Is Information Overload Draining Us?

[DaveC426913]

And you're a biologist, you say?
Although the idiots in your Supreme Court ruled it a vegetable for taxation purposes...

 

[Moonbear]

Actually, I'm fairly sure that the overriding reason is because Jewish law prohibits putting meat and dairy near each other.

I don't think that's the case. In the grocery store I currently shop at, the "fancy" cheeses are right next to the meats (and the cooked sausages...those kind you put out with cheese as an appetizer), and in previous stores, the packaged cheeses were right next to the packaged cold-cuts. There's nothing that I know of in Jewish law that prohibits them being close to each other, they just aren't allowed to touch, and are definitely not allowed to be cooked or consumed together. You can still have meat and dairy in the same fridge. As far as I know, they really do put the milk and bread in a location that makes you walk through the rest of the store to get to it.

 

[DaveC426913]

I don't think that's the case. In the grocery store I currently shop at, the "fancy" cheeses are right next to the meats (and the cooked sausages...those kind you put out with cheese as an appetizer), and in previous stores, the packaged cheeses were right next to the packaged cold-cuts. There's nothing that I know of in Jewish law that prohibits them being close to each other, they just aren't allowed to touch, and are definitely not allowed to be cooked or consumed together. You can still have meat and dairy in the same fridge. As far as I know, they really do put the milk and bread in a location that makes you walk through the rest of the store to get to it.

Yeah, you might be right - my case is weak.