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From A Hamburger Today

Kosher Cheeseburger: Sacrilicious or Sacrilegious?

Okay, I'm Jewish and I don't keep kosher, but I'm still mightily offended by the thought of this kosher cheeseburger. Not because I find it sacrilegious to Jewish law...but sacrilegious to the laws of good food. SOY CHEESE?!?! Ugh! I don't even want to know what kind of mad science is involved -- and I'm thinking proton colliders, particle accelerators and dark matter -- in making soybeans taste anything like cheese made from a cow's milk. *shudder*

For shame!

shamelesscarnivore at 6:16PM on 03/07/08

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From A Hamburger Today

Kosher Cheeseburger: Sacrilicious or Sacrilegious?

Oy Vey!

crazyspice at 5:14PM on 03/10/08

From A Hamburger Today

Kosher Cheeseburger: Sacrilicious or Sacrilegious?

It all comes down to a matter of personal authenticity, doesn't it? Either you respect the concept in its totality or you don't. There really is no middle ground other than rationalization, of course.

drbehavior at 2:35AM on 03/10/08

From A Hamburger Today

Kosher Cheeseburger: Sacrilicious or Sacrilegious?

To start, I am Jewish and have kept Kosher at some points in my life. I personally do not find a problem with this at all. The point of Kashrut is not the appearance of the food you are eating. The fact that a soy product looks and tastes like a dairy product does not in fact make it a dairy product. Would you mind if somebody at edamame and then ate a kosher hamburger? I don't think so.

Another point: Jews regularly eat Kosher for passover cereals, rolls etc. If that is allowed why shouldn't this be?

I understand the argument that you need to make a fence around the laws. That said, I think common sense and solid education is enough of a fence in this situation.

Rocky at 7:48PM on 03/08/08