Would you put a container of milk on your fleishig counter?

I put the container of milk on the fleishig counter for a few minutes while I was making a cup of milk for the baby and my dh freaked out. he thinks no normal frum ppl do this. please let me know if you would. (the milk container was clean, the counters are formica)

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 29 2010 Posts: 2921

my husband also freaks out but I would do it as well. well not any more out of respect for him.

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 26 2006 Posts: 4316

It is. Fine to do so. Milk was cold. I guess it's not a good habit to get into. It's important for people to know what's Halacha and what is just being over the top.

I wouldnt first of all chinuch second of all just in case it would spil a drop/ if meat is on counter... s/t without chapping youd take a fleishig cup for it... Id rather avoid teh peblm then do it. However because its cold there is less of a prblm but I wouldnt do it anyway.

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People have different COUNTERS?

Wow... I need a bigger kitchen (yeah, in my dreams).
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Posted: Sat, Dec 25 2010, 11:41 pm Post subject:

it isnt the ideal, but if we do it, or Ds does it, we just pick it up and move it, and wipe up any moisture.
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Gold Member Joined: Jan 12 2010 Posts: 2261 Location: US

As long as it's cold, it is not a halachic issue, just wipe it clean after in case it dripped. As Sequoia said, not everyone can have separate counters. But once you do it's probably a matter of good habit to preferably only put the milk on the dairy counter.

Gold Member Joined: Dec 17 2008 Posts: 1464

if your dh freaked out its bec he doesnt know halacha.

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Senior Member Joined: Nov 09 2010 Posts: 243

yeah, my counters are all equally treif. and if you want to know just how lenient the halachos really are - you could techinically use the eggs you breaded shnitzel in and make a cheesy omelet. just saying, don't go crying over spilled milk ;]

Posted: Sun, Dec 26 2010, 12:48 am Post subject:

I have. My counters are totally separate with a break in between so I don't often do it, but it has happened. I don't think it's a big deal if it's cold. I wouldn't put hot chicken on my milchig counters but cold milk I don't see a problem with.
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Like ppl said, its not a good habit to get into so I *try* not to do it but being that I have very limited counter space, sometimes I put the cold milk on a fleishig counter briefly and its totally fine halachically cuz the milk is cold. not true that no normal frum couples do this...

I do, because my kitchen is so small, but I always put a towel underneath the milk container.

In the fridge, I do not put them side by side. I keep them a few inches apart at least.
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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 01 2005 Posts: 16879

Your dh has halachic OCD. It's perfectly fine halachically with cold milk. I've done it.
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Absolutely. We only have a tiny 2 inch milchig counter and a huge fleishing counter. I use the fleishig counter as my main counter. We pretty much as a rule just don't put anything hot down on it, but if we needed to, we'd put the hot fleishig on the fleishig counter, etc. No, I wouldn't put milk down on a dirty fleishig counter, but if it was clean, sure!
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Gold Member Joined: Dec 21 2008 Age: 27 Posts: 1519

Halachically, it's not a problem if the counter is clean, but I wouldn't say it's a good habit.

we also have ONE counter and so everything has to go on that one counter; milk,y, meaty and other. but I dont see the problem either.

Platinum Member Joined: Jun 22 2008 Posts: 6418

no because I'm allergic to milk and most of my food prep is done on the 1 sqare foot of fleishig counter.

or maybe my answer should be no, I don't own a bottle of milk but have put cold chicken on the non milchig, just used by last tenant 3 years ago for milchgs counter