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  • marsupial
    Mississippi Queen
    • Nov 2008
    • 3678
    #1

    Oh Crap!

    One of my son's best friends is Muslim. He's over quite a lot and I am always good about checking labels before I give him food to make sure there is no gelatin in it. Well, I quickly scanned the ingredients list of this package of popsicles and I didn't see gelatin. I obviously read too quickly because as I was putting them back in the freezer I read the back of the box which says, "with a touch of gelatin these pops stay frozen longer."

    Ugh! What he doesn't know, won't hurt him, right? I have serious guilt now.

    He just asked for another. Ack! I just said no we're not having anymore, even though I ordinarily wouldn't care.
    Last edited by marsupial; 11-27-2009, 01:58 PM.
    What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
    -Teenage Dirtbag
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    • Non Sequitur
      Where did I put my bodkin
      • Nov 2008
      • 5773
      #2
      I wouldn't worry about it too much. For all you know, your son is being fed Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream when he's at his friend's house.
      "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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        • Clark Addison
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 10303
          #3
          I have an admittedly shallow understanding of islam, but my impression is that the average Muslim does not sweat too much things like this that happen accidentally. I don't think you need to tell the parents, but if you did, I would bet they wouldn't think it was a big deal. It is good of you to be conscious of this and attempt to keep things kosher for him.

          It reminds me of the first breakfast I had with my new step mother. I had been living across the country, and did not know her well. I went out to breakfast with her and my father. I ordered first, ordered bacon, and then, remembering that she was Jewish, spent the meal wondering if I had performed a great offense.

          Of course, when I later saw her eat bacon herself, I figured that she wasn't real strict with the dietary laws.

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            • HuskyFreeNorthwest
              Time to camp
              • Nov 2008
              • 26082
              #4
              Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
              I have an admittedly shallow understanding of islam, but my impression is that the average Muslim does not sweat too much things like this that happen accidentally. I don't think you need to tell the parents, but if you did, I would bet they wouldn't think it was a big deal. It is good of you to be conscious of this and attempt to keep things kosher for him.
              Lol, sup should call and say to the parents "I hope this is kosher, I gave him some gelatin on accident."

              Why don't Muslims eat gelatin?
              Get confident, stupid
              -landpoke

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                • pellegrino
                  miserere me
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 12100
                  #5
                  Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                  Lol, sup should call and say to the parents "I hope this is kosher, I gave him some gelatin on accident."

                  Why don't Muslims eat gelatin?
                  Gelatin comes from all sorts of animals and so depending on the animal or the way in which it was slaughtered might not be kosher.
                  Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                  God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                  Alessandro Manzoni

                  Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                  pelagius

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                    • marsupial
                      Mississippi Queen
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 3678
                      #6
                      Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
                      Gelatin comes from all sorts of animals and so depending on the animal or the way in which it was slaughtered might not be kosher.
                      you mean halal.
                      What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
                      -Teenage Dirtbag

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                        • pellegrino
                          miserere me
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 12100
                          #7
                          Originally posted by marsupial View Post
                          you mean halal.
                          tomato tomahto, no disrespect intended.
                          Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                          God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                          Alessandro Manzoni

                          Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                          pelagius

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                            • marsupial
                              Mississippi Queen
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 3678
                              #8
                              Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
                              tomato tomahto, no disrespect intended.
                              Oh, I know.
                              What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
                              -Teenage Dirtbag

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                                • Slim
                                  Straight Out the Trailer
                                  • Jul 2009
                                  • 1007
                                  #9
                                  These things happen. I don't think it is worth telling anyone or losing any sleep over. I think you are fine just not giving him anymore.

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                                    • statman
                                      Rabblerouser
                                      • Aug 2009
                                      • 2799
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
                                      I have an admittedly shallow understanding of islam, but my impression is that the average Muslim does not sweat too much things like this that happen accidentally.
                                      I agree. Having worked closely for a number of years with both Hasidic Jews and Muslims who eat strictly Halal, if they're really worried about it, they won't eat ANYTHING even remotely questionable that they didn't prepare or purchase themselves.

                                      I always got a kick out of a particular Jewish guy in the office who insisted he ate Kosher - and whose favorite lunch-time meal was cheeseburgers...

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                                        • happyone
                                          Board Bookworm
                                          • Mar 2009
                                          • 5398
                                          #11
                                          One of my Mom's favorite Christmas experiences concerns a similar problem. When my Dad was in the Army, we always gathered up all the strays in the ward (missionaries, single GIs) for the holidays. One year, one of the invitees asked if he could bring his roommate. Mom said sure. Our Christmas Eve diner menu was included ham as the meat. Anyway after diner is over and everyone has eaten there fill, the roommate casually mentions that he is sure glad he is a reformed Jew. He hadn't had such a good meal since joining the army (If I remember right, he had about three helpings of the ham, I was about 8 at the time. The memory and the stories probably have been become embellished over time) Mom says that she hasn't been so embarassed before or since. She laughs about it now, but at the time she was mortified.

                                          I guess the poing is if you are really concerned find out how stirctly they observe there dietary laws.

                                          I may be small, but I'm slow.

                                          A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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