I think the tradition assumed that you could never be sure. But here’s a Jewish explanation: https://www.jccmb.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1339531/jewish/Milk-and-Meat.htmIf you are legalistic (like some people in Jesus' day were) it would still be fine to cook the kid in the milk of an unrelated goat....
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