What is “Parve”?
Any food that does not contain meat or dairy products can be considered parve. This includes all fruit and vegetables, eggs from kosher birds, and fish that have both fins and scales. Many vegetarians look for a kosher symbol and the parve designation for assurance that the food they buy contains no meat.
Definition: Parve is a Hebrew term (pareve is the Yiddish term) that describes food without any meat or dairy ingredients. Jewish dietary laws considers pareve food to be neutral; Pareve food can be eaten with both meat and milk dishes. Fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables are parve. More Kosher Vocabulary Words: Glossary of Kosher TermsPronunciation: PAHR-vuhAlso Known As: pareveAlternate Spellings: pareveCommon Misspellings: paraveExamples: For Rosh Hashanah dinner, we had chicken soup, brisket, tzimmes, noodle kugel and a pareve cake.
