I started eating meat and realized that I’m using dairy utensils. What should I do?
There are several factors to consider when analyzing the case:
1) Whether the utensils have been used with hot dairy within the last 24 hours.
2) Whether it is a “keli rishon” (primary vessel), meaning the food is still in the vessel where it was cooked, or a “keli shení” (secondary vessel), meaning the food has been transferred to another vessel.
3) The temperature of the food—whether it is hot enough to be considered “iad soledet bo” (hot enough that you would withdraw your hand) or if it has already cooled down.
Once the above details are clear, we can analyze the case.
If the utensils have not been used within the last 24 hours, they never affect the food (as long as you are sure they are completely clean). However, the utensils themselves need kasherization if the food is at the temperature of “iad soledet bo” (even if in a “keli shení”).
If the utensils have been used within the last 24 hours, then:
– If the food is in a “keli rishon” (e.g., a piece of meat that is still in the oven tray), the knife imparts the prohibition to the meat if there is not 60 times more meat compared to the blade of the knife (in the case of a large piece of meat, which has enough to nullify the knife’s blade, you should still remove the part of the meat that touched the knife).
– If the food is in a “keli shení” (e.g., on a plate), the food is always permitted (as long as you are sure the utensils were completely clean). The utensils need kasherization if the food was hot.
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hey , If the utensils have not been used within the last 24 hours and food is not at the temperature of “iad soledet bo” then the cutlery is dairy or meaty for next time use?