On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:07:15 -0700, isw > wrote:

>In article . com>,
> "Food Snob" > wrote:
>
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> > Heather wrote:
>> >
>> > > I had pork braised in milk twice. Once it was absolutely sublime, the
>> > > other time it was too salty, both times from the same place. what is your
>> > > recipe? I won't have the opportunity to eat it often, but i want to make
>> > > it.
>> >
>> > Pork Loin Braised in Milk
>> > from _The Classic Italian Cookbook_ by Marcella Hazan
>> >
>> > 2 tablespoons butter
>> > 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
>> > 2 pounds pork loin in one piece, with some fat on it, securely tied
>> > 1 teaspoon salt
>> > Freshly ground black pepper
>> > 2 1/2 cups milk
>>
>> That always makes me think of:
>>
>> Exodus 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring
>> into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
>> mother's milk.
>>
>> Exodus 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring
>> unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
>> mother's milk.
>>
>> Deuteronomy 14:21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself:
>> thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may
>> eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy
>> people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
>> mother's milk.
>>
>> I guess that wouldn't apply to pig cooked in cow's milk.
>
>I don't even see how it would apply to kid, as long as you refrained
>from milking its own mother to make the dish.

You know, I've wondered the same thing. Why isn't chicken cooked with
dairy kosher, since there's no possibility that the mother chicken
could produce the milk? :P

Regards,
Tracy R.