I recently came across a menu offering a twist on the traditional dish, shakshuka, by adding chorizo. Traditionally, shakshuka is a Middle Eastern and North African dish beloved, originate and enjoyed mainly by Jewish and Muslim communities, where pork products aren't consumed due to religious reasons. This new variation has sparked quite a debate within me, (I am Middle Eastern), and I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
I understand that we put twists on lots of dishes, and yes I 've seen feta and random stuff thrown into shakshuka, but this particular thing is bothering me a little seeing as the one ingredient that is contradictory to Jewish and Muslim dietary laws is put in it.
I'd be ok if they called it something else, like Chorizo Eggs or Spanish Skillet or something to that effect, but it is fundamentally a vegetarian dish and not only that, fundamentally originating from non pork eating cultures and in my eyes, cannot be shakshuka.
Am I being unreasonable to say you cannot call this dish Shakshuka if you put pork in it?