Kosher Thanksgiving

[Anonymous]

Ugh... My in-laws who do not keep kosher have decided to have a kosher Thanksgiving dinner. I am culturally Jewish but let my DD eat bacon and am far, far from kosher.

Making sides with margarine is gross. No whipped cream on pie?! Come on!!!

Why this sudden show?

[Anonymous]

hmmm...we keep kosher so it's perfectly normal to us. I wouldn't say that using margarine is gross, it's just different from what you're used to.

There is dairy free whipped cream but if you think margarine is gross, you probably are not interested in that either.

Alternatively, just skip the turkey!

No idea why they've started to take on this mitzvah now but they have. Every mitzvah is about learning who you are as a jew. You don't have to like their observance level but you should respect it.

As an aside, becoming kosher in the home is a huge undertaking. Mazel tov to them.

[Anonymous]

Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

Keeping kosher does not require separate fridges. And there's no requirement to separate eggs from either dairy or meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

Huh? They just can’t eat them together.
Cook with coconut oil or olive oil instead. Really not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

My parents did this when DH and I got married. All of a sudden they didn't want to serve any shrimp or crab although they eat it all the time. My aunt and uncle keep Kosher and they are coming over to my parents' for Thanksgiving but all that we do is not include dairy in any of the dishes. BIL likes his stuffing made with butter so he makes a separate one. It's not such a big deal, although strange that all of a sudden OP's parents are deciding that this meal must be Kosher.

[Anonymous]

Not Jewish, but coconut whipped cream is great!

[Anonymous]

Phony Baloney. Did you think that Christians were the only ones who carry their faith only for others to see?

[Anonymous]

Ugh... Another "look at me!" occasion. Sorry, OP. Hope you have some ReadiWhip at home.

[Anonymous]

Faux piety. The worst.

[Anonymous]

The kosher thanksgiving I cooked today was absolutely delicious. (Although, I could've left the bread in the oven a bit longer....). The all of the sudden kosherness is a bit odd. But, as PP said, you are Jewish, you should at least respect this piece of our tradition.

[Anonymous]

People change. Maybe they want to move in this direction.

If there ever was a holiday you could easily do without dairy, it is Thanksgiving.

Other than spreading margarine on bread, you can almost exclusively use olive oil where you might have used butter. Or pick up some schmaltz to use for the gravy roux.

Stop complaining. Just enjoy the meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

Keeping kosher does not require separate fridges. And there's no requirement to separate eggs from either dairy or meat.

NO, but you do have to separate meet and dairy in the appiance. I know several kosher families that have two kitchens, including two separate refrigerators. It's just easier if you can have two dishwashers, two refrigerators, two stoves, etc. http://www.ok.org/consumers/your-kosher-kitchen/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

Keeping kosher does not require separate fridges. And there's no requirement to separate eggs from either dairy or meat.

NO, but you do have to separate meet and dairy in the appiance. I know several kosher families that have two kitchens, including two separate refrigerators. It's just easier if you can have two dishwashers, two refrigerators, two stoves, etc. http://www.ok.org/consumers/your-kosher-kitchen/

You do not need two different refrigerators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show Boating. If you do not keep kosher then stop with the sudden kosher Thanksgiving. Are you telling me that your in laws have no dairy or eggs in their fridge where they were storing the raw turkey?

Come on - if you are kosher 365 days a week, I get it. But not for the one day when you are having people over.

Keeping kosher does not require separate fridges. And there's no requirement to separate eggs from either dairy or meat.

NO, but you do have to separate meet and dairy in the appiance. I know several kosher families that have two kitchens, including two separate refrigerators. It's just easier if you can have two dishwashers, two refrigerators, two stoves, etc. http://www.ok.org/consumers/your-kosher-kitchen/

You do not need two different refrigerators.

People who have tons of money can buy ways to make it more convenient. For the rest of us...

And they aren't going full-on Kosher, but Kosher-style, anyway. I don't see any reference in the original post to dealing with the plates, etc, but just preparation of a strictly fleischig meal.