Dairy foods must come from a kosher animal, have no meat fats or substances in them, and have no non kosher substances in them. EVER be mixed and eaten together in the same meal. A number of non dairy products with properties similar to milk are now available and can be used in place of butter, milk, or cream. Pareve applies to foods that are not meal or dairy or derivatives of them and can generally be served with either meat or dairy meals. Vegetables, fruits, non dairy product substitutes are pareve.
Fish are pareve.
Kosher fish must have both fins and scales. Sheilah is currently the food editor for the Washington Jewish Week and the Potomac Almanac newspapers and crisscrosses the country teaching her easy fearless fussless cooking. Sheilah's bio . Link to FSPro net Features Page . Link to FSPro net News .