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today i'm so excited because i will
bring you along on a tour of my orthodox
safari kosher kitchen you will see what
makes a kitchen kosher as well as what
you'll find in a jewish kosher kitchen
that you will find nowhere else if
you're new here hi my name is sarah
manka and on my channel i share all
aspects of my sephardic orthodox jewish
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tickle and let's jump into
it as you can see we have a very small
kitchen so we have to get everything
really organized to fit in it let's
start our jewish kitchen home tour with
our table as we use it every day
we keep it covered all the time with the
tablecloth when we eat on it to keep it
parv or neutral as it is made of wood
if you would eat on it directly and a
hot piece of meat let's say would fall
on it the table would become meat and we
would not be able to eat milk on it
anymore
to recognize if the tablecloth is meat
or milk i add a sticker on the corner
blue is for milk and red is from mead
i do the same thing for our dining room
table in our very small kitchen we also
have a very small pantry i have already
made a video about how i organize my
pantry three fridges freezers and how i
store my fruits and vegetables and i
will leave the links above and in the
description box below of course every
item in our pantry is kosher and has a
kosher symbol on it it ensures us that
the food respects our jewish dietary
laws like there's no meat and milk mixed
together that there's no meat and fish
mixed together and no presence of
seafood and other unkosher ingredients
like pork
then we have our glass and stemware
cabinet
all glasses can be used with milk and
meat because glass does not absorb the
nature of the liquid but we prefer to
use them only with meat meals to avoid
confusion and mistakes that can make
things very complicated and i will talk
about that a bit later on in the video
the counter under the glass cabinet is
meat we assign meat or milk to the
counter to dictate the type of food that
we will put on the counter because in a
kosher kitchen we do not mix meat and
milk together even on our counters we do
that to avoid mistakes like putting a
hot pot of macaroni and cheese on a meat
counter or to have some of the hot milk
pasta fall on the meat counter even with
the trivet either of the situation would
render the counter non-kosher which is a
big problem in a kosher kitchen
another thing that you will find only in
the kosher kitchen is that we have two
of everything
here we have two sinks that are
completely separated and are color-coded
once again in our kitchen blue is for
milk and red is for meat we have
different colors for the cutting boards
as well
we also use different dish soaps
dispensers one is for meat and one is
for milk as often when i do the dishes
my hands are dirty when i touch the
dispensers and to avoid taking any
chance of mixing milk and meat together
we use this method we also have of
course different sponges for meat and
milk again color coated i also have
color-coded little scrapers like this
they are one of my favorite tool to help
me remove caked up food on pots and pans
without scratching any surface
we also have two different kelim or
washing cup for meat and milk as often
they are dropped in the sink the washing
cup has two handles as we pass the kili
from hand to hand we use these kilim in
the morning as soon as we wake up like i
have already showed you in my friday
shabbat prep video
we use them as well before eating bread
after we go to the bathroom or if we
touch our shoes or if we touched any
unclean areas
i put my hand towels next to the sink we
use two different colors hand towels as
often our hand towels can be used to
wipe a counter
and if the counter is not fully clean it
would potentially lead to an issue of
mixing milk and meat together if you
would use the same towel to wipe down a
meat and a milk counter
in our first lower cabinet i have on the
top shelf everything i need to clean my
veggies including my favorite scrub
daddy veggie sponge and also my veggie
brushes
i also store in the same cabinet my two
dish racks that are also color-coded
in each of my dish racks i put my
special shabbat sponge they are special
as they do not absorb water as we're not
allowed to wring out water on shabbat
i also have this nifty gadget it is a
stainless steel bar that removes the
onion and garlic smell from my hands and
they work really really well
underneath the meat sink i store all my
oils and vinegars and on the door i have
installed little hooks to hold my rubber
gloves i have two pairs of rubber gloves
one that is lined to keep my hands nice
and warm when i do the dishes in the
winter and the water is freezing cold
since we cannot use hot water on shabbat
the other pair is the one i use on the
weekdays i bought them because of the
positive message on them it helps me
enjoy doing my monday chores like the
dishes do you like items like that with
positive messages on them let me know in
the comments below
in my milk sink i always again have this
same item so a color coordinated sponge
with different dish soaps and cutting
board and achilles
under the male sink i have my milk
rubber gloves i also have all the veggie
soaps that i will use to verify that all
my fruits and veggies are bug free as we
are not allowed to eat bugs and if you
want for me to do a more detailed video
on how i clean my fruits and vegetables
let me know in the comments below
another item you will find in my
sephardic orthodox kitchen is a hot
water dispenser that has a shabbat mode
which means that we can use it on
shabbat because we know it will not boil
the water on shabbat it will only keep
it warm on top of my mail counter i have
the milk cabinets and i label my
cabinets and drawers with our
color-coded stickers to make it easier
for the children and our guests to find
the meat and milk easily here the blue
sticker says khaled for milk
in this cabinet i store everything i use
for milk so i have my tumblers i have
the cups then i have the milk dishes
with the bowls and the plates and then
we have the glass and the glassware and
the glass bowls technically because they
are made of glass we could use them for
milk and meat but again to avoid
confusion and also because their lids
are in plastic all the bowls are going
to be used only for milk
i store on the milk counter all the big
utensils for milk like my spatulas my
tongues large spoons all of them are
also color-coded white or blue for milk
then i have my drawers they are all
labeled according to meat basari deri
khalavi and parv as we do not make sour
utensils together to avoid mistakes and
for someone to use for example a milk
utensil in a meat dish in my milk drawer
i have all the usual forks knives spoons
but i also have my magnifying glasses to
better see the bugs when i check my
fruits and vegetables
i also have this amazing item from the
dollar store that i used to clean my
tumblers i put the balls in the dirty
container here it was a leftover nutella
coffee num and if you want the recipe
please let me know
i add a bit of soap with the balls and
some water i shake the container and
within seconds the tumbler is clean i
highly recommend it
i also organize my meat drawer the same
way as my milk drawers but on a side
note for extra security we use meat and
milk utensils with different designs on
them so we recognize them easily
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i have my very small parf drawer meaning
that these utensils are not milk nor
meat i use them usually for baking for
fish and the like everything is black or
green i have not been able to organize
this drawer it is completely full i
seriously need your help please let me
know what you would do to organize this
drawer in the comments below
in the last drawer i store all my
tupperware these are the meat one of
course because they are red i have
struggled for years to store my
tupperware and this is the best way i
found one side is with all the covers or
the lids and on the other side i store
all the containers i love this series by
tupperware as all the covers fit into
the other and it makes everything so
neat i'll leave of course the link in
the description box below
next to my drawers i have my lower
cabinet where i put all my milk oven
mitts my waffle maker my baking supply
my milk pots and pans and so much more
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on top of the lower milk cabinet we have
another upper cabinet but this time i
keep all my coffee station in it
then i have all the glass containers and
glass jars that are parv or if you want
that are not milk nor meat
on top of my oven i keep everything that
is disposable my disposable utensils
both place things like that as well as
my timer for shabbat when things need to
only be on for a certain amount of time
i also have toothpicks and even more
utensils just in case as well as cups
underneath this cabinet we have our
stovetop and because our stovetop is
made of glass we can use meat or milk
pots on the heating elements as long as
they are clean we have a warming drawer
to keep our hala warm for shabbat which
is always appreciated for the oven it is
only used for meat or parv like bread or
fish we have another milk oven that i
will show you later
the next counter is meat we have
designated more meat counters as we need
more space to prepare for meat dishes
especially for shabbat i keep on it my
larger meat utensils like my spatula
tongs and the lime
in the next cabinet i have my spices i
will soon do a spice organization video
once that i have more spices as after
passover we're running low on spices
in the back of the cabinet i have the
large containers of spices
and i have my baking section on top of
the cabinet
next to it i have my parv cabinet where
i keep all my measuring utensils as well
as my sparrowizer my multi-blade
mandolin
and i also have my children bento boxes
and thermos
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under my spice cabinet i have my meat
baking cabinet on the door i hang my
oven gloves and inside i store all my
cookie sheets i also have my big bowls i
have also my sushi box with the rolling
mats the little soy sauce holder i also
have my rolling pins and my ice cream
maker in the back as well as other large
utensils as i use quite a bit of them
on top i have my meat dishes they are a
different design than my milk dishes so
we do not get confused i also store my
shabbat balls and my scale that is so
important to make beautiful and
delicious chala every week
underneath i have the cabinet with all
the meat pots and pans i know i have a
lot but often i will store my full meals
in them to avoid using too many
disposable aluminum pans
next to it we have the drink cabinet
where we keep the water the juices and
the yay no grape juice to make kidush on
shabbat
all the way to the top we have our hand
towel cabinet
from all the cabinets this is by far my
favorite i just love seeing the towels
all organized like this
we also have special hand towels for
shabbat on them you can read nitilati
adaim which means washing of the hands
which we do before eating khala on
shabbat
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under the hand towel cabinet we have the
milk convection oven it is a smaller
oven because we do not bake many milk
dishes and this size is perfect to make
pizza and lasagna
next to the oven we have another item
that you will only find in an orthodox
kitchen it is a bug light i place my
fruits and veggies or grains on it to
make sure that they are bug free
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we have one of our three fridges and
freezers i have already made a video
about how i organized them and i will
leave the link above and in the
description box below
we store our shabbat dishes in the
dining room
and it is an 18 places dish set as we
are blessed with many many guests on
shabbat thank god
in total in our sephardic orthodox
kitchen we have five sets of dishes a
weekday milk set a weekday meat set then
we have the shabbat dishes and we also
have another set of meat and milk dishes
that are completely kept separately and
that we only use for passover
and this completes the tour of my
orthodox sephardic kosher kitchen and of
course if you have any questions please
do not forget to write them in the
comments below
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wouldn't be here
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kitchen so i know i was not alone
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know that you are loved and you are
enough
just the way you are
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