Reisterstown resident Kathy Schmidt learned quite by accident that for her, all meat is not equal.
A few years ago, when her daughter was dating an Orthodox Jew, Schmidt, whose family is not Jewish, discovered kosher meat tasted better, she said. Kosher beef and chicken are now what she buys.
"It feels cleaner and fresher," Schmidt said. "I grew up Southern Baptist. You don't know the difference. Meat is meat."
Schmidt is among a group of consumers, both non-Jews and non-observant Jews, who are opting to buy kosher foods, especially when it comes to meat, because they say, kosher tastes better and is a better quality.
"Although observant Jews scrupulously adhere to the laws of kosher for one reason and one reason alone — because we are mandated to do so by the Torah — secular consumers may purchase kosher because they view a kosher symbol as the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval of superior safety and quality," said Avrom Pollak, president of Star-K, an international kosher certification agency based in Baltimore.
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