Kosher marshmallows

[solarbird]

I always feel sorry for the kosher marshmallows in the supermarket. There must be something in the regular kind that you can't eat if you keep a kosher kitchen, and whatever it is must be whatever keeps them from collapsing in on themselves, because the kosher versions always look deflated and sad, kind of like the three-branched Christmas Tree that Charlie Brown picks out every year. They even have to be packed in a special airtight inflated bag so they don't get entirely smooshed in shipment. I feel sorry for them and want to buy some just so somebody does, but on the other hand - who wants deflated marshmallows?

Okay, even I don't know what that has to do with anything. ^_^

Comments

[firni.livejournal.com]

It must be the gelatin. You could probably freak out the vegans by offering them non-kosher marshmallows! HERE HAVE SOME JELLO WITH THAT, EVERYBODY LIKES JELLO!

[lyricae.livejournal.com]

They might be ok for Rice Krispy Treats.

[dianala.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the gelatin. Not made from the right parts of the animal and whatnot.

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

so, are the kosher kind made with pectin?

"here! have some boiled down cow hooves!"

Hi, I'm boring

[firni.livejournal.com]

Kosher gelatin can be made from fish bones, beef, Japanese insinglass, agar agar, carrageenan, and Irish moss. According to the September/October 1989 issue of Viewpoint, a magazine from the National Council of Young Israel, "a tiny minority of rabbis permit pork gelatin as a kosher product!" Contrary to assumptions, it is also considered kosher to use animal-derived gelatin with dairy products. Unless it is specified as being derived from a non-animal source, such as agar agar and carrageenan, it is very possible that kosher gelatin is animal-derived.

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faq.htm#marshmallow

[solarbird]

{giggles} Mostly, I just feel sorry for them. They look so sad. ^_^