[Avodah] Brush teeth after seudat shlishit

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 06:10:08PM -0400, I wrote:
: On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:52:34PM +0000, Akiva Miller wrote:
:: So RMP and I wondered -- Is there a posek anywhere, who advises that
:: on Shabbos, people should try to eat foods which are Oleh Al Shulchan
:: Melachim? Or that advises people to avoid foods which are outside of
:: that category?...

: You mean, who says that chicken cutlets are more appropriate for a
: se'udas Shabbos than tuna fish sandwiches? (At least, in this culture...)

It is clear after some private email that I was being too clever, trying
to roll up two points in one sentence, one overly subtlely.

1- I do believe that junk foods are olos al shulchan melakhim. For
example, Ronald Reagan's famous love of Jelly Belly (brand jellybeans)
<http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/jellybellies.html>,
set out to be available for visting heads of state. Kings do and always
have enjoyed nosh.

2- Therefore, discussions about applying this idea do exist, but
instead talk about having light informal Shabbos meals (like tuna fish
sandwiches), rather than avoiding "kol minei mat'amim".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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