Anyone Eat Kosher or Halal?

[TechMetalMan]

Just curious.

I know most of you guys here are big into your alcohol and pig- and hey, there is nothing wrong with that!

I am just curious if anyone here eats Kosher or Halal or just refrains from pork or anything else.

I personally have thought about stopping my intake of pork for possible religious reasons and the fact that I just do not really enjoy pork beyond maybe a spiral slice ham or bacon on my burger.

*shrugs*

Just a question.

[cigar_joel]

Originally Posted by TechMetalMan

Just curious.

I know most of you guys here are big into your alcohol and pig- and hey, there is nothing wrong with that!

I am just curious if anyone here eats Kosher or Halal or just refrains from pork or anything else.

I personally have thought about stopping my intake of pork for possible religious reasons and the fact that I just do not really enjoy pork beyond maybe a spiral slice ham or bacon on my burger.

*shrugs*

Just a question.

I use kosher salt....umm, yeah. Thats all. Otherwise i eat most anything.

[RJT]

Originally Posted by cigar_joel

I use kosher salt....umm, yeah. Thats all. Otherwise i eat most anything.

[jinny]

yeah I'll eat almost everything too.

I think I would have a hard time giving up piggypig... they are so delicious

I'd also have a hard time giving up shelfish... and eating dairy and meat together.... I heart cheeseburgers

[Jeff]

The kosher food I've eaten, and I've tried a lot, has tasted like someone put it in a big flavor sucking machine. I just don't find kosher food very flavorful. Also, because they need to get all the blood out, the meat is usually very salty and requires multiple water baths to get it out.

However, the Halal meat I've tried dosn't seem to taste any different than normal.

[omowasu]

I dont eat Kosher or Halal as a lifestyle, but I have had my fair share of Kosher foods when I used to live in the North suburbs. There are a lot of Kosher restaruants, stores, and delis in the area as well as in downtown Chicago. I actually really enjoy Kosher foods, but costs can add up a bit as Kosher deals with the entire food production process - from slaughter to sandwich, per se. As a result, the money that would otherwise be saved by mass slaughter and production is lost as Kosher processing is more time and labor intensive. I am fine with that too, in fact my favorite lunch spot is a Kosher deli near my office.

[Lumpold]

Again, I am neither 'kosher' or 'halal' by religion, but I do eat quite a large amount of Halal meat, especially mutton. Nothing wrong with it, they're just a bit less fussy about removing bone.

[azn_fury]

I usually don't eat pork because of the high fat content but I do enjoy the occasional bbq pork chop my mom makes when I come home from college.

[carbonbased_al]

balls

[mosesbotbol]

I don’t keep kosher, but don’t mind eating kosher food. Chicken is quite good when bought kosher. As for beef- tough cuts like brisket come out pretty good. I do buy Halal lamb/goat often; it’s usually cheaper than the regular stuff and the selection cuts are much better at a Halal butcher. Halal lamb (at least where I shop) is domestic; it tastes lighter, less fatty, but a little tougher than the imported lamb at the supermarket.

I can certainly appreciate wanting to keep kosher, but I just love pork, shrimp, clams, and lobster too much! I couldn’t drink milk with meat, but that I because I never did growing up and it just sounds weird. The thing with a kosher lifestyle is, where do you draw the line? One shopping cart for meat, another for dairy, Kosher plates and silverware….

Then there's the kosher wine part, and that would throw out virtually all of my wine and port collection

[TechMetalMan]

:I appreciate all of the posts and that there has been no bashing.

I am thinking about going Halal in the next year or so. It is a bit more expensive. It will be tough to cut out shellfish and catfish and things- but I don't drink alcohol and I always feel sick after eating certain pork foods, plus most pork is simply a poor meat in general nutritionally.

I didn't know about the no dairy/meat kosher law. That's odd. I'll have to see if that goes for halal as well.

In my experience halal meats taste no different than straight meats and chicken might be better. I also figure that most halal cuts will be more healthy because I assume it's a smaller market and there is less going on (or it's forbidden- not sure) in the sense of genetic alterations, synthetic foods/medications/treatments, steroids, etc... but I could be wrong.

[omowasu]

Originally Posted by TechMetalMan

:I appreciate all of the posts and that there has been no bashing.

I am thinking about going Halal in the next year or so. It is a bit more expensive. It will be tough to cut out shellfish and catfish and things- but I don't drink alcohol and I always feel sick after eating certain pork foods, plus most pork is simply a poor meat in general nutritionally.

I didn't know about the no dairy/meat kosher law. That's odd. I'll have to see if that goes for halal as well.

In my experience halal meats taste no different than straight meats and chicken might be better. I also figure that most halal cuts will be more healthy because I assume it's a smaller market and there is less going on (or it's forbidden- not sure) in the sense of genetic alterations, synthetic foods/medications/treatments, steroids, etc... but I could be wrong.

That is one of those caveats with practicing a Kosher lifestyle - the meat of the donor animal should never be served with the milk produced for the animal's young. So, a cheeseburger is a no-no but a kosher prepared hamburger is OK. An egg omelette with chicken is a no-no, but an egg omelette with corned beef is OK, and so forth.

I got used to this pretty quickly when dining in delis downtown, eventually the lack of cheese on a sandwich or burger is no big deal and probably better for you anyway.

Many Indian restaurants also serve Kosher, and I like Indian food. Let us know how it goes, Trent!

[TechMetalMan]

Thanks for the tips man, I appreciate that. I don't do a whole lot of cheese with meat anyhow. What if I was snacking though? If I ate a cracker with cheese one minute and the next I ate a cracker with kosher beef?

[LesIsMore]

I'm jewish and I never knew that I can't eat chicken with my eggs even though I probably wouldn't do so anyway. And Tech, if you're trying to keep kosher you can't eat the cheese one minute then the meat next. The way I've always learned it is: If you want to eat meat after dairy you wait 30 minutes between the two and if you want to eat dairy after meat you wait 3 hours between the two. I know its weird and I don't really understand it too well myself but take it for what its worth.

[MadAl]

Originally Posted by LesIsMore

The way I've always learned it is: If you want to eat meat after dairy you wait 30 minutes between the two and if you want to eat dairy after meat you wait 3 hours between the two. I know its weird and I don't really understand it too well myself but take it for what its worth.

I thought it had to do with digestion time. It was originallly 6 hours, but that was kinda modified.