Commentary for Avodah Zarah 75:9
גופא אמר רבה בר בר חנה א"ר יוחנן האי עובד כוכבים דחריך רישא שרי למיכל מיניה אפילו מריש אוניה אמר רבינא הלכך האי עובד כוכבים דשדא סיכתא לאתונא וקבר בה ישראל קרא מעיקרא שפיר דמי פשיטא מהו דתימא לבשולי מנא קא מיכוין קמ"ל לשרורי מנא קא מיכוין
The above text stated: R. Hanan b. Ammi said that R. Pedath said in the name of R. Yohanan: If a non-Jew singed the head [of an animal], it is permissible to eat of it even from the tip of the ear. Ravina said: Consequently if a non-Jew threw a moist peg into an oven and an Israelite had previously deposited a pumpkin there, it is all right. This is obvious! What might you have thought? That his intention had been to cook the vessel; hence he informs us that his intention was to harden the vessel.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The assumption here is that the person singed the head of the animal to remove the hair and not to cook it. Therefore, as long as the animal is kosher, the Jew can eat it even though the non-Jew performed a cooking activity with it.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The pumpkin, put into the oven by the Jew, was cooked by the non-Jew who threw a peg into the fire and then lit the stove. Therefore the pumpkin should be prohibited. But Ravina teaches us that his intention was not to cook the peg but to harden it, therefore the pumpkin is permitted. Again, we take the person’s intention into account.
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