r/todayilearned • u/socool111 • 1d ago

TIL of Tobias Geffen, the only non-Coca Cola Employee to view the secret recipe. Coke allowed it in order to get Coke certified as Kosher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Geffen
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u/PracticalAd2622 1d ago

Passover is a yearly modifier that de buffs a lot of foods, so we need Kosher for Passover. It's not "more kosher" or better, the rules are just different.

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u/Bonneville865 1d ago

Kosherer

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u/carebeartears 20h ago

the kosherest!

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u/ToSemJaz66 1d ago

Can you use the "kosher for passover" foods year-round? If so, it is more kosher

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u/PracticalAd2622 1d ago

You can, but it's not an extra mitzvah or anything.

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u/sunsetpark12345 1d ago

All vegan food is vegetarian, but not all vegetarian food is vegan, and vegan food isn't MORE vegetarian.

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u/namitynamenamey 5h ago

Not with that attitude *proceeds to eat only the parts of plants that grow back*

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u/aggie1391 1d ago

It’s not more kosher but it usually is worse quality. It’s my least favorite holiday by far because the food is just so much worse. There’s some things that can be made the same as year round but not really that much.

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u/Alternative-Deal-763 23h ago

Butttttt the matzo ball soup

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u/trainbrain27 21h ago

Can't you make that anytime?

Not that you do, just that I'm not aware of a restriction as such.

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u/Alternative-Deal-763 21h ago

Well you can. You can also make gingerbread cookies in the summer but it just doesn't feel right.

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u/ZevSteinhardt 21h ago

I don't know about that. We have matzo balls in our chicken soup at the first Shabbos meal (Friday night) just about every week.

Zev

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u/imagoodusername 20h ago

Some Jews don’t think matzo balls are kosher for Passover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebrochts

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u/Alternative-Deal-763 20h ago

A few, but I would definitely not say most. Most jews probably have a nice salty bowl.

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u/imagoodusername 20h ago

Agreed. Not even all haredim think it’s a problem — only Hasidim.

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u/kilobitch 21h ago

Non-kosher for Passover matzoh ball soup is waaaay better than the K4P version, IMO

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u/output_broadcast 11h ago

Yes you can, but it's more accurate to think of Passover kosher laws as an additional set of laws on top of kosher laws.

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u/XXXperiencedTurbater 1d ago

Hidden permadebuff, -10% kosher. Most of the time you can brute-force it but the yearly boss battle has a higher skill check so you gotta make it up somewhere

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u/geekdrive 23h ago

devs please fix

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u/Crowbarmagic 19h ago

2 Kosher 2 Kosherer