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| Mimisinger wrote: | How does it make any sense that you can't possibly check a vegetable when fresh but you can when frozen? Especially something like brussel sprouts that are all closed up.
Also, re. a previous poster. You don't just check cabbage by taking off the outer few layers, you also have to cut it into quarters and check the quarters for infestation. Otherwise, you have to check each individual leaf up to a light. |
IIRC, it's not that they're easier to CHECK frozen, it's that frozen can be certified insect free based on other things -- testing a sample of the produce and finding no insects, for example.
Some products are also better frozen because any bugs are less likely to be whole after the freezing process and parts of insects are not an issue.
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| DovDov wrote: | | Mimisinger wrote: | How does it make any sense that you can't possibly check a vegetable when fresh but you can when frozen? Especially something like brussel sprouts that are all closed up.
Also, re. a previous poster. You don't just check cabbage by taking off the outer few layers, you also have to cut it into quarters and check the quarters for infestation. Otherwise, you have to check each individual leaf up to a light. |
IIRC, it's not that they're easier to CHECK frozen, it's that frozen can be certified insect free based on other things -- testing a sample of the produce and finding no insects, for example.
Some products are also better frozen because any bugs are less likely to be whole after the freezing process and parts of insects are not an issue. |
I don't know the halacha behind it, but I do know that there are differences depending on the state of the fruit/veg. For example, raspberries. According to CRC, fresh are not recommended at all, any frozen is ok, and canned requires a reliable hashgacha. It is complicated, because each kind of produce has different recommendations. That's why I love my crc app 
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 26 2011, 10:42 am Post subject: re: Trader Joes - Kosher Frozen Brussel Sprouts! Cheap! |
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Oh cool, there's a CRC app? Gotta get on that!
I remember the StarK holding that with raspberries, fresh CAN be used - they just have to be checked a certain way, involving washing and blowing into the center of a sampling of berries to see if bugs come out...
We called our local rabbi of the kollel here regarding the brussel sprouts with hechsher. He said "a hechsher is a hechsher." So if there is a reputable kosher symbol, it's ok to go ahead and cook it up.
-- I also sent a message to the 1Kosher hechsher people themselves in Brussels regarding their bug checking, but have not heard back yet. I'll keep you posted.
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