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Friday, December 26, 2008

Jumáh Journal- Food that we eat

S. Baqara aya172
"O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah if it is Him ye worship."
The word used in Qurán for good things is "Tayyebaat" which is pure and good and healthy etc. all combined. In USA we are familiar with all foods that are served or sold have their composition spelled out on the label. There is suggestion to that in Pakistan which came out from a "hair-raising" incident (A customer found a hair in the cake he bought)
Well, be that as it may, it will certainly be a good idea for Pakistanis and of course Muslims here in the USA are striving now harder to obtain "Tayyebaat" which is driving them to find not only halal but also organic and a good suggestion comes from a recently published article you can read here.
Additionally I have a story from Dr. Idrees, my friend who visited us from north this Thursday.
He was organizing a wedding party for his friend and arranged for big dishes to be filled with food cooked in Pakistani-Indian style. The party was due in about an hour and a half when he had to hurry back home after giving all the instructions for serving. This was happening at the University where he taught.
He had hardly reached home that he got a call from the university, "Sir you have to come back quick, the Food Inspector would not allow that food to be served. He tells us to throw it away"
Ya Khuda yeh majra kiya hay!!!
Idrees hurried back, worried to death, thinking how is he going to feed them and from where is he going to get the food that fast as the wedding party arrives in an hour.
So he asked show me what is the matter with food. They said the inspector found "Bugs".
When he was shown the actual "bugs" --hahahaha he started laughing-------
"BaRi Ilaaichi".
This particular condiment "pod" , sort of opens up when cooked and an "Inspector" may easily confuse it with a Bug's wings.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That was a pretty funny story...

Lighter moments of life...