stupid blog comment of the day

nestinginjapan

an anonymous commenter on my Simple, Pan Roasted Pork Chops:

"Kosher salt on Pork Chops!?"

uh, yeah. I use it in pretty much every recipe that calls for salt. Never claimed it was a Kosher dinner! 

candreco

Someone thinks they're a smarty pants! 

bmk112302

Kosher salt has nothing to do with the Kosher process used in the Jewish faith. Maybe you need to respond with this definition:

The term "kosher salt" derives not from its being made in accordance with the guidelines for kosher foods as written in the Torah (nearly all salt is kosher, including ordinary table salt), but rather due to its use in making meats kosher by removing surface blood. One salt manufacturer considers the term ambiguous, and distinguishes between "kosher certified salt" and "koshering salt". "Koshering salt" has the "small, flake-like form" useful in treating meat. "Kosher certified salt" is salt that has been certified as such by an appropriate religious body.^[2] 

TheMorrisseys

People are so dumb. I lost far too many brain cells just reading that blog comment.

JoJoEspana

lol!

nestinginjapan

bmk112302:

Kosher salt has nothing to do with the Kosher process used in the Jewish faith. Maybe you need to respond with this definition:

The term "kosher salt" derives not from its being made in accordance with the guidelines for kosher foods as written in the Torah (nearly all salt is kosher, including ordinary table salt), but rather due to its use in making meats kosher by removing surface blood. One salt manufacturer considers the term ambiguous, and distinguishes between "kosher certified salt" and "koshering salt". "Koshering salt" has the "small, flake-like form" useful in treating meat. "Kosher certified salt" is salt that has been certified as such by an appropriate religious body.^[2] 

perfect.  

oct11bride03

$10 says they thought they were being incredibly witty. Ha!

aamadore

TheMorrisseys:

People are so dumb. I lost far too many brain cells just reading that blog comment.

Exactly!

BensBabe823

hehe. So that reminds me... we're Jewish but don't keep kosher. (Though we don't cook or eat pork in our house, this is how both DH and I grew up.) My cousin (not Jewish) is a chef and one time made us this fancy shmancy meal where one of the courses was a potato latke (what everyone else would call a potato pancake) topped with sauteed spinach and bacon and blue cheese. My mom thought it was hilarious that there was bacon on a latke. Still does, to this day. Even though I've explained to her a million times that a "latke" is not only a Jewish food and that the potato pancake makes its way through several food cultures in different forms. yeah, she still can't wrap her head around the idea of bacon and latkes together! (She ate it, and enjoyed it, just thinks it's so funny for some reason.)

oct11bride03

BensBabe823:

hehe. So that reminds me... we're Jewish but don't keep kosher. (Though we don't cook or eat pork in our house, this is how both DH and I grew up.) My cousin (not Jewish) is a chef and one time made us this fancy shmancy meal where one of the courses was a potato latke (what everyone else would call a potato pancake) topped with sauteed spinach and bacon and blue cheese. My mom thought it was hilarious that there was bacon on a latke. Still does, to this day. Even though I've explained to her a million times that a "latke" is not only a Jewish food and that the potato pancake makes its way through several food cultures in different forms. yeah, she still can't wrap her head around the idea of bacon and latkes together! (She ate it, and enjoyed it, just thinks it's so funny for some reason.)

That actually sounds like an amazing recipe, although I get her point about bacon and a latke being an odd marriage.

PAGAS

oct11bride03:

BensBabe823:

hehe. So that reminds me... we're Jewish but don't keep kosher. (Though we don't cook or eat pork in our house, this is how both DH and I grew up.) My cousin (not Jewish) is a chef and one time made us this fancy shmancy meal where one of the courses was a potato latke (what everyone else would call a potato pancake) topped with sauteed spinach and bacon and blue cheese. My mom thought it was hilarious that there was bacon on a latke. Still does, to this day. Even though I've explained to her a million times that a "latke" is not only a Jewish food and that the potato pancake makes its way through several food cultures in different forms. yeah, she still can't wrap her head around the idea of bacon and latkes together! (She ate it, and enjoyed it, just thinks it's so funny for some reason.)

That actually sounds like an amazing recipe, although I get her point about bacon and a latke being an odd marriage.

Especially with cheese...milk and meat.

nestinginjapan

PAGAS:

oct11bride03:

BensBabe823:

hehe. So that reminds me... we're Jewish but don't keep kosher. (Though we don't cook or eat pork in our house, this is how both DH and I grew up.) My cousin (not Jewish) is a chef and one time made us this fancy shmancy meal where one of the courses was a potato latke (what everyone else would call a potato pancake) topped with sauteed spinach and bacon and blue cheese. My mom thought it was hilarious that there was bacon on a latke. Still does, to this day. Even though I've explained to her a million times that a "latke" is not only a Jewish food and that the potato pancake makes its way through several food cultures in different forms. yeah, she still can't wrap her head around the idea of bacon and latkes together! (She ate it, and enjoyed it, just thinks it's so funny for some reason.)

That actually sounds like an amazing recipe, although I get her point about bacon and a latke being an odd marriage.

Especially with cheese...milk and meat.

I got a blog comment once about that - I paired a dairy kugel with a chicken main dish (because it sounded good and I don't keep kosher). I explained in my blog post that I knew that it wasn't kosher, but the commenter obviously didn't read and gave me a hard time about it. whatever.

Jigginjessica

Haha. I would definitely publish that one.

nestinginjapan

Jigginjessica:

Haha. I would definitely publish that one.

oh, it's published! along with that definition of kosher in my response

BlueGeneBaby

I live in such a bubble.  I had to think about it for a second to realize they weren't questioning your seasoning choices but were trying to be witty.

The internet never fails to astound me with what people spend their time putting out there.