Cooking pareve in a meat pot in order to mix it with milk
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Question
I melted chocolate (pareve) in a meat pot that is not ben yomo (has not been used in the last 24 hours), added additional ingredients and put it into a pan. Then I melted chocolate, sugar, and butter (dairy) in a dairy pot that is also not ben yomo, and poured the dairy mixture onto what was already in the pan. Is this permissible according to Halacha, and is there any problem with the pots or with the food?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
Both the food and the pots are permitted.
Regarding doing this lechatchila (from the outset): according to the custom of the Sephardim, it is permitted to do so lechatchila, since the meat utensil is not ben yomo.
However, according to the custom of the Ashkenazim, one should not lechatchila cook in a utensil of one type (meat or dairy), even if it is not ben yomo, when he intends to later cook or mix it with the other type. But if he has no other utensil, it is permitted even according to the Ashkenazi custom.
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