Poultry

Contrary to popular misconception, the rabbis were not afraid that a piece of chicken has the same appearance as a piece of meat

Provided that the chicken has been slaughtered by a qualified shochet and properly salted, chicken meat is a perfectly kosher food.

Provided that the duck has been slaughtered by a qualified shochet and properly salted, duck meat is a perfectly kosher food.

Provided that the goose has been slaughtered by a qualified shochet and properly salted, goose meat is a perfectly kosher food.

Since there does not appear to be commercial kosher slaughter of quail in North America, kosher quail is very hard to come by.

A visit to a kosher deli will reveal a wide array of kosher turkey products: smoked turkey, turkey pastrami, and even turkey hot dogs.

One must be adept at identifying the differences between the splotches on a button quail egg and those on a kosher coturnix egg.

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