Correct Beracha on Mixture of Foods II

  1. Brochos on Mixed Foods (II)

In yesterday’s halacha we learned that when we partake of an ikar and a tofel, a primary food and a secondary food, we only make a brocho on the primary food. There is an exception to this rule: With regard to the chameishes minei dogon, the five types of grain for which Eretz Yisroel is known, wheat, barley, rye, oats, and spelt, they are always considered the ikar, even when they do not comprise the majority of the food, as long as the grain is utilized for its taste. However, if its purpose is limited to coloring or to help the other ingredients adhere to each other, then the brocho would be that of the primary ingredient in the food. When it comes to various cereals, it is always important to look at the ingredients. If there is grain in the cereal, and the grain is there for its taste, not just for coloring or as an adhesive, it becomes the primary ingredient and the brocho would be mezonos and not shehakol. It is important to point out that there is a debate about schnitzel and similar foods. Even though the breadcrumb coating is often there for the taste that it adds to the food, not only to prevent burning, it has been suggested that the common custom is to make shehakol, not mezonos, on schnitzel.

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