[Avodah] popcorn

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:23:58PM +0300, Ben Waxman wrote (just approved
a moment ago):
> way that it doesn't sit or contact water... is not prohibited, since
> the tafeil can not be more strict than the ikkar.

It was to avoid this objection that I phrased things as I did:
>> I thought the parallel was between qitinyos and chametz, not qitniyos
>> and grain. IOW, qitniyos is itself an issue, not wet qitniyos.

Returning to the CD, SA haRav (454:5) and the Chayei Adam (127:1) hold
that qitniyos that was treated in ways that wouldn't produce chameitz
in grains is not within the ban. (Although I guess that being the SAhR,
he would have you avoid gebochts for such qitniyos too...)

That said, qitniyos oil is an issue of mei qitniyos, and thus depends on
your own locale's version of the minhag, even though oil will always be
made without water. I think this indicates that at least those of you
who don't consume corn oil don't hold this way. And no raayah either
way for those of us who would consume mei qitniyos (if a hechsher would
certify such things).

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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