- a variation of pareve.
parve
Britishadjective
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"Unlike the butter-rich, non-Jewish babka, Jewish versions were usually kept parve by using oil," which meant they were "firmer and slightly drier than brioche."
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2022
“He wants to be in the most parve place in the world.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2015
Wakefield, in one of his notes, remarks on this— "An allusion perhaps, to that verse of Virgil, 'Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem.'"
Melted butter may be used if for a milk meal or heated olive oil for a parve salad in place of the melted fat.
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler
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