Blessing on Cholent
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Question
What blessing is recited on cholent?
Answer
When the meat and potatoes are very large and clearly distinguishable, and each type is taken separately with a spoon, one should bless on the grains "Borei Minei Mezonot", on the potatoes "Borei Pri Ha'adama", and on the meat "Shehakol". However, when they are cut small and taken together with one spoon, one blesses on everything "Borei Minei Mezonot", even if eating meat or potatoes separately (since they are not very large pieces that are eaten separately).
Source
In "Biur Halacha", Siman Reish Yud Bet, it states: " However, in "Beit HaChadash", General Law Nun Aleph, Si"G, and General Law Nun Dalet, Si"T, it is argued that when each type is clearly distinguishable and separate, one blesses on each type individually. We do not follow the majority nor the five species of grain. In practice, it seems that in cases of doubt regarding blessings, one should be lenient and bless only as the majority. Also, in a dish mixed with the five species of grain, one blesses only "Borei Minei Mezonot". [And also on the sustenance at the end if there is a k'zayit of grain in the amount eaten in the time of a pras] This is also implied in "Petach HaMishna", in the opening regarding the blessing on enjoyment, letter Yud Aleph, that even when each is clearly distinguishable, we follow the majority, and also the five species even if they are the minority, and bless only one blessing. I also heard that this is taught in the name of one Gaon. One who wishes to be stringent according to the opinion of "Beit HaChadash" should mash the fruit of the ground, and mix it with pieces of dough or groats of the five species of grain, and eat them together, blessing "Borei Minei Mezonot" on both types together. Also regarding other types that are not from the five species of grain, if the majority is from one type and the second type, which is the minority, is clearly separate, such as cooking apples with a small amount of potatoes and the like, one should mash the minority and bless as the majority."
Also in "Aruch HaShulchan", Orach Chaim, Siman Reish Yud Bet, Seif Bet, it states: "There is no need to ask, according to this, with us, when cooking dishes with meat, and we bless on the dish the special blessing for it, and on the meat "Shehakol". Let one of them be primary, and the second secondary. This is not a question, because in mixed secondary there is no primary and secondary, only when they are eaten together, like when cooking groats with beans or with potatoes taken with one spoon this and that. And then, even if only one type is taken with a spoon, it is also secondary. But the meat is eaten separately, or before the dish, or after, it is not primary and secondary.
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