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Someone told me that when he was a kid, he'd have to bring something that he learned that day to the dinner table to share with his family. If he didn't learn anything, he would look a word up in the dictionary right before dinner, just so he'd have something to share. I always thought that was a cool idea. After hearing this, I kept a log of what I learned each day (which is either lost or tucked away somewhere in this house).

So, I am going to start with yesterday, because it was quite eye-opening for me. I am sure plenty of you knew this, so don't laugh at me, but I just learned it yesterday - that most of the (non-pork) processed food in your pantry is "Kosher". There are several dozen (hundreds?) of Kosher symbols that appear on everything.

I was at Heimdhal's house, having some super awesome and absolutely not Kosher smoked pork when he told me about this Kosher nonsense, which I also learned and am completely convinced is a tax. I picked up the BBQ sauce on the table, yep, Kosher. I looked at the baby food on the table, yes, it was Kosher too. I stared at the corn chip bag for a really long time and couldn't find the symbol, but Heimdhal found it - yep, Kosher. I went around to everything I saw laying on the counter, and had to resist actually digging into his pantry. I really wanted to though. The only container that I found that was not Kosher was the baked beans, and that was because it contained pork.

So, what did you learn today?