Q&A: Schnitzel in Its Mother's Egg
Schnitzel in Its Mother's Egg
Question
Why is it not forbidden to fry schnitzel in its mother's egg, like a kid in its mother's milk?
Answer
Why would it be forbidden? I didn’t understand the question. By the way, with poultry there is no Torah prohibition even on meat cooked in its mother’s milk.
Discussion on Answer
I meant to ask why it shouldn’t be forbidden—forgive the wording.
Who told you that’s the reason? The fact that some commentators explained it that way doesn’t mean that’s the reason. And in general, we do not derive Jewish law from the reason given for a verse.
Does the Rabbi have another explanation, or is it possible that it’s like the statutes, such as the Red Heifer and so on?
I don’t have explanations for any Jewish law. And usually the existing explanations seem far from convincing to me.
I once read that the ritual of the Canaanite war goddess Anat included eating a kid cooked in its mother’s milk, so it’s reasonable that the source of the prohibition was concern about idolatry.
Because the whole reason it’s forbidden to eat a kid in its mother’s milk is the immorality of eating the calf with the mother’s milk; if so, the same should apply to a chicken and an egg that come from the same mother.