The sciatic nerve (that runs through the thigh) is not allowed to be eaten. Filet is meat from the thigh. To get the nerve out means turning the meat into chop rather than filet. I'm sure it could be done slowly and carefully by hand but the cost would be extreme. Religious reason is Yakov's fight with the Angel of Esuv at night and winning over him. At the end of the fight the angel hit him in 'the hollow of his thigh', i.e. the sciatic nerve. We don't eat that in remembrance.
Of course, 10 years from now we'll find out that the sciatic nerve holds neurotoxins and should not be eaten. ;) At 12:49 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >Why is filet a no no? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:42 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Circumcision article link > >Mikey- >tell 'em about which kinds of steak are ok, which not! (e.g. no Filet) >-Ben > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:44 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> >> >> A Kosher rare steak might have some 'meat juice' in it but >> the blood has all been drained and the meat has been salted. >> If you ate a Kosher steak I'd expect it to taste very >> different than a non-Kosher one. >> >> At 12:43 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >What about rare steak? >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:42 AM >> >To: CF-Community >> >Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> > >> >No Jewish vampires either. >> >Yes, one can eat non-Kosher is their life depends on it but >> vampires are >> >by definition not alive so their life can't depend on it. >> i.e. a vampire >> >who's Jewish and religious has to starve. >> > >> >At 12:31 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>Gee, somehow I knew the Masai weren't Jewish >> >>;-) >> >> >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >>> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:31 AM >> >>> To: CF-Community >> >>> Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> At 12:19 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>> >thanks, not eating pork is always something i've wondered about. >> >>> > >> >>> >whats the exact religious reason? >> >>> Laws of ritual purity when dealing with what you eat. Land >> >>> animals have to have split hooves and chew their cud. Sea >> >>> animals have to have fins and scales. Birds of prey >> >>> (depending on claw configuration) are not allowed. Those are >> >>> the basics. Also, blood is not allowed. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >-----Original Message----- >> >>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >>> >Sent: 12 April 2002 16:52 >> >>> >To: CF-Community >> >>> >Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >Pig is one of the animals specifically mentioned as being >> >>> not allowed. Even >> >>> >when I wasn't religious I didn't eat it (and I was just a >> >>> kid). Closest I've >> >>> >come is soy bacon. salty, but I love it. :) >> >>> > >> >>> >At 11:39 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>> >>so as far as your concerned it's a commandment not to eat pork? >> >>> >> >> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >>> >>Sent: 12 April 2002 16:40 >> >>> >>To: CF-Community >> >>> >>Subject: Re: Circumcision article link >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >>Actually, a religious person (at least this one) looks at >> >>> it and says that >> >>> >>its a commandment and I'm doing it because its a >> >>> commandment. If science >> >>> >>says that the commandment has a physical effect, then fine >> >>> and good. The >> >>> >>physical effect is totally secondary to the spiritual effect. >> >>> >>To say that the commandment or every commandment was done >> >>> for a physical >> >>> >>reason such as health opens the door to denial of the >> root of the >> >>> >>commandment. Hey, not eating pork was because of >> >>> trichinosis. If we cook it >> >>> >>right then we wouldn't get the disease and we can now eat >> >>> it. Same for all >> >>> >>the other commandments. This is the rational of the reform >> >>> movement and a >> >>> >>rational rejected by religious Jews. >> >>> >> >> >>> >>At 03:51 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>> >>>It seems that much of the old testament law, such as >> >>> circumcision, what to >> >>> >>eat and not to eat, etc., has a good basis in what is >> >>> healthy, especailly >> >>> >>given the lack of sanitary conditions of the times. >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>>A religious person might argue that this is God making up >> >>> the lack of >> >>> >>science of the time to protect people. A non-believer might >> >>> argue that this >> >>> >>is wise people coming up religious law to mirror their own >> >>> observations >> >>> >>about what makes a person sick. Either way, it >> >>> demonstrates a good deal of >> >>> >>wisdom in the old books. >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>>H. >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>>---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> >>> >>>from: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> >>>date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:56:23 -0700 >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>>>Found a link to the original article on circumcision & >> >>> risk of cervical >> >>> >>>>cancer - it's in the New England Journal of Medicine: >> >>> >>>>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/15/1105 >> >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>>Apparently, the foreskin is particularly susceptible to >> >>> infection from >> >>> >HPV >> >>> >>- >> >>> >>>>human papilloma virus - which is linked to cervical cancer. >> >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>>-Ben >> >>> >>>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. 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