Comments on: News, Food and More News http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/10/22/news-food-and-more-news/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mona http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/10/22/news-food-and-more-news/#comment-872 Mona Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/10/22/news-food-and-more-news/#comment-872 Nowhere is the halal food presence felt as much as it is on our city streets! It’s amazing how many carts of halal meat there are in a 4 block radius here. There was a really big oped piece in the Sunday times a ways back and very interesting read, about the halal meat process. Some co-workers call it street-meat and won’t go near it with a 10foot pole but for the most part I’ve found it delicious!

]]> By: Barbara Fisher http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/10/22/news-food-and-more-news/#comment-873 Barbara Fisher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/10/22/news-food-and-more-news/#comment-873 I would never be afraid to eat from a halal streetside buggy or cafe–the religious custom and law surrounding halal are so strong with Muslims, that I cannot imagine street vendor selling meat that was less than clean.

The Islamic people I have known, worked with and cooked for are some of the physically cleanest people in the world–their kitchens at home are extremely clean–and that is the standard that they are used to. So, they would hold anyone who cooked and served them food to a similar standard.

I bet the street foods you have had are delicious, and perfectly safe to eat, on top of everything. I think it is just ignorance that keep people afraid of it.

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