Whole roasted cauliflower- how is it kosher

newbiemom ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 6:35 am

I keep seeing recipes on Kosher Dot Com and the like for whole roasted cauliflower. How does that work with checking for bugs? All instructions always say separate the florets. I would love to know.

amother

Dill ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:14 am

It's not! There's no way to check whole cauliflower, same goes for sliced roasted cabbage. Looks delicious but can't be checked properly!

amother

Stoneblue ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:16 am

Many times I see things that aren’t kosher in the Jewish magazines . Like strawberries with the green thing on top , whole asparagus( they don’t sell it frozen whole ) and whole mini peppers ( you need to cut the top off now )!

amother

Buttercup

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:33 am

I use check frozen cauliflower with a hechsher and it’s totally kosher there’s bodek pardes bgan bleaves

↑ newbiemom

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:41 am

Wow very eye opening, people must be duped into thinking it’s kosher. That’s a real problem.

amother

Lightcoral ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:44 am

Thank you OP for bringing this up - my pet peeve IRL, I talk about it all the time!

I see this in magazines and cookbooks as well, and it drives me crazy!

Elfrida ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:45 am

amother Stoneblue wrote:

Normally if you look, there is a little note somewhere that the photos are for illustrative purposes only, and people should consult with their own Rav about the use of questionable items.

amother

↑ Lightcoral ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:45 am

amother Buttercup wrote:

I use check frozen cauliflower with a hechsher and it’s totally kosher there’s bodek pardes bgan bleaves

None of these companies sell a "whole" cauliflower - they can't. It wouldn't be kosher.

amother

↑ Lightcoral ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:47 am

Elfrida wrote:

Normally if you look, there is a little note somewhere that the photos are for illustrative purposes only, and people should consult with their own Rav about the use of questionable items.

A lot of recipes actually call for ingredients, which when checking with major kashrus agencies, are not recommended in any form.

amother

Whitewash ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:58 am

Elfrida wrote:

Normally if you look, there is a little note somewhere that the photos are for illustrative purposes only, and people should consult with their own Rav about the use of questionable items.

I feel like I used to see notes about kashrus more in the past. Not so often now.

amother

↑ Whitewash ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:58 am

amother Buttercup wrote:

I use check frozen cauliflower with a hechsher and it’s totally kosher there’s bodek pardes bgan bleaves

It's not a whole head of cauliflower though.

amother

Dandelion

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 7:59 am

Same idea that Jewish company’s show Jewish clothing with the models wearing skirts way above the knee, like why are we promoting that this is what looks good?? it’s completely assur and is tsnious ladies are made to feel less then! The Jewish websites have a responsibility to show what kosher is!

↑ Elfrida

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:01 am

amother Whitewash wrote:

I feel like I used to see notes about kashrus more in the past. Not so often now.

Could be. I haven't been buying magazines so much lately.

amother

Pearl

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:41 am

amother Stoneblue wrote:

It is possible to clean strawberries with the leaves attached, it's just much simpler to remove. I know that the hashgacha in my neighborhood that everyone uses does this. it's usually for a very fancy platter with a small number of whole strawberries as decoration
And the kashrus guidelines that I follow say that peppers are not currently an issue, but I'd be happy to know if that's an issue.

amother

Plum ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:44 am

What about whole cabbage heads? I see many recipes of sliced purple cabbage I would love to try, how do you check that?

amother

Yolk

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:45 am

It really isn’t right that the magazines do this. We buy kosher mags assuming the recipes will be greared to us. I really don’t understand why they prioritize esthetics over kashrut

amother

Orchid ↓

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:51 am

Let's just say the real answer, there's a lot of people who don't care about bugs.

Kumphort

Tue, Oct 29 2024, 8:52 am

amother Plum wrote:

What about whole cabbage heads? I see many recipes of sliced purple cabbage I would love to try, how do you check that?

CRC says you only need to remove the first 4 leaves to check.