Comment Re:Interesting (Score 2) 69
I have one chefs knife that is sharp like a razor. I have a stainless steel bowl I make a sanitation solution in (one or two cap fulls of bleach) and throw in a clean small towel or two. The super sharp knife makes sure onions and the like don't squirt unneeded juice, and I can wipe off the blade between food types.
Kosher was created because people didn't know what germs are, and just knew that if you ate certain foods you were more likely to get sick, but didn't know why. And they didn't know that the problem with wood handles on knives was that bits of stuff could get stuck between the steel and wood allowing contamination. So the rabbis just made up a rule and put it in the book that said, unless it is blessed by a rabbi, you can't eat that food or use that type of cooking tool. And then the rabbis would only bless food that was less likely to make you sick. Now we know about germs and raise animals in ways they won't be contaminated (e.g. trichinosis in pigs is almost unheard of now, and we know about things like 'red tide' and other stuff that contaminate shellfish and crustaceans). So Kosher doesn't mean shit anymore. Only people who think there is a god that watches what you eat believes that nonsense now.