[Avodah] Peanuts and other Kitnios

[Zev Sero]

Danny Schoemann wrote:

> Apparently not. There are 3 reasons (in the Poskim) for forbidding Kitnios:
> 1) You can make flour out of it
> 2) It grows in/on a Sharvit. (stalk?)

Pod.

> 3) Midi D'Midgan. Either that it's harvested into piles/granaries or
> else any "grain".

You left out:
4) Is cooked as a porridge (daysa, aka kashe)


> Peanuts:
> - Are apparently sometimes made into flour.
> - Machlokes if it grows on/in a Sharvit

They certainly do grow in pods, just like other peas.  Anyone can see
that.


> - Are not Midi D'Midgan

I'm not so sure about that.  They're certainly harvested in bulk and
stored for use far in the future.  And vast quantities are shelled
and stored without their shells.  How is that different than what
happens to dagan?

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