Did you have dedicated parve pots?

Rutabaga

Mon, Aug 05 2024, 8:29 pm

I make almost everything pareve unless I'm cooking actual milchigs or fleishigs just like my mother did and still does. I have a lot of pareve cookware, bakeware, and utensils. Very rarely have we had an issue of them becoming milchig or fleishig. My MIL has very few pareve things, but DH quickly adapted.

ysydmom

Mon, Aug 05 2024, 8:47 pm

Growing up we only had a fish pot and egg pot but DH likes all side dishes parve so a few years after we got married we got a full set of parve pots and cutlery to go with.

amother

Midnight

Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:43 pm

What? It’s bad enough that a kosher kitchen needs everything in meat, dairy and pessach. Should I add parev as well? I’d need to extend my already big kitchen.

amother

DarkCyan

Mon, Aug 05 2024, 9:49 pm

Mom always had lots of parve .
Mil had none.
All baking supplies are parve,full set parve pots and large utensils.
I'm constantly buying new parve knives since my kids make them milchig
(not sure why they don't take a sharp milchig knife to cut their grilled cheese or shmear cream cheese on a hot bagel)

amother

Blueberry

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 8:35 am

Don't have any parve pots. If I want to make something parve, I make sure it's not a ben yomo. I have parve knives and food processor.
If I would have a big kitchen with separate counter and sink, then for sure I'd have dedicated parve pots.
I also do disposable pans for parve.

amother

Babypink ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 8:46 am

It hasn’t worked for me. I suppose it would be easier if I had a parve oven and parve sink.
Since I have a milchig and fleishig sink and oven that’s how we label our dishes and silverware.
Occasionally if something must be kept parve, I use disposables.
Yes, my mother had a few parve things (mostly baking) but I saw that she was always very nervous that someone shouldn’t mistakenly make them milchig or fleishig.
At this point in my house it’s milchig, fleishig (or treif)

amother

Jade

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 8:48 am

Yes I have big pots and a frying pan and cooking utensils, lots of baking pans etc. (we have a big pareve oven). I find it very useful to make things pareve. Grew up like that too, but then we had three sinks, now we just have one. And our kitchen is absolutely tiny. But as clean pots aren't going to treif anything, they all live together. One drawer for pareve utensils.

amother

DarkViolet

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 8:52 am

I have one Parve pot that I use for sourdough and soups.

Everything else I make is either dairy or meat, even noodles. We either eat them with cream sauce or meat sauce, never plain.

amother

↑ Caramel ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:22 am

amother Midnight wrote:

What? It’s bad enough that a kosher kitchen needs everything in meat, dairy and pessach. Should I add parev as well? I’d need to extend my already big kitchen.

You dont need to do anything I have a small kitchen and most of my things are pareve. Its what works for my family. My husband and daughter wont eat dairy and I dont like fleishig (and some of my others prefer dairy) so all side dishes are pareve and then can serve with either meat or dairy everyones happy

PinkFridge ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:35 am

AllThings wrote:

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.

Why not, do you have?
BH I do have a larger stove than I grew up with. What many people have a problem with is keeping pareve pareve.
And I have pareve bakeware.

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↑ PinkFridge ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:36 am

BadTichelDay wrote:

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

And a milchig frying pan while fleishig's is cooking is the same question, and no one suggests getting rid of milchig or fleishig.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:37 am

amother Midnight wrote:

What? It’s bad enough that a kosher kitchen needs everything in meat, dairy and pessach. Should I add parev as well? I’d need to extend my already big kitchen.

Do what works for you.

Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:50 am

ysydmom wrote:

Growing up we only had a fish pot and egg pot but DH likes all side dishes parve so a few years after we got married we got a full set of parve pots and cutlery to go with.

Just curious, why do the side dishes need to be parve? I'm missing something.

↑ Bnei Berak 10

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 9:54 am

amother DarkCyan wrote:

How about storing those new parve knives in another location and not in the regular space? Preferably a place where kids won't go looking for them.

sub

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 10:10 am

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

Just curious, why do the side dishes need to be parve? I'm missing something.

Side dishes, pasta, salads, dips,soups, desserts- one batch can be served with any supper during the week be it dairy or meat.
I have a separate draw for utensils,pots mixing bowls- all items in white.

amother

↑ Babypink

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 11:13 am

Where do you wash your parve pots? In the milchig or fleishig sink? This is my issue why nothing stays parve. Do you have a separate sponge? What happens if you accidentally use a milchig spoon to serve from your parve bowl/pot? It just doesn’t work for me.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 11:15 am

amother Babypink wrote:

What about in one sink, with racks?

amother

↑ Caramel

Tue, Aug 06 2024, 11:17 am

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

Just curious, why do the side dishes need to be parve? I'm missing something.

If you cut an onion with a fleishig knife you cant then add cheese to it. So for example I make a big salad some of us add cheese and some add chicken.
I make spaghetti in a pareve pot some eat it with meatballs and others melt cheese on it.