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muslim friend for tea

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kimi · 21/06/2006 20:58

Ds 2 age almost 6 has a very good friend at school who is a muslim. Ds2 has been to play and was given pasta for tea, little boy then came to play with ds2 and i gave him pasta, but i know very little about what he can and cant eat.
His mum is a lovely lady but speaks not very much english so it has been a bit difficult to get past the can he come to play and we will drop him home/pick him up at this time stage, mostly done by the little boy himself!!!
However i ask him what he could eat and drew a blank.
Ds1 said that little chap could not eat meat and dairy at the same meal, his class have been studing islam last term.
Ok so i know a nice pork roast is out but im stuck, cant give the little lad pasta for ever, and although i myself am church of england and can eat whatever i like i would hate to be disrespectful to his religion and diet needs, so please please anyone with knowlage of islam and food please help me out here, tryed the libury and came back with nothing!!!!

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Skribble · 21/06/2006 21:26

About food.co.uk
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fuzzywuzzy · 21/06/2006 21:28

stick to vegetarian non alcohol food you can't go wrong then.

fuzzywuzzy · 21/06/2006 21:29

the no meat and dairy at the same meal is a Jewish rule not Muslim (I am Muslim)

SenoraPostrophe · 21/06/2006 21:31

do people give alcohol to non muslim 6 year olds then?

Aero · 21/06/2006 21:35

Agree with fw - I used to mind a muslim child and her mum said vegetarian food would be fine although I think they had halal meat at home AFAIR, but sticking to vegetarian meant there was no risk of getting it wrong.

fuzzywuzzy · 21/06/2006 21:36

Sp lol I was thinking more about one of my very close non-muslim friends, practically everything she cooks has wine sloshed in, she's a fantastic cook, but I can almost never use her recipes because of it.

soapbox · 21/06/2006 21:38

Let them make their own pizzas - make some pizza dough then they can put toppings on it - my DC's friends love it when they make smiley face pizzas here

No pepperoni though!

Skribble · 21/06/2006 21:38

How easy is it to get Halaal meat? I may be getting into catering and quite a few of my prospective customers might require it.

fuzzywuzzy · 21/06/2006 21:41

Skribble you can get halal meat from a halal butchers it's very easy, usually the butchers have a HMC (halal monitoring committee) certificate displayed. If you mention when advertising that your meat is HMC certified you'll do a roaring trade amongst the Muslim customers I'm sure.

Skribble · 21/06/2006 21:43

I don't know of any halaal butchers where I am but I am sure there are loads in Glasgow.

fuzzywuzzy · 21/06/2006 21:45

email [email protected] and ask them if there are any HMC certified butchers in your area I'm sure there are loads in gGlasgow.....

Mala · 21/06/2006 21:52

Any sort of vegetarian food(baked potato, rice, noodles), seafood (fishfingers) would be fine. If you do want to do chicken/beef, try a halal butcher.
Some muslims are vegetarian, but I've never heard about not heating meat and dairy at the same meal-could you ds have got it slightly mixed up?

Skribble · 21/06/2006 21:59

I wonder if any of the big cash and carry chains do halaal as I would need it in bulk.

granarybeck · 21/06/2006 22:06

kimi, i'd have a chat with the child's mum of dad, i'm sure they wouldn't want you worring. Most of my muslim friends would rather be quite honest about what would and wouldn't be ok to make sure things they eat are halal.

Skribble · 21/06/2006 22:07

Found one . Sorry I will stop hogging the thread.

NotQuiteCockney · 21/06/2006 22:07

Meat and dairy rule is definately Judaism, not Islam.

Stick to vegetarian food + fish (anything from the water is halal, from what I know). Only give meat if halal.

And yeah, avoid anything with alcohol. If you want to be strict, don't give anything with vinegar in, either.

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kimi · 23/06/2006 10:55

thank you all, ds1 did say he thought it might not be muslim but judaism two days later!!!!
Bless him. I will check the web site,
will try and catch his dad at the school who seems to speak a bit more english, will stick with rice couscous and pasta for now.

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shimmy21 · 23/06/2006 11:20

I think you are very nice to be worrying about it but perhaps getting your knickers in a twist over nothing much.

Steer clear of pork but otherwise unless his mum specifically tells you about anything I am sure they will be happy for him to eat what he is given. We've been living with a Muslim student for 6 months. Apart from pork she ate everything we ate (no halal butchers round here either).

Iklboo · 23/06/2006 11:27

Sorry - not helpful but it made me smile

I was in hospital after having DS and went down to the canteen for lunch. A girl in front aksed if there was a vegetarian option. The woman behind the counter had a look and said

"No, sorry love. But there's a halal beef dinner here if that's any good for you"

Hallgerda · 23/06/2006 12:56

SenoraPostrophe, I think Muslim children would not be allowed homemade traditional soft drinks such as ginger beer and elderflower champagne where the bubbles are produced by a fermentation process that also produces extremely small quantities of alcohol.

SoMuchToBits · 23/06/2006 13:04

My 5yo ds's best friend is from a Muslim family. They definitely eat fish, as well as vegetarian things. They also eat chicken and lamb. They as a family are not strict about halal meat, as it is quite difficult to get around here, but I would not give non-halal meat unless you were certain the family would be happy. When ds's friend has been round they have eaten things like pizza, fish or sandwiches (with cheese or chicken).

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