Good restaurants would
if people asked for it. The same as with fish, they didn't use to do it, but when people started asking for good fish they had to provide it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 8:58, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

LoLZ.
Call me cynical but......
"Is that free range chicken in your dishes?"
"Of course madam."
Cut to kitchen.
"Is that free range chicken?" Guffaw.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Innit.
Like London's 'halal' chicken shops - found in numerous occasions to be selling chicken with PORK FAT injected into it to increase weight...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:25, Reply)

Halal doesn't mean no pork fat
it means no blood, doesn't it?

Usually they are very proud if they have free range or responsibly sourced fish, and can show you the labels or stamps to prove it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Halal means no pork at all.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

I believe the point is if you're after halal, having pork as part of the product is somewhat counterproductive

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:43, Reply)

counterproductive
is a very mild way of saying "you and your family will all burn in hell forever". you should have been around to assist in drafting the bible and the koran, you could have saved a lot of problems in the long-term with that sort of rational thinking.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

It's not a sin
if they don't know they are doing it, so they wouldn't go to hell. The ones selling the chicken, though...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

I still retain my mad drafting skillz

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:01, Reply)

It seems I was wrong
I thought they were two different things:

1. Food has to be Halal - animals that weren't dead before slaughtering, and without blood
2. Can't eat pork.

But no, Halal includes both and more:
mideastfood.about.com/od/middleeasternfood101/a/halalfoods.htm
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 7 Oct 2010, 9:50, Reply)