When jam or condiment (mirkachat) is placed on thin crackers, which is the ikar requiring a blessing?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that thin crackers used as a vehicle for jam/condiment are tafel to the jam; one blesses on the jam alone. However, the Magen Avraham and Mishnah Berurah note that in regions where the crackers themselves are quality food, the crackers become the ikar.
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