The Treyfecta

The three main Jewish dietary laws are:

1. No consumption of meat from land animals without cloven hooves and that do not chew cud. The principal meat eliminated here is pork.
2. No consumption of aquatic animals that lack fins and scales. This eliminates shellfish.
3. No consumption of meat and dairy foods at the same meal.

Foods that don’t meet these laws (among others) are considered unclean, or trey. The other night Julian was making a tapas recipe of shrimp with chorizo (Spanish pork sausage) sautéed in butter. Et voilà! He hit the treyfecta!