The depth of this pun (originally from @HeshLuber1 I believe) is wonderful: the Meiri is among the minority of medieval authorities who defined "idolater" not as a theological status but

https://twitter.com/DBashIdeas/status/1607019484451061761

behavioral: to the Meiri, the "idolater" in the language of the Talmudic sages meant not specifically one who worshiped pagan deities of performed such rituals, but a total barbarian - one who, if not for

OK fine I'll do it now. I don't know what @CocktailMazal assumed about the story, but it's not an odyssey of my gustatory evolution - it started with a simple textual question from my son about a year ago.

https://twitter.com/JewWhoHasItAll/status/1590737493527519232

It was the week of Parashat Tol'dot, and he noticed the unusual form of the word עשתה - "she (had) made/prepared" in the verse describing Rivka's preparation of the goat meat to help Yaa'kov deceive his father and get the blessing Yitzhak intended for 'Esav.

WARNING: Rabbinic thread (attn @JYuter)

The Mishnah categorizes a cooked meat-dairy mixture ("basar b'halav") as "to be buried," which, unlike the "to be burned" objects, can never become permitted, even for non-eating benefit (e.g. selling or using on one's body). That means if the basar b'halav becomes "un-buried" it retains it forbidden status, and must be disposed of again. This differs from "to be burned" things, which become permissible once burned/destroyed.