King Arthur Flour
Lawrence Szenes-Strauss
Having been on the lookout for some specialty flours of late, I was
told by a friend that all of King Arthur's commercial-grade flours are
under hashgachah. However, only a few -- the ones commonly sold in
stores -- seem to have any indications of a hechsher on their
packaging, or in the catalogue. (The catalogue, which can be found at
http://www.bakerscatalogue.com, tends to show which products have
which hechsher, but for all I know they could just be reading the
label rather than asking the mashgiach.)
Can anyone confirm this? It would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
~L
cindys
"Lawrence Szenes-Strauss" <lstr...@brandeis.edu> wrote in message
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It's been my personal experience with catalogue shopping that usually when a
company says a product they sell is kosher, the product in question carries
a hechsher (although it may not necessarily be one I take.) Baker's
Catalogue has a toll-free 800# posted at their website. Just call them and
ask. Also, even if the flour you want to buy does not carry a hechsher or
it carries one you don't normally take, it still may be all right because
some flours do not require hashgacha in the first place. CYLOR to find out
to which ones this applies, if any.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.
GAN EDEN WINES
"Lawrence Szenes-Strauss" <lstr...@brandeis.edu> wrote in message
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B"H
Pure flour is not something that requires kosher supervision. I once
confronted a muckity-muck in the OU, asking him why they charged for their
supervision for products not requiring it. I was told that they told the
companies that the products didn't require supervision, but the companies
insisted that they wanted to have the symbol on the label, so of course they
were charged for it by the OU.
Any King Arthur flour you are likely to find will be kosher, with or without
a hechsher. I cannot envision a type of wheat flour that *would* require a
hechsher, but I'm sure there must be for certain applications. However, it
would probably be specialized for some processing application, not for home
use.
Craig Winchell
GAN EDEN Wines
>
> Thanks!
> ~L
>
Yisroel Markov
<gan...@earthlink.net> said:
>
>"Lawrence Szenes-Strauss" <lstr...@brandeis.edu> wrote in message
>news:e6d887b7.03051...@posting.google.com...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Having been on the lookout for some specialty flours of late, I was
>> told by a friend that all of King Arthur's commercial-grade flours are
>> under hashgachah. However, only a few -- the ones commonly sold in
>> stores -- seem to have any indications of a hechsher on their
>> packaging, or in the catalogue. (The catalogue, which can be found at
>> http://www.bakerscatalogue.com, tends to show which products have
>> which hechsher, but for all I know they could just be reading the
>> label rather than asking the mashgiach.)
>>
>> Can anyone confirm this? It would be greatly appreciated.
>
>B"H
>
>Pure flour is not something that requires kosher supervision. I once
>confronted a muckity-muck in the OU, asking him why they charged for their
>supervision for products not requiring it. I was told that they told the
>companies that the products didn't require supervision, but the companies
>insisted that they wanted to have the symbol on the label, so of course they
>were charged for it by the OU.
Speaking of which - does 190-proof grain alcohol require supervision?
I just found a website that sells Everclear everywhere except
Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, or California.
http://www.internetwines.com/pa25994.html
Yisroel Markov Boston, MA Member
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janet rosenbaum
janet rosenbaum
>Speaking of which - does 190-proof grain alcohol require supervision?
>I just found a website that sells Everclear everywhere except
>Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, or California.
>http://www.internetwines.com/pa25994.html
I'm sure it doesn't. Check kosherquest.com.
It might be asur for being dangerous, though.
Are you planning on making rocketfuel?
Janet
Yisroel Markov
(janet rosenbaum) said:
>ey.m...@iname.com (Yisroel Markov) writes:
>>Speaking of which - does 190-proof grain alcohol require supervision?
>>I just found a website that sells Everclear everywhere except
>>Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, or California.
>>http://www.internetwines.com/pa25994.html
>
>I'm sure it doesn't. Check kosherquest.com.
>It might be asur for being dangerous, though.
Tell that to all my former countrymen who've been drinking the stuff
whenever they could find it.
>Are you planning on making rocketfuel?
No. Cheap 100-proof vodka and liquers. The shipping charges are pretty
steep, though - $11 for one bottle.