Passover: baby food
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Anonymous
| does anyone know what the official rules are about baby food in a kosher for passover home??? |
Anonymous
| not sure I understand the question. most commercial available baby food is just veggie or fruit purees. it won't have the kosher for passover label on it. your family has to decide if that is okay with you. if not, make your own. |
Anonymous
| a lot of veggies are mixed with a grain... what do you feed a 10 month old other than plain fruit and plain veg.... then there are the spoons, bowls, etc. that she eats with.... |
Anonymous
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We use all disposable bowls and silverware that week - or you could buy a new bowl and spoon.
We did not use rice cereal or oatmeal that week, although many would say that pure rice cereal would be acceptable, I would check with your rabbi. We just stuck with veggies and fruits that we cooked and smushed up ourselves. http://oukosher.org/index.php/passover/article/1377942 |
Anonymous
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buy a set of bowls and spoons for the week. if you change your dishes, change hers. Skip the grains for a week. Or use matza meal to thicken.
the kosher food marts in maryland may carry some brands, you could call to check. here's info on formula, for those who are looking. http://www.oukosher.org/index.php/passover/article/5710 |
Anonymous
| I would try Kosher Food Mart on Boiling Brook Parkway, off of Rockville Pike, for pre-made baby foods. |
Anonymous
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also, some of the gerber 2nd stage veggies except sweet potatos (that are normally marked ou) are kosher for passover according to the ou, but they are not specially marked
http://oukosher.org/index.php/passover/article/9584 |
Anonymous
| Ok, I'll be different. Until a child is 13 they really do not have to observe passover the same way. For an infant, I might change bowls, spoons, but I would continue to give them the same foods and not alter it. |
Anonymous
While this is true for the baby/child, the prohibition of chametz/leavened products falls on the adult not to own or possess it. A parent thereofre cannot feed the baby/child chametz bc they cannot by or own it. |
Anonymous
| don't stress about g-d will understand |
Anonymous
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You can bake carrots and sweet potatoes and mash those very easily. Bananas are good, too. Otherwise, the OU has specific rules. Remember that kitniyot (legumes) are not allowed for Ashkenazic Jews but are OK for babies.
Per the Star-K, specific baby foods that you're allowed to feed your kid are: Gerber 2nd Foods, 4.0z Glass Jars ONLY - Carrots - Squash They also say this: Baby food and baby cereal sold year round may not be used on Passover. This includes rice cereal and jars of fruits and vegetables because they may be produced on chometz equipment. This year, a Kosher For Passover baby food is available – see page 81. [Note: that's what I copied and pasted above.] The following are additional kitniyos options for your baby. Please note that kitniyos is permissible for a baby (see page 55). These foods may not be prepared or cooked on Kosher for Passover utensils. Serve with disposables. 1. Recipe for Homemade Baby Rice Cereal: Purchase rice (without additives, vitamins, or enrichments, and check for extraneous matter before Pesach) Boil 1 cup checked rice (as above) in 2 cups water & cook for 20 minutes, in separate pot used only for Kitniyos For thicker consistency, strain or blend the cooked rice (with separate utensils used only for Kitniyos) Add one scoop (1 tablespoon) Kosher for Pesach vanilla sugar Mash by hand 2. Gerber 2nd Foods Green Beans, Peas in 4 oz. jars ONLY, bearing OU symbol, are chometz free. No Passover symbol or OUP is required. http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/star-k11_pesach_directory.pdf (page 89 of the directory) We bought trays for the high chair and bowls, plates, cups, and utesils that are just for Passover. If you're as strict as us, you might want to do the same (or you can cover your high chiar tray with contact paper or heavy-duty foil). |
Anonymous
| OP here: thanks for all the advice... |
Anonymous
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From the OU:
Baby Food on Passover The custom of disallowing the use of ‘Kitniyot’ (soy or corn, for example) was never applied to both infants or the ill who require kitniyot food. Despite the fact that Kitniyot for infants is permissible, the Mishna Brura states that it is preferable (but not mandatory) to avoid giving infants rice, buckwheat (kasha in Yiddish), or millet on Passover. However, one must take care to keep Kitniyoth baby utensils or cutlery away from the general kitchen area. Any mixing or washing should be done elsewhere, such as in the bathroom sink. We have indicated that Kitniyot is permitted for infants – but that does NOT cover Chametz, or any food that was processed on equipment that was not properly cleaned for Passover. Such Chametz is strictly prohibited even for infants. When we talk about Kitniyot being permitted for infants, it means that it would have to be a homemade Kitniyot, unless the Sephardic community has a reliable Hechsher on an infant product. The Halacha (Jewish law) also suggests that separate pots, dishes and cutlery be dedicated to the Kitniyot food. Obviously, in cases where a doctor insists that the infant must have Chametz, the prohibition does not apply. In such a situation, it would be preferable (if possible) that a gentile should bring his own Chametz and feed the baby. If that is not feasible then a Jew would be permitted to feed the infant Chametz. The upper age still considered an ‘infant’ depends on the child. Obviously, if the child can eat healthy food that is not Kitniyoth, that would be preferable. Usually, the Poskim indicate that two years of age would be the upper limit, but if a 2-year old is not ready to eat other food, then certainly the limit goes up as high as his or her Bar or Bat Mitzvah. |
Anonymous
| Wow. That is so interesting! |
Anonymous
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anyone knows if nutrimoms produced by nutrilon (israeli) is kosher for passover?
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