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How to Bake Pareve Challah in a Meat Oven

Question: We want to bake challahs in a meat oven - but to keep them pareve. So I know the oven has to be cleaned and preheated and that…

Can I bake something in a Fleishig oven and serve it with Milchig ice cream?

If served together Mamosh, it should not be done L'chatchilla. So, can I first preheat the oven on high temperature and then use it together? See here. …

If I use a Fleishig mixing bowl and utensils to mix a batter and then bake it in a Pareve oven, can I have that food together with Milchig food, for example the bread with butter?

Yes.

My two year old daughter stuck a cold pizza in the Pareve toaster oven. But did not turn on the toaster so everything remained cold. But perhaps some of the cheese got scraped off the pizza into the toaster and when turned on will be heating up those specs of cheese. Does this make the toaster Milchig?

If the toaster looks clean, it remains Pareve.

If I bake a cake in a Pareve oven using clean utensils that are sometimes used for Fleishigs, is the cake considered completely Pareve?

No, it is not necessarily completely Pareve. To make a cake Pareve, you have to put the cake in a disposable dish, Pareve dishes, or with a piece of aluminum…

A Pareve knife was only used for cutting bread but was washed together with Fleishig dishes. May I use that knife to cut bread and then use that bread with butter?

If the knife was washed with soap or if the water did not reach , the knife is considered Pareve and you may use the bread for Milchig. However,…

Knife Washed in Wrong Dishwasher

Case #1: I washed my Pareve knife in the Milchig dishwasher. Soap in the first cycle. Is it still Pareve? If not, can it be Kashered back to Pareve? Answer:…

We have a Pareve knife used for cutting onions. The knife was washed with dirty Fleishig dishes. May I Kasher the knife back to Pareve status?

One may Kasher from Fleishig to Pareve. Even from Fleishig to Milchig is permissible if it became Treif. See here for a discussion on the topic.

Is it permissible to Kasher meat forks and spoons from Passover to Pareve weekday and eventually perhaps use it for dairy for a weekday?

It is OK to Kasher from Fleishig (or Milchig) to Pareve. If one did Kasher from Fleishig to Pareve, and then at a later stage wants to now make it…

Is mother’s milk considered Pareve, Milchig or Fleishig?

Q. Must I wash bottles or dishes of breast milk with its own sponge? A. Mother's milk is considered Pareve. However, we give it the status of Milchig because…

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