How to Make Dishes Kosher

Living a kosher lifestyle involves more than just consideration for the foods you eat. The methods in which the food is prepared, including the actual dishes and utensils have to follow specific guidelines. Certain foods have to be kept separated from others, and this can mean using certain dishes for meats versus other items.

Kosher is about more than just dietary restrictions. If dairy and meat have been mixed together on the same plate, or if you have placed any food that is not kosher on a dish, then the dish will need to be made kosher. People that make kosher food will need to make sure that their plates, pans and their pots are all kosher before they cook on them or with them. The type of dish you are working with will have a lot to do with how you make it kosher.

• Clean each dish as best you can. Pay close attention to any dishes that have crevices or cracks in them, they will need to be cleaned even more. The dishes need to be left alone for 24 hours after you have thoroughly washed them.


• Fill up a kosher pot with hot water and let it get to a rolling boil. Be sure that the pot that you use can easily hold the dishes you need to make kosher. The water needs to completely cover the dishes once it is boiling.


• Make sure that the dish has had the chance to be completely submerged into the water before it comes back up to the surface. Once the dishes have had time in the water you can take them out and rinse them with cold water.


• Talk with the people you are doing this for and decide for yourself whether or not glass can be made kosher. There are arguments that it can if it is properly boiled while others do not feel it is possible.