The Kosher Laws and the Sabbath

Because the Bible says that one must not cook a lamb in its mother’s milk, meat and dairy are kept separate in the kitchen and at the table. In a kosher household, different sets of plates and cooking utensils are used for dairy meals and meat-based meals. They cannot even be put into the dishwasher at the same time. No milk products can be served at a meat meal. This means that grated Parmesan cannot be sprinkled on a meat soup or pasta, and no creamy besciamella is layered with a meat-sauced lasagna.