Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 10 Aug 2005 06:18:37a, Peter Aitken wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>On Wed 10 Aug 2005 05:08:41a, Peter Aitken wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>>On Tue 09 Aug 2005 09:50:51a, wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>>>I think Rib Steak is a kosher cut of meat, whereas, Porterhouses and
>>>>>>Filet are not. Even though most Jews are not Kosher, they're used
>>>>>>to eating Rib Steak.
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>>>>>Wrong!
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>>>>What's wrong? It is true that ribeye is kosher and many other cuts are
>>>>not - strictly speaking only cuts from the forequarters are kosher
>>>>which lets out sirloin, tenderloin, etc. I believe it has to do with
>>>>the presence of nerves in the hindquarters - I am not sure of the
>>>>precise reason.
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>>>It is wrong to think that just because a cut of meat comes from the
>>>forequarters it is Kosher. Unless the beef from which a ribeye has
>>>been cut has been ritually prepared in accordance with Jewish law, it
>>>is not Kosher. There are no exceptions.
>>>
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>>Yes, I know and I assumed other readers did too. The fact remains that a
>>ribeye and other forequarter cuts from a ritually prepared steer are
>>kosher without any special preparation, while the hindquarter meat is
>>not. Since many communities lacked a trained porger to perform the steps
>>needed to make sirloin, etc. kosher, those cuts were often sold only to
>>gentiles while the ribeye and other kosher cuts were reserved for Jewish
>>customers. Thus the OP's claim that ribeye is a traditional Jewish cut
>>of steak is correct.
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> A traditional Jewish cut, yes. Automatically Kosher, no. As I said and
> you restated, it is only Kosher if from a ritually prepared steer. The OP
> did not say that, IIRC. One should not assume.
>


Wayne, you hit the nail on the head! There is an old saying that goes:
'If you assume - you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me"'!

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