<div dir="ltr"><div>It is common in some circle to eat fish a non-kosher restaurant/hotel/cruise when the chef double wraps the Salmon before cooking.</div><div>Especially in cruises the kitchen staff has seen such requests many times and is well prepared.</div>
<div> </div><div>Halachically sveral problems occur to me</div><div> </div><div>1. bishul akum</div><div>2. If the fish is not whole, the knife used to cut a portion is treif</div><div>3. identifying the fish as kosher</div>
<div>4. ?</div><div> </div><div>Any ideas?</div><div> </div><div>Below is an email I received from a friend of mine</div><div> </div><div><<a href="http://adderabbi.blogspot.com/>On">http://adderabbi.blogspot.com/>On</a> The Contrary<br>
</div><div><br>----------<br>The End of "Eat Fish Out" Orthodoxy?</div><div>Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:33 AM PDT</div><div>I do not eat fish. The taste of fish makes me gag. It was therefore never difficult for me to paskin that one may not eat out at non-certified fish restaurants and sushi bars. I had no problem accepting the conventional wisdom of the Orthodox establishment that there were often cases of mixing and mislabeling. Though I had never gone into a fish restaurant to check out the situation first hand (I can only recall being asked about this issue once), I trusted the wisdom I grew up on, which did not acknowledge a category of Orthodoxy that eats fish out.In any event, it appears that the conventional wisdom was, in fact, wise. A new <<a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/23/on_the_menu_but_not_on_your_plate/?page=full>Boston">http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/23/on_the_menu_but_not_on_your_plate/?page=full>Boston</a> Globe expose shows that the phenomenon of mislabeling fish, especially by restaurants, is phenomenally high. Some of the substitute species - swai and some types of escolar, for example - are not kosher. I would be curious to know whether there are statistics about mislabeling fish in kosher restaurants and/or guidelines that kosher certifications agencies have in place to prevent mislabeling. I also wonder whether such an agency would certify an establishment that it knows to be substituting one kosher species with a kosher but inferior species. Is this a possible niche for the <<a href="http://tavhayosher.wordpress.com/>Tav">http://tavhayosher.wordpress.com/>Tav</a> Ha-Yosher?</div>
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