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## Foods that have a different taste are considered a mixture. For example, cooked and baked apples together are considered a mixture. <ref> Shabbos Kitchen (pg 89) </ref> Another example is boiled and roasted chiken pieces together are considered a mixture. <ref> Mishna Brurah 319:15, Shabbos Kitchen (pg 89) </ref> | ## Foods that have a different taste are considered a mixture. For example, cooked and baked apples together are considered a mixture. <ref> Shabbos Kitchen (pg 89) </ref> Another example is boiled and roasted chiken pieces together are considered a mixture. <ref> Mishna Brurah 319:15, Shabbos Kitchen (pg 89) </ref> | ||
## Foods that have a different function constitue a mixture. For example, soup spoon and teaspoons together would form a mixture. Similarly, kitchen and table knifes, or large and small plates, or spoons and forks together create a mixture. <ref> ayil meshulash pg 16, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> Another example would be matzah meal and matzah chunks mixed together would be a mixture. <ref> pri megadim m”z 319:2, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> | ## Foods that have a different function constitue a mixture. For example, soup spoon and teaspoons together would form a mixture. Similarly, kitchen and table knifes, or large and small plates, or spoons and forks together create a mixture. <ref> ayil meshulash pg 16, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> Another example would be matzah meal and matzah chunks mixed together would be a mixture. <ref> pri megadim m”z 319:2, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> | ||
## The definition of foods of different quality is when one food is desireable and one is edible but only out of nessecity. <ref> Mishna Brurah 319:7, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> For example, fresh and spoiled grapes together form a mixture. <ref> Shabbat Kitchen 91 </ref> Similarly, | ## The definition of foods of different quality is when one food is desireable and one is edible but only out of nessecity. <ref> Mishna Brurah 319:7, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> For example, fresh and spoiled grapes together form a mixture. <ref> Shabbat Kitchen 91 </ref> Similarly, cooked and burnt meats form a mixture. <ref> Mishna Brurah 319:15 </ref> | ||
# However, the different size of items in a group don't cause the group to be considered a mixture unless the difference in size changes it’s function <ref> Rama 319:3, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> | # However, the different size of items in a group don't cause the group to be considered a mixture unless the difference in size changes it’s function <ref> Rama 319:3, Shabbat Kitchen pg 90 </ref> | ||
# Some are lenient regarding attached mixtures such as a grapes cluster and in a case where it's costumary to remove the bad before eat, it's permissible to remove the bad from the good immediately before eating. <ref> http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=818&txtSearch=borer in name of Menuchat Ahava by Rabbi Moshe HaLevi</ref> | |||
==How close are the items to be considered a mixture== | ==How close are the items to be considered a mixture== | ||
