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KFC Israel going kosher
Meirav Crystal
Published: 09.03.09, 14:01
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1. So it will be even worse?
jake ,   herzliya   (03.09.09)
Considering how untasty KFC israel is, now it will be even worse? Why instead the don't reform the whole administration and learn what KFC is. They should have the franchise removed.
2. Will be interesting
betty avon ,   TA   (03.09.09)
that those open on Shabbat serve exactly the same food as those closed on Shabbat. Very amusing. Can't see the shlochy , waiting to be photographed, namal shenkin basel type crowd being toooo happy, being served kosher food on Shabbat ho ho, and being photographed (their raison d'etre, don't forget) eating it. That is really just too funny.
3. The poor hazer fressers in Israel will have to move
Al   (03.09.09)
to the hood in LA to get em mighty fine finger lickin ciken...MMMMM umMMMM
4. Many studies have shown soy and canola to be toxic. KFC
Rivkah   (03.09.09)
should use rice powder for the chicken instead of soy powder. After not eating at KFC for years, I tried it at a KFC in Visalia, California, last year. The chicken tasted much less toxic, so perhaps the cancer in one in three penned chickens problem has been addressed and corrected or I got a good chicken. The problem was that the aftertaste of the oil was more like motor oil than anything else. Why would a restaurant put motor oil in the fry pan? To increase the incidence of HIV infection since petroleum (benzene) in the body is necessary for HIV to take hold. OR, there was a disgruntled worker at Mary's Vineyard's KFC last year. The cole slaw was so toxic to the taste, I skipped it. Then I became concerned that lard (pork fat) might be used, so I did not try KFC again. When the Messiah comes, Isaiah says in chapters 65 and 66, He will not protect those who eat pork fat. I would like some assurance KFC does not use pork fat, so the KOSHER label is a comfort. But why just in Israel? Why not in America, too?
5. Why Rivkah?
Shalom   (03.09.09)
How is it that no matter what the subject, you manage to be a message of doom and gloom? Lighten up - it's Purim!
6. I ate a BUCKET of kosher KFC in Israel. Yes, it is probably
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (03.09.09)
terrible fast food, bad for your health, but sometimes you just have to eat something that is really good even iff fattening. Lets hope them make some kosher KFCs in America. I want to make aliyah but just can't do it yet.
7. Answer to No. 5: its called mental illness....
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (03.09.09)
never mind the doom and gloom. She's just a big ole' bag of crazy.
8. motor oil
yossi   (03.09.09)
What i want to know is, how does rivkah know was motor oil tastes like, and what hashgacha does Castrol have?
9. Forget K.F.C. and let's get a "Popeye"
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.09.09)
franchise here. How about opening franchises where people who do not live in the center of the country, Haifa or Jerusalem can also go to? Also how about a few I.H.O.P.s?
10. 5: Truth is so often sad. You prefer lies that cheer you up?
Rivkah   (03.09.09)
Not from me. Shalom.
11. 8 Yossi: Anyone who has smelled paint fumes, tastes it in
Rivkah   (03.09.09)
the mouth and knows what petroleum distilates taste like. Mineral oil that is used for constipation is also a petroleum distilate. That is not too far from motor oil.
12. 7 Andy: Jealous or just complaining again?
Rivkah   (03.09.09)
At least I contribute something to protect people, unlike you who just wants to insult intelligence with slander.
13. I don't get it
jon ,   nyc   (03.09.09)
The article says "The approval was granted after two years of negotiations and deliberations, since the milk-powder element has been an inseparable part of KFC's world-famous coating for over half a century." It also says that there are currently two KFC's in Israel that are closed on shabbat and are "kosher". how are they kosher if the formula - until today - called for milk powder???
14. 5: The people who will be spared when the Jewish Messiah
Rivkah   (03.09.09)
comes are those who are not swine eaters or breakers of other commandments without repentence. Those who will be spared the rage of Satan are those who sigh and cry for the nation, not those who celebrate and cheer things that upset the Lord. Learn how to sigh and cry because that is a protection in the coming days of Satan's rage that leads to Armageddon. Psalms 91 promises God will protect a few from even plagues that will come in the last days if they love the Lord and His commandments which are different from the commandments of men. HIV is a disease that is to be feared and avoided. It can be transmitted from counter tops and piggybacks the tuberculosis bacteria when tb patients who are in a lot of places, cough. HIV is viable on surfaces for 24 hours and can go through latex gloves or skin without sexual contact. Chuck Missler has researched this extensively and has lectures available for purchase online at Koinonia House in Idaho.
15. How about Jm?
Ora ,   Jerusalem   (03.09.09)
I realllly miss KFC Jerusalem! I know it's awful for you, but I loved it. Where are the other kosher branches? Will travel to get that yummy drug. And please, Colonel, open a kosher one in Jerusalem soon!
16. Rivkah its Purim go get drunk!
(03.09.09)
17. Milk & Chicken
Al ,   Wilkes-Barre, US   (03.10.09)
In the Talmud, the eminent amorah Rav Sheshet permits poultry with milk. To stretch the rules of meat and milk to chicken is far fetched. The rule does not apply to fish, so why does it apply to fowl? All this from the verse "thou shalt not cook a kid in its mother's milk."
18. This is good for seculars
P ,   Philadelphia   (03.10.09)
As a nonobservant who has some Chabad and otherwise Frum friends, it's always nice when a new Kosher restaurant opens up - it's more places that I can eat with them. It's nicer yet when it's meat-kosher so I can get a hardy meal rather than eat trail mix :)
19. support domestic fast food not american giants
zionist forever   (03.10.09)
KFC is not the same thing but those people who like fast food should be giving more support to the domestic chains like Burger Ranch which is in serious financial trouble rather than the likes of Mc Donalds or Burger King. I would rather see an Israeli company making money rather than global American giants. As for KFC it taste awful anyway and there isn't even much choice you can buy chicken, chicken or chicken just in different formats.
20. When will we have KFC in Ashdod?
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (03.10.09)
Frankly I've never tasted KFC in Israel, and hardly seen any restaurant here. I hope it doesn't taste like crap, like many other American foods that are imported here, like Wendy's, Pizza Hut or Cherry Cola. For some reason I remember them tasting much better in America.
21. Why is chicken with dairy not kosher?
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (03.10.09)
Eacting chicken meat with dairy is not "seething a young goat in its mother's milk", and thus this is not in violation of the bible. Chickens are not mammals. Chickens do not produce milk. What a stupid and idiotic halacha.
22. Canola toxic? Urban legend
Ilan ,   Ariel   (03.10.09)
I've read this and it is based on two half-truths: first that the wild variant of the rapeseed is toxic. Well the wild variant of the almond is also toxic. Plant breeders have domesticated the plant to make it nutritious and safe. The second point is that organic compounds are used to extract oils for cooking. This is not true in the modern processes used today.
23. 16 Irmo: I do not get drunk at Purim or any other time...
(03.10.09)
because drunkards go to hell when they die unless they repent and change. I do drink small amounts of alcohol in beer for asthma since it relaxes the bronchioles (air tubes) without the toxicity of albuterol prescription inhalers that can cause death if used too often. Why would people want to get drunk on Purim? That is when people had to be totally on guard to defend themselves from the Persians. History repeats and the Persians are about to attack the Jews again, or haven't you read the news. The Bible says to be sober, be vigilant, for your adversary the devil roams about as a raging lion, seeking whoever he can devour. You were probably drinking when you made the mistake in accounting, being grieved by your mother's cancer and pain, trying to drown your own pain. You see how the devil devoured you and destroyed the good you have done when you let down your guard? Love, Rivkah P.S. Can I see your Abba now so he does not think I have abandoned him? I can fly to Ben Gurion if I am not on a no fly list. Paul Craig Roberts, the former editor of the Wall Street Journal said a million people are on no fly lists now for political reasons that are mostly unjustified. But I will try if you say it is all right to see your Abba. The spirit never sleeps and he will know I was there praying for him.
24. 22 Ilan, Ariel: Canola oil was used to make mustard gas in
Rivkah   (03.10.09)
World War I and you want to use it in COOKING??? Soy and Canola oil are part of the conspiracy to reduce the world population to 500 million people. Canola oil is more toxic than soy oil and it plugs up the blood vessels in the eyes causing glaucoma. People have been known to have their skin fall off their shoulders from eating too much Canola oil which is rapeseed oil with a smultzy name. This is no urban legend. Look into the research. Olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil are safe oils that do not raise cholesterol or cause glaucoma or cause the skin to fall off a person.
25. Now were talking!
Robert Goldman ,   KFAR SABA ISRAEL   (03.10.09)
I grew up with KFC and I miss the taste! yes it is all about taste! Now that they are kosher maybe there will be a few more KFC's opening up around here! My tastebuds just did a back flip
26. #24 It's an urban myth, Rivkah.
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (03.10.09)
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp It's just a mix of lies and half-truths concocted together to cause mass hysteria. And your conspiracy theories, while amusing, have no real basis.
27. 26 Roman: The seed oil cartel tells many lies to the public.
Rivkah   (03.10.09)
They lied about coconut oil that was in baby formula, saying it raised the cholesterol when it did not, so toxic seed oils like soy and canola could be marketed. Soy sauce is fermented and is not toxic, but soy oil and canola oil are very toxic. I refer you to an honest article unlike the article you posted that is obviously from an author who was paid off by the seed oil cartel that is very powerful. Canola is a great furniture polish, but does not belong in food. July 2003 The Spectrum News magazine published an article entitles "BLINDNESS, MAD COW DISEASE, AND 'CANOLA' OIL". Not only does Canola Oil cause blindness from GLAUCOMA by plugging up the small blood vessels in the eyes, it causes MAD COW DISEASE! Pig farmers noticed that when they stopped putting Canola oil in pig feed, the pigs stopped getting Mad Cow Disease called Scrapie in Sheep and Crutchfield Jacobs Disease in humans which is a brain wasting disease. CANOLA OIL CAUSED BRAIN WASTING DISEASE!
28. 26 Roman cont'd: According to research reported in
Rivkah   (03.10.09)
The Spectrum News in July of 2003, Canola oil contains large amounts of isothicyanates which are cyanide-containing compounds. That is why it was so effective as mustard gas in World War I. Cyanide INHIBITS mitochondial production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the energy molecule that fuels the mitochondria. CANOLA ACTS AS A SLOW POISONING AGENT. Microwave cooking and cell phones are likewise dangerous, but the public is denied information about the dangers unless they research it deeply and pay for the information. Global warming is a hoax, too, and 31,000 scientists around the world mostly with Ph.D.'s have signed a statement calling Global Warming a hoax. There are many lies presented to the public as truth. For Global Warming, it is a money making scam for the UN to tax the world and raise an army for a one world government. Canola oil causes brain wasting viral disease called scrapie. The experts said the effects of rape oil in ingestion take at least 10 years to manifest. when rapeseed oil (Canola oil) is removed from animal feed, scrapie disappeared. Peanut butter has become toxic because the peanut oil was removed and replaced with rapeseed oil (Canola oil) in many brands. People are becoming more violent, in part because Canola oil causes not only blindness and brain wasting disease, but also violence in sheep and pigs and other animals that eat it, as well as in people who eat Canola oil. Canola oil is also associated with systemic lupus, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, pulmonary hyperteneion, neuopathy, and "myelinoma" which is the deterioration of the myelin sheath around the nerves.
29. RIVKAH
DAVID ,   HERZLIA,ISRAEL   (03.10.09)
YOU ARE A HUGE PAIN IN......., I GUESS YOU DO NOT EAT ANYTHING FOR FEAR OF POISON, YOU DO NOT GO OUT OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU MAY BE HIT BY A CAR,BUS, TRAIN... YOU DO NOT FLY BECAUSE THE PLANE MAY DROP FROM THE SKY, I ASSUME YOU DO NOT SAIL BECAUSE THE BOAT MAY SINK,... ETC ETC ETC .... YOU ARE SO DEPRESSING !!!! YOU THINK THE MESSIAH IS COMING...!!, I THINK HE MISSED THE TRAIN/PLANE/CAR/WHITE DONKEY SOMETIME BETWEEN 1939 TO 1945....... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN !!!! RIVKAH.. GET A LIFE !!!!!
30. 26 Roman: Since it is Canada that unleashed toxic Canola oil
Rivkah   (03.10.09)
on America and the world, it would be well to examine the motives. Canada signed a mutual defense treaty with Russia in the 1980's AGAINST America in exchange for the northern American States after an invasion of America. What is a good way to weaken the population of America before an invasion? Feed them Canola oil and pretend it is healthy, is one way to weaken the population since Canola oil is so toxic to the brain, nervous system, blood vessels and other parts of the body. God will judge the perpetrators of slow poisons such as Canola oil that causes brain wasting disease in about ten years in humans.
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