Jewish+Food

 //__Kashrut__// the body of Jewish law dealing with what food they can and cannot eat and how those foods must be prepared and eaten. Ruth explains to Readers how eating "__Kosher"__ means you eat all meats one day, or all dariy another. You don't mix foods. Also when prreparing foofs you use different surfaces and tools, so not to contaminate your meals. "//Kashrut//" comes from a Hebrew root word //Kaf-Shin-Resh//, meaning fit, proper or correct. This is the same root of the more commonly known word "__Kosher__". Ruth and her family were strictly orthodox and "ate kosher everyday" pg 17.The word "__kosher__" can also be used, and often is used, to describe ritual objects that are made in accordance with Jewish law and are fit for ritual use.

Kosher is not a style of cooking. For example chineese food can be kosher, it is simply prepared in accordance to Jewish Law. 

Any traditional Jewish meal begins with the breaking of bread. Challah is a special kind of bread used for [|Sabbath] and [|holidays]. It is a very sweet, golden, eggy bread. The taste and texture is somewhat similar to egg twist rolls (those little yellow rolls that look like knots). The loaf is usually braided, but on certain holidays it may be made in other shapes. For example, on [|Rosh Hashanah], it is traditional to serve round challah (the circle symbolizing the cycle of life, the cycle of the years). A local deli makes French toast with challah. I highly recommend this. Challah is also wonderful in sandwiches with roast beef or corned beef. Traditionally, however, it is simply used as you might use rolls with a holiday dinner. Other jewish foods include matzoh balls,kneydlach,gefilte fish,kugul,chopped liver.