all the time) have an O-U too!

By: BatyaK

BatyaK — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:39:19 +0000

sp:
it’s quite easy to judge other people’s choices. when you go out with clients, you only have a drink. what about the glasses in which the drinks are served? even if they’re cold drinks, the glasses are being washed with plates on which non kosher foods were served. in addition, i feel it’s more important when eating out with clients that one order a food item, such as salad, and eat a bit from it. why make yourself the odd man out?

By: DebraG

DebraG — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:12:14 +0000

Actually, I’ve seen at reststops that there are fast food chains that have some packaged foods that are kosher certified. Pretty funny to see actually, McDonalds has a packaged danish with an O-U.

By: sweinberger

sweinberger — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:08:51 +0000

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and posit that an orthodox, kosher certification agency wouldn’t be looking for essays on how to eat kosher in places that aren’t certified-kosher. The Montana suggestion was probably a push towards the topic of how many mainstream brands are actually kosher certified - oftentimes by the OU.

This isn’t a judgment of anyone’s food choices.

Simply put, The official stance of the OU is ‘don’t eat at any restaurant that isn’t kosher certified’. That stance should be taken into consideration when composing an essay.

(I knew I shouldn’t have left this thread open to comments.)

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:02:08 +0000

Finally… someone who considers my happiness. And it’s someone with a talking gut too! Awesome.

By: sp

sp — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:56:06 +0000

just to note (so howard would be happy). Besides for issues of “charif” (i.e. not a good idea to get a salad w/ chopped onions in it), there’s an issue of bugs. Then again, my gut tells me that those who eat salad out, also ignore the issue of bugs in their own home made salads.

When I go out w/ colleagues to a non kosher restaurant, all I get is water or a coke (beer would be an option too I guess, but not much of a beer drinker).

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:41:54 +0000

Incidentally, my nostradumus hat: highly sparkly.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:41:15 +0000

Hmm… let me put my nostradamus hat on and see where this thread is going.

By: DeisCane

DeisCane — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:33:32 +0000

Since many fast food places now offer salads, I’m guessing that’s the most likely option for many/most kosher keepers.