Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-10-06

10 aiso tne rcasOn lnat- the cattle art
not made insensible by blows on thu
head before killing them, as is done Ii
common slaughtering. hA
| But while the animal is pronounced
"Kosher," its meat does not become SC
before it has undergone another process,
called "borsting." This consists in the
removal of all bloody veins and gristle,
at which work the Shochet generally
assists, although it may be done without
his help, provided he inspects the meat
after it has been done. AS this work
would be very tedious if extended to the
hind quarters, these are considered
"treife' and sold to the Gentle butch
els. Calves and sheep are killed in the
same way as, cattle, only that calves or
lambs must not be under eight days old
at the time of the killing. Nor are the
hind quarters of calves and lambs re-
jected unless the animal had passed it's
youthful days before it came under the
hands of the Shochet. Chickens, geese,
turkeys, ducks and pigeons are killed
by the Shochet by simple decapitation
with his keen-edged knife, but in all
cases the greatest care is taken to cut
down the animal in moment of COM
plete rest and blissful ignorance of the
coming fate, and to make its death as
sudden and speedy as possible. TIE
greatest care is also used in freeing the
meat OF all killed ANIMALS of every par
ticle of blood and other substances d
clared "treife' by the Jewish law.
No blood of any animal is considered
tit food for any jew, but the heart, the
lungs, the liver and kidneys are
Kosher If carefully borsted."
1t will be seen that the Intervention
OF the Shochet secures to the orthodox
jew flesh-foOd in an absolutely healthy
condition, the reason for the law having
been, in tact, nothing but q desire to
protect the children of Israel against
the many diseases so apt to re-
suit from the consumption Of the meat
of unhealthy animals.
1t is quite natural that "Kosher"
meat should command higher price
than is ruling in the general meat mar
ket. The butcher has to pay cent
higher for the live cattle he buys on &C
count of the trouble the slaughtering by
the Shochet causes in the slaughter
house, aside from that, the "borsting"
requires vast amount of labor, hot
counting the loss in weight caused by
the careful cleaning the meat receives
before it is put on sale.
Ii the butcher undertakes to corn
beef for his orthodox customers he has
to employ again extraordinary care.
The meat must first be soaked in fresh
water for an hour, then it has to be bed
ded in salt for half an hour, and then
washed again before it goes into q
brine, in which it remains twenty-four
hours. But little corned beef is made
in consequence.
The rarest thing in "Kosher''
is soup-bone. The dc.
mand is very large but the supply linn
tied, as the dealers conscience and the
iealously with which he guards his rep
utation prevents him from palming off
on his customers bones of even the
of Kosher" animals I'M
less these headquarters had been pro-
nounced perfectly "Kosher." He gen.
orally compromises by reserving the
for those of his customers
whose circumstances do not permit of
their buying the regular cuts of beef.
The orthodox jew looks upon his
butcher as trusted person, and the
latter has rarely, i ever, been known to
betray the trust imposed on him. He
is generally sincerely religious, has
learned lis trade from his father, and
is descended from long line of butch
ers. Feeling conscious of the impor-
lance of his position, he bears himself
with considerable dignity, looking upon
the rest of mankind as people depend
ent entirely on him for protection
against the evils arising from tire con-
sumption of ''treife'' food. But he i'll
turn depends with implicit confidence
on the Shochet, who treasures the parch-
ment credentials of his high office with
anxious care.
There is at least one "Kosher"
butcher in Chicago who has served his
people here for eighteen years. Ho is
native of Russian Poland, as are all his
competitors, and by far the majority OF
his customers. Only the most orthodox
Jews cling to the "Kosher" butcher;
those that are in the least degree in
clined to be liberal will generally
emancipate themselves from the
Shochet sooner than from any of the
forms of the worship OF their fathers
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