I Cut Salad With a Meat Knife. Can I Eat it With a Dairy Meal?

There are a number of variables to clarify. Were these vegetables cooked baked etc with hot meat. When were they last cooked with meat . These are just a couple of the variables that need to be clarified. As always without knowing the all the details it's not possible to give a ruling on the matter Reply

answer to Helen in Australia.

When I started out to kosher my kitchen, I made a lot of mistakes.
I also believe that Hashem cares about us in every detail of our lives.
There is the perspective of when we are bumbling around and trying to learn, gathering the equipment to do things right, we are in a gifted state of grace.
I wish Helen to have a great journey in finding out the answers to all her questions by launching into the journey without fear or judgement and gaining a better life as a jew. Reply

This is a great thought that I have have never thought of before?
I would also like to know the answer to this question because I use my food processor a lot. Reply

the contemporary poskim rule , that a grinder is the equivalent of a knife since it also presses against the food while cutting. the same is with a blender or food processor . therefore if onions etc. are ground in a meat grounder , the onions become meat food and are prohibited from being eaten with dairy. Also if an onion etc. was cut with a dairy knife it should not be ground in the meat grinder . Reply

I know it's an added expense but if you use your food processor a lot, it would be worth investing in an additional container and s-blade. If you also have grating and slicing disks, you could perhaps dedicate them to either dairy, meat, or pareve. Buying an extra container also applies to a blender. Reply

Thank you Karen,
What a good suggestion, I will work toward getting an extra set of blades, and container for my food processor. Reply

You're most welcome. Fortunately, I don't have this problem because I don't eat meat of any kind, so my household is lacto-ovo vegetarian but I certainly remember what keeping more than one set of dishes was like in the days I ate meat. It's easy to get replacement parts for most food processors--not cheap (especially if you have a Magimix or Breville) but you'll never find yourself in such a dilemma again. Reply

thank you
for this answer,
I will now pay attention to how and when I use the food processor and how I clean it.
These tiny little tips will make doing the basic of no meat with dairy easier to do. sometimes I have struggled with the timing and now adding this element will help. Reply

Wonderful!! It's worthwhile to know that the set of conditions under which the use of a knife , food processor etc. possibly pose a problem are complex. In fact the Shulchan Aruch talks about this extensively in siman 96 of Yoreh De'ah . So it's always best to ask a Rabbi Reply

The Aruch HaShulchan ( siman 89), recommends not to, since often the spoon used to serve the salad touches the dairy ( or vice versa) and is then replaced in to the salad . Reply

Thank you. Reply

We're "constricted by what we eat" because that's what G-d, through the Torah, instructs us--Jews--to do. And since there's no terrestrial Kashrut Czar in Australia, or anywhere else, what's the problem? Reply