Ideal Bite

Glad that kosher pickles is what you miss. Todays ideal bite tip recommended kosher meat which is not humane at all. Quite the opposite. This website has lots of information on it: http://www.goveg.com/kosher.asp

Thanks for the comment above--and please note, IdealBite Staff and Readers, it's not just a problem in a far-away land (South America); it's right here, everywhere--Pottsville, Iowa; live markets in New York and elsewhere; and so forth. Also from PETA is this: http://tinyurl.com/23snpe The punch line is that while Kosher may theoretically be more humane, there is no guarantee--and many videotaped incidents can prove this. I know the staff wrote "sometimes" cleaner/more humane--but please don't be talkin' "animal friendly" and so forth. If a murderer ensured you a relatively painless death, would you consider him victim-friendly? C'mon, now.

Major inaccuracies about 4/2/08 ideal bite: Kosher is FAR from animal friendlier, please correct. In practice usually, Kosher killed animals are nowhere near friendly or even friendlier. With all due deference to those of any religion among us, I was appalled that a usually well-researched urban environmental e-list, "Ideal Bite", claimed that, "Kosher diet's ... animal-friendlier" and "more humanely produced meal", despite much documentation by organizations like the New York Times, PETA, etc. Yes, I woke-up this morning and read this and couldn't believe my eyes after the numerous first-hand videos and descriptions to the contrary, showing cows having their throat slit (sometimes multiple times) fully conscious and then stumble around still conscious for ... far too long. This is 'animal friendlier"??? I guess some people are still covering their eyes hoping for truly happy meals when the vegetarian/vegan meals are a whole lot happier! :) Andreas Press in the last few years: On November 30, 2004, The New York Times broke the story of what it called "grisly" animal abuse at the world's largest glatt kosher slaughterhouse, AgriProcessors Inc. March 10, 2006, New York Times "Inquiry Finds Lax Federal Inspections at Kosher Meat Plant"

Seriously, I really do love ideal bite- its a great start to the morning. But its sad that I can't really take anything you say tooo seriously (at least, not without doing my own background checks on what you say) since aparently "good research" is a slightly foreign concept in the ideal bite world.

Just to clarify, the reason why kosher slaughter is NOT at all humane is that it forbids stunning of the animal prior to slaughter. Rendering an animal unconcious is an absolutely necessary step in a more-humane slaughter process. Of course, the most humane option is an animal-free diet. However, because the animal is conscious for the slaughter process, kosher slaughter is actually one of the least humane alternatives.

Ideal Bite: what happened? Did a Rabbi slip you a $20 to send out a daily bite with such egregious inaccuracies? Kosher more animal friendly? Really? And what part is confusing about the fact that animal farming causes more green house emission than cars? How could a "green" ideal bite encourage meat consumption? I'm glad to see other biters are on top of it and waking you up to the mistake. I hope you guys are able to admit mistakes (unlike some national leaders we know) and let your community know the reality of meat.

I'm glad to see other people are sounding off about today's 'tip' because when I read it I nearly went through the roof!! A lOT of people out there, myself included, take these tips seriously; and it sickens my heart to think that people now have it in their heads that kosher meat can be 'animal friendly'. Are you freaking kidding me???? Have you *seen* the video footage???? I defy anyone to witness an animal being bled out and say that it's humane or 'animal friendly' in any way!! ARGH!! I'm livid!!

thank you to everyone who wrote to refute the "humane" kosher butchering. i think ideal bite should offer a retraction- it's completely false information. yes, kosher meat is theoretically killed in a more humane manner, but not in reality. and i thought ideal bite was supposed to be based in reality. anyways, thanks.

No, no, no, no, no. As a Jewish vegetarian, I have to hope that today's tip was a continuation of your April Fool's joke. "Kosher pareve" does exclude most meat and dairy, but includes fish, eggs, and animal-derived gelatin. Kosher killing is NOT more humane since, as noted above, it forbids stunning the animal before killing it by slitting its throat. Kosher meat is NOT more environmentally responsible, since it involves discarding large parts of the animal (half of a cow, for example) that would otherwise be consumed. These are just a few of the reasons why more and more Jews are going vegetarian; lots more reasons and information are at http://www.jewishveg.com/, http://www.kosherandhumane.com/, and http://www.goveg.com/kosher.asp. Better kosher meat does exist -- at http://shop.deliciousorganics.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&..., for example -- but it's not better than other organic, free-range/pasture-raised meat. I have been at Biter for years and this is the first time I've felt compelled to write. I strongly urge you to send a Bite correcting this misinformation!

Shame on IdealBite. I was really saddened to see that ideal bite didn't do their research in respect to kosher slaughter. It is NOT humane. Articles from the NY Times to investigations from AR groups show that kosher can be just as cruel as regular factory farmed meat. The animal after all is fully alert when their throat is slit. Hardly kind. Please send out a retraction. And please look further into the issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/01/national/01kosher.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=k...