Non kosher kitchen

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Rabbi Abadi: Thank you very much for your two replies. As I mentioned in a previous message, I am trying to keep kosher in a non kosher kitchen, which creates some important complications regarding the utesils I use and where I place my food. These are the general guidelines that I follow: -All of my the food that I have in the refrigerator or in the freezer is 100% covered, but I do not place all the items in a specific section because I can easily identify them. -I use my own kosher pans and pots over the stoves, and I wash them in the bathroom with a separate spounge. -I use disposable plates, forks, and knives every day. For meat meals, I have brand new utensils that I also wash in the bathroom. -I did not bother to buy new glasses since the ones I have the only thing they were used is for water and sodas. -I take extreem care not to place any of my food over the kitchen's table and floor. -When I eat on the table with my family, I make a separation between my section and theirs. -I use the same individual mantles that were used before. -Sometimes I use the non kosher oven, in which case I fully cover my food with aluminium foil. Since I am not 100% sure this is the right procedure, I eat this food with disposable utensils. Questions: 1) Are these guidelines OK or not? 2)From my days as a non kosher Jew, I still have a rice maker that has only been used for kosher rice and water. Can I continue using it even tough it has been washed in the same sink as the non kosher utensils and with the same spounge? 3) I use a forman grill that has only been used for kosher meat. However, once I made a mistake and cut a peace of raw chiken with a non kosher knife and cooked it there. Can I continue using it or it needs to be koshered? 4)I have the suspicion that somebody in my family on some occassions drank milk with a glass and I do not know which one it was. Can I continue to use the glasses even in meat meals or I should buy new ones? 5)If one of my kosher knives or forks accidentally falls on the clean floor of the kitchen, does that create any problem? 6) Is it OK to place frozen kosher hamburgers in the freezer in a non kosher tapperware and then cook them in the kosher forman grill? Thank you in advance for your reply.

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