OK, we don’t have to fight. Let’s just all have dinner.
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I’ve got to find a halal turkey before Thursday. There are a few places I could check and turkey can be halal, but I don’t think it’s a particularly common meat in Muslim majority countries. So far I’ve found halal turkey sandwich meat and wurst, which don’t really capture the Thanksgiving ambience.
I can cook a separate halal option, but that would be a shame, and would also seem to undermine the spirit of everyone sharing a meal together.
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Is kosher a possibility? I can never remember which one is more strict.
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You might give this guy a call and sees if he knows of any farma in your area. If you can find an ethical breeder, it shouldn’t be too hard.
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In 2011 butterball of all companies produced halal turkeys, but have stopped… Due to protests…
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$40 for the turkey, and I’m sure shipping is almost as much.
http://www.midamarhalal.com/Product/Turkey.aspx
Lower right corner.
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Jesus Christ.
Because the Muslim turkeys are going to get us.
I’ve said it before: You can’t fix stupid.
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Yes, of course. He wouldn’t have approved of all of these funny Middle Eastern customs.
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There seem to be quite a few more Muslims than Jews in my area (plenty of Turkish people came to Germany a generation or two ago, and there are fewer Jews for other reasons 
. There’s a halal butcher not too far away, and they should at least have some idea where to look for one. They may even be able to track one down if I’m lucky.
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Espresso cups.
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Don’t you know, if you eat Halal, you’re an AUTOMATIC MUSLIM!!!
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I’ll be hitting up my local bargain store today–espresso cups would be perfect, and I can probably find then for a quarter each.
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We don’t want to catch Muslim. That would be terrible. /sarcasm (in case it wasn’t abundantly clear)
Honestly, though- do people really not understand the original purpose of all those rules? (and by “all those” I mean Kosher and Halal. I’ve no idea, weirdly, what the Christian equivalent might be)
Also: for a business, doesn’t it make serve the largest possible base of customers? Especially if it’s (relatively) trivial to do? (I’m thinking about how close Kosher and Halal are in terms of requirements- it’s a small amount of work to do one if you’re already doing the other).
I mean, wouldn’t the shareholders want that market reached? Isn’t it incumbent on the business to maximize profits for those shareholders? It seems irresponsible to “leave money” on the table like that… (especially if, as it seems, they had the market for Halal turkeys effectively cornered…)
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No meat on fridays? I guess there is the Lenten season, too, right? I guess some Christians really push treating the body like a temple thing. Maybe the Mormon’s restrictions on alcohol and caffeine?
Also, capitalist logic only matters if it also reinforces local prejudices. 
Vampirism and cannibalism.
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The “no meat on Fridays” (except fish, or, if you’re Belgian, muskrat…) is mostly a fishmonger deal one of the Popes made and not, as far as I know, rooted in scripture.
I mean, there’s Leviticus, but that’s Old Testament and therefore only to be quoted when convenient. And I’d really, really hesitate to lump Mormanism under the Christian umbrella (though I understand why one could make a counter argument…).
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Aaaand just picked up eight 3oz espresso cups with with saucers for $4.99. They are gonna be perfect.
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Your comment got me wondering about a total side tangent…are there Turkeys in Turkey? Because words and birds. I’d always thought the Turkey was native to North America, and they aren’t exactly the type of bird that could fly across the ocean, is this just a coincidence? Not knowing the answer I googled it and learned about how the bird got its english name. enjoy!
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Ah, didn’t know that about the Friday stuff. But there is still lent, though it’s not anything specific really, more just a general “give up something to be more like Jesus” kind of thing.
I think the Mormons understand themselves as Christians, in the sense that Jesus is part of their doctrine, so that’s good enough for me.
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7th Day Adventists are strict vegetarians.
In most forms of modern christianity there is only the one remaining restriction, not eating food that has been offered to pagan idols. Which I don’t think is an issue people run into very frequently.
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Plus no caffeine, alcohol or tobacco.
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Well crossing that one off the list then.
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I grew up in the Adventist church. It’s not too bad, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
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