What does kosher mean?

Kosher means keeping to the Jewish dietary laws. It’s a Hebrew word meaning ‘fit’ (in this context, fit to eat). Observant Jews eat only kosher foods. Kosher meat must come from a permitted animal or bird (pork and shellfish are not kosher) carefully slaughtered by a pious person. Meat and dairy foods are not cooked, served or eaten together. Kosher homes have separate meat and dairy utensils.