Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,496
Copy and paste it, then we all can read it.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,305
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
karlos,link works for me.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,305
Only if you're on facebook Brian.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
ok terry,didnt reliase thet some people are not.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,496
Thanks.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I thought that was a joke but it turns out that subway only use halal meat, they won't see me in one of their establishments in future.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
I don't go there my self either,never did like the look of the food they serve.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I have been there a few times, they always offer a choice of 4 types of bread, all of which have the same taste and texture - bland. the fillings are ok but nothing special.
they have really shot themselves in the foot on this one, not gauging the mood of the british public.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
interesting try from the pr people at our American friends, the facts are these.
The food must come from a supplier that uses halal practices. Specifically, the slaughter must be performed by a Muslim, who must precede the slaughter by invoking the name of Allah, most commonly by saying "Bismillah" ("In the name of God") and then three times "Allahu akbar" (God is the greatest). Then, the animal must be slaughtered with a sharp knife by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck (while the animal is conscious), causing the animal's death without cutting the spinal cord. Lastly, the blood from the veins must be drained.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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The Dover branch is not a Halal outlet, Howard. You may put away your righteous indignation.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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- Posts: 62,352
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Most small food businesses get much of their meat from a certain cash and carry chain. Although we always sourced our meat from Aylesham Butchers or Cappers, we once had a party of lawyers for an office Christmas dinner, one of whom was a strict Muslim. He told me that as well as turkey, we could offer a halal chicken alternative, and that Bookers had halal chicken.Off I toddle to Folkestone and asked where they keep the halal chicken. "It's all halal, mate. So's the lamb. Otherwise the Indian restaurants won't touch it."
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i'd heard that now the major supermarkets are saying that all their meat is halal which means that 95% of the population have to adhere the religious laws of 5%.
The food industry gets away with far too much and they should be forced to clearly mark products as halal and non halal.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,835
All I will say is that the supermarkets also sold beef products that were horse so how do we know this halal statement is true.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
not forgetting recent findings on lamb in take aways being something different a lot of the time.
the supermarkets are saying(like subway) that the animals are stunned prior to ritual slaughter, if so then it is not halal at all.
