Hallal Foods?

[Peace in Ireland]

If a Muslim lives in an area where there is no access to hallal (sp?) meats (and cheeses?) what are they to do? Must they simply not eat meat or is there a way they can continue eating meat? Also, this is just a shot in the dark, but is there any relation between the word "hallal" and the prophet "hillel"? Just curious.

[Anyabwile]

I find it very hard to get Halal meat to cook with so i've given up meat besides fish right now. I don't think it's possible to buy Halal meat outside of a Halal butcher in my area. Having it on the shelves would be a plus though. Tuna is getting boring.

[Iman]

don't tell me you are thinking about eating haram food, peace in iralan. i think it's better not to eat any meat at all untill you get hallal meat. some people say if you are dying for hunger and you can't find any hallah food you can eat haram food but today there's so many hallal food in the world that there's no one of us who's dying of hunger coz they can't find hallah food. but Allaahu A'lam.

[Peace in Ireland]

Oh, I'm not muslim so I probably eat haraam food all the time. However, I'm also a strict vegetarian, so I guess I don't really have to worry about it. Do dairy products have to be hallal?

[umm Zachariah]

Salam PII,


That is a very good question. Since I only have experience from Sweden it is the only country I can refer to. Many meat halal products are imported from Denmark to Sweden, due to that they are able to slaughter in a halal way.


But truly it is not that 'simple' as it does not stay with the meat. PII as a vegetarian you are surely aware of that there are many other products that can contain for example essence of meat, even if it is called vegetarian food. Things that is added into the food to make it more durable. And the same goes for me as a Muslim, I have to check and recheck when going shopping food. The Swedish Muslim community gives out a list of haram additives that is to be avoided, and you go shopping with this list in your hand. So cheese, some milkproducts, sweets, bread etc etc there are added haram additives into. You learn along the way what to avoid, but you should not be to sure and go shopping sleeping, just recheck once and a while, suddenly it pops up a haram additive in something you are used to buy. It does not happen often, but it happens!


(I have one old food question hanging around... If it was not you I discuss this with just dismiss the question. 'Swedish fish' did you write that once? If you did I asked you what it is but never got a reply...)


Hillel was he not one of the Jewish PRIESTS during the time Jesus, AS was born? That was always in the temple?


Bye

[Peace in Ireland]

Oh yes, Swedish Fish. Swedish Fish are a gummy candy. They are usually red and about an inch long. I believe the ingredients are sugar, guar gum, and red #40; though that may differ depending on what country you live in. So they're not actually fish, just candy shaped like fish. I'm not even sure if they're Swedish.

[umm Zachariah]

Salam PII,


Thanks for explaining. My guess was that is was actually fish you were talking about, and my suspicions went towards a kind of fish that is eaten, kind of raw, but after have been canned for how long as ever. And when the can is opened you better have runned at least three blocks away! It smells awful! I tried to eat it once in my youth but could not. Horrible. But people in the northern part of Sweden seems to enjoy it, good then the smell can go towards the North Pole! And no one has to suffer...


To come back to this candy - if it is some kind of gummy candy, my first guess is that it is haram. This kind of ingredienses usually are to be avoided and the content read at least carefully before eating!


I don't know either if it is Swedish, the biggest industry in Sweden makes chocolate. Sorry for all this food content - but it was nice to write about anyway.


Bye

[Peace in Ireland]

Hey, I'm always up for food talk

[umm Zachariah]

Assalamu aleikum,


More food-talk, I think this will suite you PII, since you seem to like cheese and are on outlook for vegetarian food.


This found from Singapore news


http://food.asia1.com.sg/news/news_20041014_001.shtml


Wasalam

[NaSra]

My auntie Came from the swiss and she brought us soo many chocolates. My little cousin kept asking auntie why did you bring us chocolate we have chocolate here too lol and my auntie was defending the swedish chocolates and that they are so extra ordinary compared to other chocolates


So UmmZachariah do you know how to make chocolates you being a swedish and all, or are you a swedian? Maybe I should just ask, "what do you call a person from sweden"?