Stromness, Scotland, UK – Top rabbis have been flown in from America by a Scots herring company to make sure their fish is 100 per cent kosher.
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The Orkney Herring Company landed a deal to send 54,000 pots of the fish to the United States every month.
But to meet strict Jewish religious laws, its preparation must be scrutinised by a leading rabbi, who makes sure it has not touched non-kosher fish such as sharks and eels.
Managing director Ken Sutherland said: "It's for the whole Jewish-American market, so we have to cater for the more orthodox branches too. That means we'll be getting visits every few weeks, instead of just at Passover."
Herring is popular in Jewish cuisine, eaten with crackers on Friday evenings or for the Sabbath dinner on Saturdays.
The firm was set up in 1987 and produce sweet-cured herring from a secret family recipe which is hidden in a safe at a secret location. [dailyrecord]
secret family recipe which is hidden in a safe at a secret location.
Yea, right. Its in a hermatically sealed mayonaise jar under Funk & Wagnalls’ porch.
It’s not the OU or my father would have been asked to go out ther!! The oil they use is Kosher certified by the Manchester Beth din but not for Passover use so who knows what is going on there!!
something smells very “fishy”… is idnt know they have kosher lpesach herring? i guess i will have to herring up to get some!!!!!
Why fly them in from the states on a regular basis – B’h there are Rabonim in Glasgow, Gateshead, Manchester and London who are a lot closer, so could keep closer tabs at lower cost.
Can something be less than 100% kosher?
It’s like saying a woman is 45% pregnant.
Rabbi Herring from the RCA
perhaps rabbi “fishman”
shmeyius tovos, giteh herring.
Which Rabbi? anyone know?