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דבר חריף: Sharp Foods

Question: Are leeks considered a sharp food? (I'm asking because I'm wondering if I can make a leek dip on the meat side and put in pareve oven.) Could…

Am I allowed to cook salmon on a barbecue during the nine days?

The salmon is going to sit on lemon slices, so not directly on the barbecue. Answer: There are a couple of issues to address here: Cooking fish in…

Ginger cut with Milchig knife

Question: I cut ginger and lemon with a milchig knife for my tea. Can I eat it after my Fleishig supper? Is ginger a sharp food or does that…

I fried an egg with onions and milk in a Milchig pan and used a Fleishig spatula (which was used last week). What is the Din for the pan, spatula and the food?

Answer: If the spatula was only used when the onions were already mostly fried (and lost their sharpness) you can be lenient, and only Kasher the spatula and the…

I have a salad, which contains scallions, that was made with milchig utensils.

I put the leftover salad in a fleishig plastic container with a piece of chicken. The milchig metal salad tongs and glass salad bowl were all in the fleishig…

I cut olives with a meat knife on a dairy cutting board…

...The dairy cutting board was used to cut onions a few hours earlier and the meat knife was used about 24 hours ago to cut meat. What is the…

If a clean fleishik knife that is a ben yomo just cut onions and was then put in a blender filled with oranges. Is the status of the blender now Fleishig?

In my response I will assume, though this was not specified clearly, that the blender was originally Pareve. L’chatchilla you should treat the blender as though it has become…