Are tinned prunes kosher?
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March 4th, 2011
I presume they are. Is that because there is a ‘formula’ for working out ‘not kosher’ and they don’t fit into any ‘non-kosher’ category, but are some things specifically noted as being kosher? So, is there a grey area too? Things between ‘listed as kosher’ and ‘listed as not kosher’?
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Just an Aunty’s point of view (and a prune lover), but I think that for any food to be properly Kosher, it has to have been blessed or spoken over by a Rabbi. This should be written somewhere on the label, most kosher foods are notified. Hope they taste as good as the ordinary ones!
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The issue is not the prunes themselves, but the utensils used to cook them. Any utensil used in the preparation of non-kosher food and then used to prepare an otherwise kosher food (like the prunes) would render them non-kosher (unless they are purified according to set procedures). The facilities and utensils would have to be certified kosher for the product to call itself kosher.
@auntydeb Blessing is not part of the kosher-certification process.
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