ASK OU - Behind the Scenes @ Gourmet Glatt - Cedarhurst, NY

[Music] hey welcome to gourmet glut cedarhurst our flagship store i'm standing here by our fresh herbs checked right here in gourmet glass and we're going to give you a peek today behind the scenes of how this makes its way to the shelf welcome to the gourmet glad kitchen where all of your produce that requires checking is processed come in and you will see the wonderous process that we are blessed with here in the five towns this room is the brain child of the administrative arm of gourmet glott moshe ratner yoily steinberg who really led the vision of this incredible room which has been customized and designed for the processing of large quantities of produce that requires specific inspection common let's look at how it this all starts this process is called the pre-check the pre-check consists of taking the sample washing it in this area which is specifically designed to take the product and to examine to see how the product could fear through the washing process a few years ago gourmet glock did something extremely unique that i believe no one else does and they actually have people in the hunts market making the rounds there in middle of the night when we're all sleeping and examining product they have an r d room over there that they rent out so even before a pre-check is done in this sink the product has already come in that has been already approved by the rabbi in the mashiach in hunts point the evening the night before so after we have taken the product we've tested the product in the pre-check area and then we if it's a if it's rejected then it goes right back it's not used but if it's not rejected and it's ready so we go into the next steps the next steps are the breaking apart of the product which happens on this table and then we begin with the pre-rinse and washing of the product you see over here a bank of six sinks where all that is done product is soaked in type of a soapy solution which allows any insects or anything that's not supposed foreign matter that is on the product to be loosened and then they soak it and after soaking they rinse it and then what they use is a very specially designed system that's used throughout the casters industry that does inspection and processing of produce what they do actually is after the product is removed and the water is drained they take those strainers they put it inside the this cup and allows two strainers with the thrip cloth in between and then they allow the water to drain after the water drains the rabbi takes the cloth with the water having got all the water all the soaking water all the rinsing water has now gone through those strainers they take the thrip cloth they bring it over to the examining area right over here they examine the drip cloth for the presence of insects if there are any insects we go back to the drawing board we go back and rinse it there's zero tolerance and they go back to do the processing again but at this station the rabbi is able to take the thrip cloth and very clearly because the light is under the thrip cloth it illuminates everything upward and you're able to see the full picture and besides this light if you notice there is another light so therefore the incredible panorama of lights they have lights all over the place lights on the bottom lights on the top to be able to actually have precision checking to make sure that the end product will be completely best hashem totally insect free now the last step is that if it pierces this station now what we're ready to do is we are actually ready to go ahead and process the product and after we process the product we then are able to package the product [Music] it's important to know that if through this process the rabbi finds that even after all the preparation of the hunts market and the pre-check and the washing and the product turns out to be infested in spite of all of that you know what happens at times the gourmet glot takes a loss and throws away all of that produce that they deem not washable and checkable there's an ongoing payroll of five employees and also one of the most sought after rabona mahshirim of the deacon cerakus in the country coming from a renowned family and he is over here procured in the five towns working diligently to lay for nephesh to make sure that we're able to enjoy the best tasting product being served to you outside hayoi kilgosa [Music] you