3 Worms in Food After Cooking
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Question
I prepared cholent for Shabbat, and on Friday I noticed that there are worms in the barley package. Is the cholent permissible to eat?
Answer
If there are 3 worms in the package, the cholent is forbidden to eat, but the solid parts can be washed and strained. The pot does not require koshering.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 84, Paragraph 9: "If one cooked within 12 months without checking, if he can check, he should check. If not, it is permitted. If some are found in the pot, they are discarded, and the rest is eaten. Because there is no fruit without 60 against the taste of the worm inside it (Responsa of the Rosh in the name of Maharam). And there is an opinion that this is only if one or two are found, but three or four, all is forbidden. Rema: And only food that cannot be strained and remove the worms; and once it is established with worms, all is forbidden, but if it can be strained, the found worms are removed, and the rest is permitted. And the rule that the pot does not require koshering is because there is sixty against the worms, and not because it gives a detrimental taste, as written in Chavot Da'at, Siman 107, Sif Katan 4, that a worm is not like a fly and is considered to give an enhancing taste."
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