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From: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Kosher Fishmarkets?
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 19:31:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 19:31:11 1985
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[a "korban" for the line eater]

>    Since one generally buys kosher meat from a kosher butcher,
>    doesn't that imply that fish should be purchased from
>    a kosher fishmarket ? 

According to our rabbi here in town one does not need a kosher fish store,
merely a store with kosher fish.  The fish, besides being kosher, must
still have some scales on it, and when cut, you should ask the fishwife
(and here in Rochester, NY they really are the proverbial fishwives) to
please rinse the knife first.  Of course, if you watch the fishpeople they will
generally wash their knives anyway from fish to fish, not to contaminate with
the taste of the previous fish, and most fish still have scales attached.
The big problem is buying filets or skinned fish.

David Esan
(!ritcv!moscom!de)