Rabbi Yosef Karo 1488-1575 (B. Toledo, Spain D. Tzfat)
Bet Yosef commentary on Arba Turim (four divisions written by Baal Haturim - Jacob ben Asher (The Tur) 1340
Based on Rambam, Rif (Alfasi) and Rosh (Rabbeinu Asher father of the Tur)
Shulchan Aruch finished 1555, published 1556
Rema 1520-1572 Darchei Moshe commentary on the Tur and Hamapah (tablecloth) commentary on SA, published together since 1574
Taz (David Halevi Segel - Turei Zahav ) 1586-1667 Taz published 1646
Shach (Shabtai ben Meir HaCohen) 1621-1662 Shach (Siftei Kohen) published 1646
(א) כָּל הַבָּשָׂר אָסוּר לְבַשֵּׁל בְּחָלָב, חוּץ מִבְּשַׂר דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים. וְאָסוּר לְהַעֲלוֹתוֹ עִם הַגְּבִינָה עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן, חוּץ מִבְּשַׂר דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים. הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַבָּשָׂר, מֻתָּר בִּבְשַׂר דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים... בְּאֵיזֶה שֻׁלְחָן אָמְרוּ, בַּשֻּׁלְחָן שֶׁאוֹכֵל עָלָיו. אֲבָל בַּשֻּׁלְחָן שֶׁסּוֹדֵר עָלָיו אֶת הַתַּבְשִׁיל, נוֹתֵן זֶה בְצַד זֶה וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ:
(1) All meat is forbidden to cook with milk, except for fish and locusts. And it is forbidden to place it with cheese on the table, except for fish and locusts. One who vows [to abstain] from meat, is permitted to [eat] fish and locusts...
About which table were they speaking? About a table on which one eats. But for a table where one sets dishes on it, one puts this next to this and does not worry.
(ב)... שְׁנֵי אַכְסְנָאִין אוֹכְלִין עַל שֻׁלְחָן אֶחָד, זֶה בָּשָׂר וָזֶה גְּבִינָה, וְאֵין חוֹשְׁשִׁין:
(2) ..."Two lodgers [may] eat on one table - this one [eating meat] and this one cheese, and we are not troubled."