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Occasionally one comes across a gem. Something that really
has to be recorded for the next campfire story. Something that shows the idiocy
of our fellow man. Like those signs that say: "POTHOLES" (1. We know,
we can see/feel them and 2. why don't you fix the holes rather than put up the
sign?) or that dude who wanted to feed the crocodiles....
Anyway, about two weeks ago, during the Muslim fasting
month of Ramadan, I'm in the canteen at work and I see there's a sign above
the pasta bar. It said: "HALAL LASAGNE".
So when I got back to my desk, I asked my mate (who is
fasting and would normally probably go for some halal lasagne): Who eats halal-specific
lasagne during Ramadan, and if they do, do they care whether or not it's halal?
He shakes his head and pulls out an email chain where, in
an earlier canteen incident, he'd pointed out to the chef that, although his
(the chef's) halal paella was a good idea in principle, the salami addition
wasn't really in keeping with the true meaning of "halal". Personally
if I was having a debate with a Muslim about the subtleties of what make food
halal, I'd shut up. Not this chef. You have to admire him. He proceeded to
defend himself. Apparently "the chicken in the paella was halal". Well
that's ok then...
I quote verbatim from the email reply: "The chef responsible for adding the salami has gone through the
disciplinary strategy the canteen management adhere to".
God knows what
that is, but I do pity the fool. The guy makes a paella, unwittingly chucks in some chopped salami, next
thing he's looking down the barrel of a gun in the form of the Canteen Disciplinary Committee.
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