mf@cornell.UUCP (02/24/84)
The Countess of B*** (famous French name), who happens to be Jewish by
birth, told me the following story: at Passover time, she was having
dinner at her in-laws (great Catholic family, she said), and they were
serving `Bouchees a la Reine'; she then told them that though she was
not an observant Jew (and never had been) there were some Passover
prohibitions she never transgressed (by atavism, she said). She thereby
separated the pork from the dough and ate the latter.
[Guide for the Perplexed:
1. Bouchees a la Reine are basically light raised pastry dough filled
with pork.
2. The essential prohibition during Passover is on any fermentation of
grain, in particular leavened dough.
3. As to pork, it is prohibited throughout the year as an impure animal]