Israel’s Chief Rabbi Announces Discovery of Pork-Flavored Goose Meat That Is Kosher Enough for Israel
- Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:18am by
Sharona Schwartz
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Israel’s chief rabbi had an exciting culinary announcement to make, certain to widen the gastronomical options for those adhering to a kosher diet.
Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger last week announced that innovative Spanish farmers have discovered a unique goose species which tastes exactly like pork, and will soon be imported to Israel.
Israel's Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger
Israeli journalists could barely contain their excitement when reporting on the news:
Ynet said it’s “tantalizing the taste buds of every kashrut observer in Israel.”
A Jerusalem Post reporter wrote:
If the dream of tasting pork – that most forbidden of forbidden foods – has always been yours, then dream no longer. And if you thought the idea of a rabbinically approved slice of swine was less likely than a flying pig, then think again.
According to dietary laws detailed in Leviticus to which religious Jews adhere, certain meats are not permissible for eating. Mammals considered kosher have to both chew their cud (ruminate) and have cloven hooves. Swine is specifically mentioned in Leviticus 11:7 as “unclean” since it does not chew its cud. Rabbi Metzger says goose is kosher.
Ynet reports:
They [the Spanish farmers] decided to share the sensational discovery with the chosen people, and sent a halachic [Jewish legal] query to Chief Rabbi Metzger. The latter demanded a second opinion, and asked that the goose liver be sent to three non-Jewish professional chefs in Europe, who are very familiar with the taste of Pork. The three chefs confirmed the discovery of a “rare culinary duplicate”.
Rabbi Metzger struggled with the problem and finally gave his answer: The meat is completely kosher. His ruling was based on a citation from the Talmud, which states that for every prohibition God imposed on the people of Israel – he created a kosher substitute with the exact same taste.
The rabbi told the Israeli paper Yediot Ahronoth:
“It could serve as an original Jewish solution for consumers of non-kosher meat, who will be receiving a proper substitute. As for religious Jews, I believe they will be disgusted at first, but will eventually get used to it.”
According to a survey, about half of Jewish Israelis don’t keep kosher at all times, but even those who don’t keep kosher may have never tasted ham, bacon or sausage. Since the major Israeli supermarket chains carry only kosher meats, buying pork requires the added effort of finding a non-kosher deli or restaurant.
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Comments (54)
4X4in
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:24pmBACON, thats all I got, just BACON!
Report Post »Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:41pmHow would Metzger know what pork tastes like…
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:08pmLike a famous Soviet literature hero Vasissualiy Lokhankin, Metzger in deep nights, wrapping himself into a blanket, approaches an old-fashioned buffet, takes out a good piece of a smoked pork and gobbles it so that his wife couldn’t catch him.
Report Post »That’s how.
Once A Marine Always An American
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 2:07pmHe doesn’t, moron. Read!
Report Post »Metzger hired a panel of 3 renounded european cooks to verify the flavor.
This is why we have woefully uniformed and missinformed people running around. They fail to read, or failed reading. Most likely the public screwel system failed to teach them to read.
jcannon98188
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 3:41pm“sent a halachic [Jewish legal] query to Chief Rabbi Metzger. The latter demanded a second opinion, and asked that the goose liver be sent to three non-Jewish professional chefs in Europe, who are very familiar with the taste of Pork”
Idiot. Your troll attempt has failed. K Thnx Bai
Report Post »verbatim
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:43pmHe didn’t taste it.
The article said, “[the Rabbi] ]asked that the goose liver be sent to three non-Jewish professional chefs in Europe, who are very familiar with the taste of Pork. The three chefs confirmed the discovery of a ‘rare culinary duplicate’.”
So the professional chefs prepared it and tasted it, and reported back to the Rabbi.
Report Post »Constantine Ivanov
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:50pmAn example of sanctimoniousness: if Kosher-adhering Jews say they don’t like pork, they should not like the swine smell, too.
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:03pmTradition is good, but know that it is tradition.
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:11pmDietary laws are stupid. I’m a Jew, and I eat pork all the time. I love it.
Report Post »My only dietary law is: If it tastes good, eat it.
Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:47pmDeformed Judaism started in Europe toward the end of the 19th century and became widespread, within one generation 6 million Jews were dead. Coincidence?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:00pmThis will really… drive the Muslims nuts!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:11pmThat’s because Muslims see the dimmer light that rules the night. You know as in the days of creation God made the greater light to rule the day, and the dimmer light to rule the night? Personally I think pork is yummy, because I see the greater light, and therefore I understand that God told Noah everything is food except the flesh thereof.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:13pmWhen men limit their food, they are in effect digging walls that need not be.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:21pmAnd how is it that men after thousands of years haven’t been thoughtful enough to realize that many such commandments in the Bible are Commandments to a “Man” spirit over his wife “The people?” In that Bullocks chew their cud [ that being people among the wife, who think about and weigh and measure the things they have learned in life, and learn from it], and the bullocks have a “Learned” soul, and therefore are Kosher for the “Man” spirit to extract the spirit from.
Report Post »But, that the sows among men are gluttons that being pigs who do not weigh and measure the things which feed their spirit, and this the “Man” spirit should avoid the spirits of the gluttonous. This is the Cloven hooves of men!
Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:27pmCase in point, if I take advice from someone, it isn’t going to be from a glutton (a pig) whom consumes without thinking about it. But that I will accept advice from people who thoughtfully think about the things they do in life.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:36pmAnd Ham moved backwards to cover the “Man” Noah’s nakedness, and now many men avoid Ham. Which through the lack of thoughtfulness has been construed as Pork, when it actually meant that Noah would not eat from Ham’s spirit because Ham moved backward.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:39pmIn effect, that would be the same as myself having a child named “Beef”, and Beef moved backward to cover my nakedness. As time going by this story was told over and over again, then my great, great grandchildren construe it as they should not eat Black Angus or in other words ‘Cattle.”
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:06pmThe blind leading the blind, that’s what you people are, and I know what your future holds.
Report Post »Sistar_Urban
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:23pmNot really I’m vegan :P
Report Post »nappy
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:34pmshouldn’t he be consulting all of the people who suffered eternal damnation and were hit by lightning after eating pork? Let’s see what they have to say.
Report Post »downthewell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:35pmBilly Hallowell@BillyHallowell is now following you (@Beckisnuts77).
That was Tuesday. I guess Beck found out and reprimanded young Billy, because he is no longer following me. What a hoot.
Report Post »downthewell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:38pmBilly Hallowell@BillyHallowell is now following you (@Beckisnuts77).
Billy Hallowell
Journalist/Faith Editor @TheBlaze. President of @PathufindMedia. Husband to @afonts16. Professor. God-fearing dude. Opinions are mine alone.
New York, NY
Report Post »downthewell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:32pmPeople and their superstitions are silly in a modern world where science has revealed the truth about so many things.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gbtv.com#
The deck chairs are sliding on the SS Delusion…lolol
Report Post »aircommando
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:12pmHow would the Chief Rabbi know what pork tastes like?
Report Post »If somebody said something tastes like Sh+t, I would expect that they have tried it and know from experience what they are talking about.
Is this Rabbi speaking from experience? Sacrilege!
downthewell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:44pmHAHAHA! Great point.
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:10pmHe didn’t. Did you read the story? He asked the opinions of three European chefs, who said it tasted like pork.
Report Post »beckisnuts.
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:10pmPeople and their superstitions are silly in a modwern world where science has revealed so much truth.
Report Post »beckisnuts.
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:13pmMake that modern. And while the gestapo here is moderating my contribution, they might be interested in how poorly their boss’s GBTV experiment is dong:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gbtv.com#
The deck chairs are sliding on the SS Delusion…lolol
Report Post »tzion
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:05pmWell it may not be a real pig, but it can fly.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:35amNow if they can get rats to taste like granola, the OWS would never go hungry.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:22amSend them folks some North Carolina BBQ sauce!
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:09amGod made all foods clean through Jesus.
Report Post »Falsegods
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:55amand most smoked meat tastes like ham.
Report Post »kansas hawks 3
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:15pmDo not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets : I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. This is from the sermon on the mount..
Report Post »Amos37
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:21pmThat’s not true. http://www.herealittletherealittle.net/index.cfm?page_name=Clean-Foods
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:08amWhy are we fed a constant diet of stories about Jews and Israel? Isn’t that the real story?
Report Post »tzion
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:03pmWe’re also fed a number of stories about Egypt, Iran, and Europe. Strangely no one seems to think there’s any conspiracy in that
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:07amOink…Honk….Who cares?
Report Post »nappy
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:06amIf it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it’s a pig.
Report Post »flyvie
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:21pmYou made my day, I am still laughing!
Report Post »To the Point
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:00amNothing is non-kosher due to its taste. If it honks like a goose and it is a goose, then its a goose.
Report Post »According to Jewish law, you can still count on pigs not flying.
PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:53amThat is great news for Spain. I’m sure that they can sell the Pork tasting ducks to 1.5 billion Muslims and get out of debt over night. They will probably convert millions of Muslims because they will realize how tasty Pork is. Less Muslims = less terrorists . This is a great advancement in agiculture that will save Spain. Go ahead and take the S out of PIIGS. Now it’s just a PIIG.
Report Post »Sistar_Urban
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:26pmI reckon the biggest terrorists are white people, but then I just have facts on my side to prove that whereas you have ignorance on your side :p
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:50amJust amazed at the powers thet be and the self proclaimed powers thet be. They are constently telling us; TODAY it is good–TOMMORROW it is bad. I guese they figure if they keep us confused, we will look to them for guidence. Wait a minute. Is’nt that what the Progressive Liberals practice??? CARRY ON McDUFF
Report Post »Sharlene
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:26amYou should take a class in english and in particular how to SPELL..
If you were born in the U.S. and your spelling represents our education system, god help this country.
Also, you can buy an inexpensive dictionary to help you with your spelling.
Report Post »kansas hawks 3
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:19pm@sharlene.. Why do you think you have to put someone down????? He stated his point . Perhaps you should take a course in humility.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:33pmSharlene; I don’t have to know how to spell. I‘m to damn old and can’t waist the time on how you think or feel. I don’t even have to know how to punctuate. It sounds to me like your one of those useless members of society who think they know everything. In reality they can’t find there way to the bathroom without directions. Who ever you are, you need a GPS to life. CARRY ON McDUFF p.s. I‘ll bet your a Proggresive Liberal and you’re upset that you OWS failed.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:47amIs it only the liver that tastes like pork?
And I have to wonder – did these Spaniards introduce swine DNA into their geese? That is EASILY within the realm of possibility. If so, this brings up some pretty interesting topics.
Best to first expose these geese to swine flu before eating them, just to make sure, lol.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:44amShould apply to muslims too. Maybe with the advent of bacon, we will finally have peace in the middle east. Bacon solves most of the world’s problems. That, and chocolate covered vanilla ice cream. Oh, and butter.
Report Post »nappy
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:37amOh.. this is BIG news! WOW!
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:27amWhen PIIGS fly…
Just another sign IMHO
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