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Did you have dedicated parve pots growing up
Yes - it worked pretty well  
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Yes - but it caused so many issues trying to keep them parve  
 3%  [ 5 ]
No - why would we need?  
 31%  [ 49 ]
No - but that would have been so smart!!  
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Other - elaboration below  
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AllThings  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:32 am
Did you grow up with dedicated parve pots for parve foods (like noodles, rice, soup, or anything) or did you just use pots that were officially milchig or fleishig for those items?

I grew up with it, dh didn't, and we're debating which is more common.

Growing up it worked nicely but in my house we often have issues where the pot gets splashed on milchigs/fleishigs. Not a problem but just a headache.
This could have something to do with the fact that we had a bigger kitchen with 2 stoves growing up and I have a tiny kitchen with 1 stove now.


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shabbatiscoming




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:35 am
Yes and we do that now as well. Not sure what issue could come from having dedicated pareve pots.
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tweety1




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:46 am
Yes I did. My mil has as well. I also do. I'm so used to it this way.
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amother
Beige


 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:58 am
I use pareve pots/knives all the time. It helps that I have a pareve sink.
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acemom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:03 am
Answered the poll, but the question in the op is slightly different.

We did have pareve pots but not really used for noodles and rice specifically.
Rather, if my mother was making a soup for the week or to freeze, she'd use a pareve pot, as she alternated between meat and dairy suppers and wanted to be able to use the soup whenever.
Or, when sauteing vegetables, onions, making a sauce that wasn't specifically dairy or meat, she'd use a pareve pot.

In short, if the item being cooked wasn't used up right away, or would later need to be reheated in the (pareve) oven, the pareve pots were used.


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amother
Eggshell


 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:03 am
I have a parve soup pot and knives and most of my appliances are parve
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BadTichelDay




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:05 am
Yes we do. They get washed separately. We don't cook in them where something hot milchig or fleishig could shpritz into them. Why is that a problem? Scratching Head
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tigerwife




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:07 am
I’ve always had pareve knives and utensils but recently got a pareve pasta pot and it’s a game changer. For example, Half the noodles could be used for meatballs while the other microwaved with cheese for my picky eater.
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scruffy




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:08 am
I have pots or utensils that start off pareve, but at some point they always accidentally become milchig or fleishig.
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observer




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:08 am
shabbatiscoming wrote:
Yes and we do that now as well. Not sure what issue could come from having dedicated pareve pots.


Same.
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amother
Caramel  


 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:16 am
Most side dishes I make pareve, any vegetables pasta etc
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amother
Cherry


 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:18 am
No. But in my dreams I have a dedicated parve kitchen. For Pesach as well.
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  AllThings  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:21 am
Thanks to everyone responding!!
Edited op for clarification
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  AllThings  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:21 am
amother Cherry wrote:
No. But in my dreams I have a dedicated parve kitchen. For Pesach as well.


same!
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Rubber Ducky




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 10:30 am
Yes, for eggs, baking (double boiler) and some soups. I have a dedicated pareve counter, a small pareve sink. and a psak to use my milchik dishwasher for both dairy and pareve (not in the same load). Almost all veggie prep, salads, and baking are pareve.
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essie14




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 11:18 am
My mother always did and I did when I was single as well.
My MIL never did and neither did DH's first wife so DH and the kids had no concept of keeping anything pareve. My pareve stuff became Fleishig very quickly after we got married. So currently no pareve pots or knives.
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amother
Crimson


 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 2:19 pm
I grew up with pareve pots and when I got married I bought a whole set of pareve pots because I didn't know how else to use a kitchen. I hardly cook milchigs so I got two milchig pots with a frying pan, a whole set of five pots for pareve, and a whole set of six pots for fleishig.
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zaq  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 2:35 pm
What do you mean "did"? I never stopped. And I use them as much as my fleishik ones and more than my milchik ones. Even when cooking for a fleishik or milchik meal I prepare as much as possible in pareve. Why would I cut up onions, say, with a fleishik or milchik knife, when I can slice them with a pareve knife on a pareve cutting board, caramelize in a pareve skillet, and then add them to any dish I like, not to mention take a little off as a snack regardless of what I ate an hour before?

But to answer your question, my mother had a pareve knife, cutting board, and baking utensils, but no pareve cookware aside from a teakettle and a dedicated enamel pot for boiling eggs.
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  zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 2:45 pm
shabbatiscoming wrote:
Yes and we do that now as well. Not sure what issue could come from having dedicated pareve pots.


My BFF's problem is that pareve utensils never stay pareve in her house. Inevitably, someone fleishiks or milchiks them up, and I guess either they're all not kasherable or she doesn't know how or is unwilling to kasher.

In my own experience, having pareve utensils makes kosher life much easier and "safer," except for the issue of taking up precious cabinet space.
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imasinger




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 05 2024, 4:01 pm
My experience is similar.

We probably use our pareve pots and utensils more than anything else.

If you're used to it, it's easier to maintain.
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