Is Kosher Meat Healthier?
Kosher meat is considered safer and cleaners than conventional meat for good reason. Strict Jewish law requires rigorous inspections: Animals must be active and healthy before slaughter and blemish-free afterward. Kosher beef inspectors reject about 50 times as many animals as USDA inspectors do. The slaughtering process is also considered by some to be more humane and hygienic. Kosher slaughters train with rabbis and veterinary experts to lean how to adminsiter quick, painless deaths, and the meat is immediately cleaned and salted-a practice that is dictated by religious law and has the benefit of inhibiting bacterial growth. But safer, cleaner meat doesn’t guarantee that it’s healthier: Kosher animals are raised on conventional farms, which often administer growth hormones and antibiotics. And kosher hot dogs can be loaded with nitrates and saturated fat. If health is your goal, choose organic kosher meat. Like Wise Kosher Natural Poultry . And if humane is your goal, stick with veggie dogs.
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Earthly Eating Recipe:
The Happy Traveler
Serves 2
2 to 3 tomatoes (preferably heirloom), thickly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black-pepper to taste
4 leaves fresh basil, torn roughly
2 tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
1 very ripe avocado
4 tbs. mayonnaise
Juice of 1/2 lemon
4 slices soft oatmeal or oat-nut bread, toasted
6 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked until crisp (optional)
1 head Boston or butter lettuce, leaves seperated
Place the tomatoes in a portable container. Sprinkle with the salt, pepper, and basil and drizzle with the olive oil. Cut the avocado in half and scoop out the flesh. In another container, mash it with the mayonnaise and lemon juice. Seal the containers until serving time. Then spread each slice of bread with the avocado mayonnaise and make 2 sandwiches, dividing the bacon, lettuce and tomatoes evenly between them.
Happy Eating!
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