Comments on: Katz’s Bagel Bakery to Chelsea, Mass. authorities: “Hands Off My Dough”

By: Advice Goddess Blog

Advice Goddess Blog — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:54:26 +0000

When You’re Looking For Health Food You Eat A Bowl Of Kale, Not An Apple Turnover…

Following the lead of nanny Bloomberg, Chelsea, Massachusetts has a looming ban on trans fats — leading a bagel shop owner to vow to stop making pastries……

By: Amy Alkon

Amy Alkon — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:41:35 +0000

Not that I support government or any other nitwits controlling what adults can eat, but if Dr. Dean Xerras knew anything about dietary science, he’d be banning flour and sugar, which actually are what lead to diabetes (by causing the secretion of insulin that puts on fat).

And Dr. Mary Dan Eades, who knows a thing or two about evidence-based dietary science, will sing you the health praises of lard if you just throw the subject out. (Of course, the kosher thing may be a problem — tragic, because a world without bacon is a joyless place.)

By: boblipton

boblipton — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:24:00 +0000

It would depend on what you were cooking. Safest would be parvre, some sort of vvegetable oil and because you want saturated oils for baking, you’d be safest with cocoanut oil.

Bob

By: Peyote Short

Peyote Short — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:23:49 +0000

What was the common kosher fat before the invention of hydrogenated oils?

By: Xmas

Xmas — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:50:22 +0000

He could go back to palm kernel oil too. Palm oil was pushed out of use as it’s a saturated fat and replaced with “safer” trans-fats.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:34:55 +0000

Oy vey iz mir

By: Peyote Short

Peyote Short — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:20:49 +0000

@John Burgess: Ha! He does indeed. Lesson learned.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:44:50 +0000

@Peyote Short: Have you tried to find unhydrongenated lard these days? Hydrogenated lard does, indeed, have trans-fats.

But Walter’s argument is the more cutting.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:08:24 +0000

Sure, pick on the little guy. What did they tell Kraft and General Mills? It would be like a poodle peeing on an elephant’s leg.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:51:33 +0000

On the other hand, there’s a chance that Mr. Katz’s bagel store would not be keen on using the most notoriously un-kosher of ingredients.