Hmm. Does pareve mean it is like nuetral? No  need to be Kosherized

Brad

At 01/05/2004 on Monday, you wrote:
>Actually, Brad, I think Coke is pareve, which means it's fine to drink with
>Kosher food, if the question ever comes up again.  Smile.
>
>Paul who thinks he will try to find out for sure.
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>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 4:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Kosher
>
>
> > OK? When I first started my vending route here, perhaps a year after I got
> > here, a young man, very polite I might add, asked me if I sold Kosher
>Coke.
> > I was polite and said... "What! Do chickens have lips! Are you joking
> > hahahahahahhehehehehehhohohohohohho!" No. hehehe Seriously I just politely
> > said no sir, sorry. I thought it was something similar to what you said
>but
> > wasn't sure. So Vlassic then has a Rabbi on staff for blessing the Kosher
> > Pickles? hehehehehe. Thanks for the answer.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > At 01/05/2004 on Monday, you wrote:
> > >The simple answer is that kosher means "Rabbi approved" or "blessed" as
>we
> > >Christians would say, theoretically in keeping with Jewish food laws set
>out
> > >in Leviticus 11.  The word "pareve" you may notice on some foods means,
>in
> > >layman's terms, that it's okay to eat even though it's tough to fit under
> > >the letter of the Law.  Now if only they were calorie free, too.  Smile.
>No
> > >such thing as dumb questions, Brad, only dumb answers, like mine.  Smile.
> > >
> > >Paul