Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Kosher Meals -- meat and fish together Message-ID: <639@orca.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 14:48:26 EST Article-I.D.: orca.639 Posted: Sun Feb 26 14:48:26 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Feb-84 08:50:03 EST References: <1815@cbscc.UUCP> <508@pyuxmm.UUCP>, <981@pegasus.UUCP> <6469@cornell.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 22 _________ (*) An attempt at guessing what the danger may be: if fish and meat were served together, the diners might not notice the fish and thus be less careful, thinking there is only meat served to them. The danger referred to being fish bones (much more treacherous than meat bones, esp. in such fish as carp!). To substantiate such a guess would require to know what kind of dishes were served in the Mishnaic/Talmudic times in the Near-East. ___________ I have no documentation on this, but when I was taught of the "no meat and fish on the same plate" thing, the rabbi said that it has been medically discovered that meat and fish react in an unhealthy manner when combined in the eater's innards. Why this does not apply to meat eaten directly after fish, I do not know. Has anyone else heard this? Does anyone have a source for this "medical" information? Ariel Shattan ..!tektronix!orca!ariels