“I’m probably the only person wearing a shtreimel on shabbos who then wears a red-and-black skiing coat and baseball cap to work on Sunday morning (I work Israeli days, with Israeli customers). Oh well, I’ve always been unique…”

someone apparently hasn’t been to bklyn in a loooonnngggg time

there are many videos available on CD/DVD and online showing how to check and more importantly what to check for in various types of fruit and vegetables.

On a side note I’ve been extensively involved with a well known kashrus org and it was suggested (ie: i suggested) to them many times that they train food service mashgichim the same way they train industrial mashgichim and the unfortunately to date not much has been done