Halakhah for Berakhot 6:5

בֵּרַךְ עַל הַיַּיִן שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַמָּזוֹן, פָּטַר אֶת הַיַּיִן שֶׁלְּאַחַר הַמָּזוֹן. בֵּרַךְ עַל הַפַּרְפֶּרֶת שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַמָּזוֹן, פָּטַר אֶת הַפַּרְפֶּרֶת שֶׁלְּאַחַר הַמָּזוֹן. בֵּרַךְ עַל הַפַּת, פָּטַר אֶת הַפַּרְפֶּרֶת. עַל הַפַּרְפֶּרֶת, לֹא פָטַר אֶת הַפָּת. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אַף לֹא מַעֲשֵׂה קְדֵרָה:

If one blessed on wine before the meal, he exempts (from blessing) the wine after the meal. [This applies to Sabbaths and festivals, when the meal is "appointed" over the wine following the meal. But on other days, when such "appointment" does not obtain, the wine before the meal does not exempt the wine after. Every "after the meal" in our Mishnah means after they have finished with the bread, before reciting grace.] If he blessed over the parpereth before the meal, he exempts the parpereth after the meal. [Parpereth is anything which accompanies the bread, such as meat, eggs, and fish. Sometimes they would bring parperaoth before the meal to whet the appetite, and again, after the meal, after having finished with the bread.] The blessing over the bread exempts the parpereth. The blessing over parpereth does not exempt the bread. Beth Shammai say: It also does not exempt what comes from the pot [such as grits, fruit, green grain, and flour cooked in water, such as pancakes and the like. And there are some who understand the "parpereth" of our Mishnah as loaf hardened in a dish, which does not have the appearance of bread, for which the blessing is borei minei mezonoth. This explains the necessity of "The blessing over the parpereth does not exempt that over the bread" — even though parpereth, too, is a kind of bread. But it does exempt "what comes from the pot." And Beth Shammai hold that just as the blessing over parpereth does not exempt the bread, so it does not exempt what comes from the pot. The halachah is not in accordance with Beth Shammai.]

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