[Avodah] Any opinions on the kashrus of Peng Peng?

[Zev Sero]

On 11/05/2012 1:46 PM, hankman wrote:
> Since  man was granted permission to eat vegetation, then certainly that would include any substances that are indeed consumed by the vegetation in order for them to grow and thus become food for man.

Kosher birds and fish eat treife animals.  (For that matter, so do
kosher mammals.)  Would your kal vachomer mean that we can eat whatever
a chicken eats?!

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