Does Anyone Know of any Hiking/Camping Food that is considered Kosher?

[Another Kevin]

And I have some Jewish friends who pay close attention to which organization's hashgacha is on the packaging. (These are the ones who, for instance, insist on chalav yisrael dairy products - they don't believe that chalav stam is ever acceptable, it's all chalav akum. There's frum, and then there's meshugah-frum.)

I very seldom use packaged backpacking food. I prepare freezer bag meals at home. But it's about seasoning them to my taste, not about dietary restrictions.

[Rocket Jones]

There have been some good suggestions, but the OP was asking about kosher items to sell in his store.

[Ktaadn]

Oreos are Kosher

[Mags]

dumb question, but is it possible to sell dried "regular" food that happens to be used for backpacking? Or does it have to be a backpacking specific brand?

One quick example of what I mean, many brands of beef jerky are kosher (at least from quick google searches)

[Tuckahoe]

That is my thought as well... that other than products such as Harmony House, the solution would seem to be to stock those grocery items that are kosher, that also appeal to all backpackers.

[Dogwood]

dumb question, but is it possible to sell dried "regular" food that happens to be used for backpacking? Or does it have to be a backpacking specific brand?

One quick example of what I mean, many brands of beef jerky are kosher (at least from quick google searches)

That is what I was trying to get at in post #17. One survey of any large grocery store's food labels in the U.S. focusing in on foods that commonly appeal to backpackers and, although we might not all be accustomed to looking for and finding Kosher labeled food, you'll find quite a few products that appeal to veru wide range of backpackers including those seeking Kosher labeled products. A good place to start looking for Kosher branded products is in the International Food, Organic, vegetarian/Vegan, Gluten free, Diabetic, etc aisles. You'll notice plenty of those types of products multi labeled because they appeal to a larger crossover/multi-use/diet market.

..... the solution would seem to be to stock those grocery items that are kosher, that also appeal to all backpackers.

This what I said back in post #11.

[Tuckahoe]

This what I said back in post #11.

Oh I don't know... I was just echoing what someone had said back in post #7

[quasarr]

BTW, I made a mistake before possibly misleading readers to assume it is only Jews who eat Kosher. Not only do Vegans and vegetarians sometimes start off seeking food that is labeled Kosher, and then further review it to see if it meets their specific dietary requirements, but if you visit middle eastern food stores or those that carry products that are vended to ethnicities/nationalities and religions such as Islam(Moslems) such as Turkish, Egyptian, Morrocan, Lebanese, etc you'll also find Kosher branded foods. From what I gather and have heard something like more than 50% of the food available in the U.S. is Kosher but without carrying the Kosher seal/label. Some say as high as 75%. Know why you don't see the certified Kosher seal/label that often though? You have to pay a fee to a Rabbi to have that seal/label.

For strict observers, the Kosher certification is necessary. The rules are not just limited to ingredients (no pork, shellfish, etc) but the preparation is also important. For example, the same knife cannot be used to cut both kosher and non-kosher foods. Of course not everybody is so strict, but as you pointed out for non-Jewish people the kosher certification (especially for meat) is a sign of quality. Kosher meat guarantees that the animal was killed in a humane and sanitary way. So chicken is a permissible animal to eat, but if the chicken is killed improperly it is not kosher.

And some foods are always kosher - for example, fresh fruits and vegetables require no certification, as long as they are unprocessed and free of bugs.

As you and Odd Man Out mentioned, Muslims often accept kosher food as halal. (although not the other way around, as kosher laws tend to be more strict)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...h_dietary_laws

[Franco]

Obvious that several in this thread have or had no idea whatsoever of what kosher food is all about, so why guess or offer suggestions on topics we are not familiar with ?

[Cedar1974]

http://www.myownmeals.com/emergency-camping/

Here is an article you might find helpful.

[rafe]

http://www.myownmeals.com/emergency-camping/

Here is an article you might find helpful.

Ugh. Kosher or not, only gomers eat MREs.

A neighbor of mine once gave me one of these boxes. They were uniformly awful. Coincidentally, this neighbor is Jewish and a retired "food packaging" engineer for one of the armed services, not sure which. His wife used to bring delicious kugel to our potluck dinners. Now that stuff was tasty.

[Mags]

His wife used to bring delicious kugel to our potluck dinners. Now that stuff was tasty.

My closest friends in town are Jewish and invite me over for the holidays. They made kugel with buttrscotch recently for Yom Kippur.

Man..was that good.

[theinfamousj]

My closest friends in town are Jewish and invite me over for the holidays. They made kugel with buttrscotch recently for Yom Kippur.

Man..was that good.

But you are not supposed to eat on Yom Kippur. That is one of the main points of observance. (Not that most people do fast or anything...)

Signed,
Hiking Jewish Gal

[rafe]

^^ Perhaps Mags is thinking of a break-fast party, which happens just as Yom Kippur is ending? (It's a tradition we observe... anything with lots of good food is fine by me...) As in, literally, breaking the "fast."

[Mags]

^^ Perhaps Mags is thinking of a break-fast party, which happens just as Yom Kippur is ending? (It's a tradition we observe... anything with lots of good food is fine by me...) As in, literally, breaking the "fast."

Yes. I should have said "Breaking the fast" It was after 5pm.Quite a few of my friends present at the "Breaking of the fast" did indeed fast.


My wife and I were among the few non-Jewish. Italians can't fast I told them.

(Though we both have strong, vocal women as mothers. Lots of food at holidays. And lots of er, animated conversations!)

[theinfamousj]

Ah. Now I am jealous. I want to come to your break the fast. All I can eat after fasting that long is a few crackers and a cup of OJ. My stomach complains for 25 hours, then pulls a "just kidding" on me every. Single. Year.

Not amused, tummy. Not amused.