Islamic food is very
delicious but it is so complicated to make it eatable according to the Islamic
laws. To eat Islamic there are many rituals or traditions that you must go
through first. They have forbidden foods
to eat, certain methods of eating, they have names for foods that are eatable
or not such as Halal and Haram, and they have a certain way to slaughter
animals.
Muslims have many foods that they can eat but also have many foods
that are forbidden to eat. A mayate is
any creature that has not been slaughtered according to Islamic law. Anything
that they eat must be clean from clean machines, and they aren’t allowed to eat
blood, faeces, and a piece of flesh cut from a living animal. Occasionally the Muslims can get around the
laws like it is ok to eat Gelatin if it is mixed into another substance. Another food that you can’t eat is rennet
which is Muslims is also not allowed to eat cheese if it has fatty parts but if
it doesn’t then it is pure. Deadly
poisons are not allowed because anything harmful to yourself.
Muslims have very good manner because of the many methods of eating
that they have. A couple customs of
theirs are that you can only eat with three fingers no less no more, you must
eat everything on your plate, don’t take food that is in front of another
person, and also eat small quantities at a time and chew with your mouth
close. These customs mean a lot to the
Muslim people and if these methods are no done correctly the host or hostess
will get very offended. Some other rules most Islamic people follow are that
you must spend time at the table with your guest, must eat with your right
hand, you are not allowed to lick your fingers, and to be respectful you must
wash your hands before and after dinner, and you are considered a rude person
if you stare at someone while they are eating. Most of the time your host or
hostess should start eating before their guest and finish eating after their
guest it is tradition. In their religion
you must pray to G-d before and after meals and you must clean you teeth and
pick up left over that fell outside of the sufra which is the eating area.
In Islam there are
certain foods that they are not allowed to eat and they call that food
Haram. Haram means not permitted. Some
products that are Haram are animals that are not slaughtered correctly, and
pig, dog, donkey, or carnivores. Other
products that are Haram are animals killed by clubbing to the head or attacked
by another animal. Some other animals
that have canine teeth are also Haram such as monkeys, cats, lion and they also
are not allowed to eat frogs, crocodile’s, and turtles. These foods that are
Haram are usually dirty or unclean animals.
They are also many foods that Muslims can eat but to a certain
extent. Halal means permitted or allowed. This is what they call food that they are
allowed to eat. For foods or drinks to
be Halal it must be approved by the Islamic dietary laws as in the Quaran. To be Halal the animal has to be slaughtered
correctly. To slaughtered and animal to
be Halal the area must be clean according to the Islamic law before anything
takes place. Only certain live
animals and birds can be slaughtered.
The slaughter must be done manually using a stainless steal knife. After you slaughter the animal you must clean
the knife. Animals have to be completely
dead before being skinned. The rest of
the laws for the food to be Halal are quiet simple, one rule is that no Halal
food can have one ingredient that is Haram.
Everything used to slaughter an animal must be clean according to
Islamic law. Any kind of Halal substance
is not allowed to come into contact with any kind of Haram substances.
Some foods are ok but the other parts of it aren’t, you are not
allowed to eat clay in the religion, they are equivalent to a chick-pea, and
you are also not allowed to eat soil, earth, or sand. Yet you are still allowed to eat stones,
wood, and metals. Another substance you
can not eat or drink is blood. Blood is
forbidden to drink lick or imbibe in anyway.
You can eat most parts that come from the animals you slaughter except a
few, such as male reproductions organ, tentacles, spleen, Faeces, bladder, the
gall bladder, placenta,vulva, vein extended from the neck to tail, spinal
chord, glands, pineal body, and, the pupils.
You can’t eat these parts of the animals because they are not clean.
Not only does the food have many restrictions so does the things
they drink.
One drink that is
against all Islamic traditions is alcohol.
If you but any kind of alcohol on a table of foods the food is turned
into Haram. If they want to drink and
eat at the same time the food must be at a separate table to the drinks. One drink that they have no laws against and
that is very famous in Islam is Barley juice because it doesn’t cause any intoxication. This drink is prescribed by doctors to treat
certain maladies.
You have some many laws around
eating but the best part of it all is going to an Islamic restraint and
actually eating the food. Dinners at
restaurants are usually cooked from recipes from a period source. In these cookbooks there are many recipes for
relishes and dips. A few dishes that they make are Badinjan Muhassa, coked dish
of lentils, Hais, Hulwa, and syrup of Lemon.
For desserts they serve wonderful and delicious pastries and
sweets. At these restaurants the food is
very well priced you pay $450 for only 250 people. Those are some great prices.
The laws of eating can get quiet
complicated but through it all the food sounds delicious. The laws of Haram, Halal, slaughtering the
animals correctly are all beliefs of the Muslims and thank G-d. These are why
the laws are there so that the food will be great, delicious, healthy, and
clean. The food is also very well priced
so don’t worry about that either.
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