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What exactly is Kosher?
| The laws of Kashrut,
"keeping kosher" are the Jewish dietary laws.
Food in accord with Jewish law is termed kosher, from the
Hebrew term kasher, meaning "fit" (fit for
human consumption). Food not in accord with Jewish law is
termed treifah or treif, "torn"; the term
originally referred to animals which had been slaughtered
after being mortally wounded by wild beasts and therefore
were not fit for human consumption. The basic laws of kashrut are in the Biblical book of Leviticus, their details explicated in the oral law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) and codified by the later rabbinical authorities. There are actually varying degrees of Kashrut, with the ultimate degree shading into behavior more than just the food itself. For instance, meat which is not Kosher may be sold to the general public or used for pet food; however, milk and meat may not be combined together, even if the resulting mixture is to be discarded, let alone sold or fed to a pet. Pork, not matter how it is slaughtered is not kosher and cannot be consumed by people of the Jewish faith. Jewish law states that kosher mammals and birds must be slaughtered according |
to a strict set of guidelines,
the slaughter (shechita) being designed to
minimize the pain inflicted. This necessarily eliminates
the practice of hunting wild game for food, unless it can
be captured alive and ritually slaughtered. It is forbidden to mix dairy and meat, either while cooking or serving. Therefore, one would not been able to have milk with their dinner if it contained meat and would require a waiting period of 1-6 hours to ingest either of the two following the other. All vegetables are considered kosher.
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Just Plain Fowl Words
- meconium, n. - first feces of a newborn child
- gleet, n. - mucus discharge from the urethra
- kreatophagia, v. - eating of raw meat
- saprophagous, v. - feeding on decaying material
- dicephalus, n. - conjoined twins with two heads
? The world's first speed limit regulation was in England in 1903. It was 20 mph. ?
| OH, The feel of Corduroy Corduroy is often reported to be a French fabric, literally "fabric of the king". This appears to be an erroneous report. Corduroy instead appears to be a late-18th century English invention and initially worn by people of humble circumst- ances. Cotton corduroy was widely used by workers in the 19th century and became a popular children's fabric by the early 20th century because of its warmth and durability. American boys commonly wore cord knickers to school in the fall and winter. British and French boys more commonly wore cord shorts. Some schools adopted school uniforms. The German Wandervogel often wore cord shorts as French Scouts did later. Corduroy was eclipsed by denim after World War II, but is still popular for children's clothing. And quite "retro." |
Development All too many poorly reserached clothing texts will repeat the common misunderstanding that the term corduroy is a corruption of the French "corde du roi", corde or fabric of the king. This certainly sounds plausible as "corde du roi" does indeed look a great deal like "corduroy". It was supposedly a material used as the hunting livery for the King of France's attendants on the Royal hunt. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has researched word origins and development through inumerable period quotations over time. For corduroy, the OED reports, "a name apparently of English invention; either originally intended, or soon after assumed, to represent a supposed French 'corde du roi' (the King's cord), it being a kind of corded fustian." Fustian is a stout fabric made of cotton or wool or even low-quality wool. |
Courtney
Killed Kurt
An in depth outline of the investigation of the death of
Kurt Cobain can be found online.
The results are overwhelming and the facts are very convincing.
Why then has Courtney
Love not been tried for this crime? Read more here...
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