your fiance/husband's first night in america...

[Sofiyya 1,687]

If chicken isn't meat, it wouldn't need to be halal.

[tnh9479 1]

I have to agree with Rahma (at least that's whom I think I wrote it). My husband was SO exhausted and relieved by the time I picked him up at the airport. All he wanted to do was to come home and just crash. There is a lot of stress that some of these guys experience. It could be the first time flying, going through immigration and not knowing what to expect, wondering if they can find the connecting flight, possible flight delays, etc. It truly is a lot. Just be supportive! I put up a welcome home banner and got him a few things to eat I knew he would like. However, adjusting to American food was hard for him.

As for all the other parts of the discussion, I just want people to know the IGNORE button is USELESS!!!! You still see the quotes other people post of the ignored person's rantings.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I'm enjoying the ignore button.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Brings me to ask, why does everyone attach alllllll those quotes everytime, I never have just wondering. You have to scroll down half a mile just to get to the posters comments

[amal 4]

For those whose So's don't like sweets.. one things I found my Dh really loved was tacos!!!! And homemade tacos are sooo easy and quick. Check out the shells you use to make sure they don't contain lard (most shells are not halal, I buy vegan ones to just get out of it) and away you go!

Take this from a Mexican you can make your own shells! What is better than fresh vs off the shelf taco shells? They are super easy and quick to do! To do so buy CORN TORTILLAS they are usually made and packaged that day. Warm up a good amount of cooking oil when its nice and hot dip in a tortilla after a few seconds take a fork and fold the corn tortilla in half. Keep the fork in the middle so the tortilla sides wont stick. Let one side crisp then flip the tortilla shell on its other side and let that crisp too. You can make the shells as crispy or as lite crisp as you want.=0) Then you can stuff with your what ever you want from chicken to guacamole or shredded beef or fajitas. Yum.

Honest-to-God I BOUGHT CORN TORTILLAS THE OTHER DAY BY MISTAKE...NAAAAAAAASTY.....I was trying to figure out what to do with them ... either that or throw them away....thanks for tip...I'll definitely give that a try!!!

I don't dislike anybody here persay but what I don't like is when somebody intentionally posts things in a thread that they know for sure is going to cause problems. Then when problems don't arise, they get more and more nasty until someone finally pipes up. THEN, they get all defensive when people have finally had enough and get mad about it. We have seen this exact same argument over and over again in thread after thread after thread. We all saw the initial posts that started this and we understood from the beginning that the intentions were set on getting a certain type of response. Why is it that people feel the need to come in and try to see how long it takes before they get negative feedback? Do they think we are all stupid and don't see what is happening? I don't know about everyone else but I know I'm not that naive... BEKAFFEY NIQASH BYZANTE!!! Seriously!!

I used to have a lot of respect for certain people here and I really appreciated their advice on certain subjects. Lately, I'm beginning to lose that respect since they seem to find pride in causing a negative uproar everywhere they go without any care of who they hurt and how they hurt them.

Too bad we all have to read through this stuff just to try to help with the original topic.

Ok..Enough with my soap box... I hope this issue can be resolved in an adult manner.

Thanks

amal

Amal, there has been plenty of joking about fornication, hedonism, gross and abnormal by certain people (Sarah has this under her avatar), and so on. It's a joke when they do it, and no one says a thing until certain OTHER people do what they do.

Sorry, that's the truth and that's why nothing they say bothers me.

I will say that this post was not directly insinuating anything against you. I'm sure there are many people here who may think this post was directed at them. If you took it to be an attack against you, that was not necessarily the case. I was speaking in general of anybody who enjoys stirring up the pot. I don't appreciate anybody who does what I have discussed. It makes for a very uncomfortable time in VJ.

I will post more after praying..Noor is waiting for me

amal

[peezey 0]

If chicken isn't meat, it wouldn't need to be halal.

I don't get why it's being said chicken isn't meat? And halal isn't about meat, it's about permissability.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I will say that this post was not directly insinuating anything against you. I'm sure there are many people here who may think this post was directed at them. If you took it to be an attack against you, that was not necessarily the case. I was speaking in general of anybody who enjoys stirring up the pot. I don't appreciate anybody who does what I have discussed. It makes for a very uncomfortable time in VJ.

I will post more after praying..Noor is waiting for me

amal

I'm sure that's true, and it is one of the things that irritate me too, along with the double standard about who can be mocked. Every once in a while when you've seen the slams for a time, it's hard to say nothing, tho.

[Nasturtium 500]

I don't get why it's being said chicken isn't meat? And halal isn't about meat, it's about permissability.

A lot of cultures don't see chicken or fish as meat. Chicken is fowl, fish is fish, and meat is any sort of mammal.

Edited February 7, 2007 by julianna

[jordanianprincess 0]

I will say that this post was not directly insinuating anything against you. I'm sure there are many people here who may think this post was directed at them. If you took it to be an attack against you, that was not necessarily the case. I was speaking in general of anybody who enjoys stirring up the pot. I don't appreciate anybody who does what I have discussed. It makes for a very uncomfortable time in VJ.

I will post more after praying..Noor is waiting for me

amal

I'm sure that's true, and it is one of the things that irritate me too, along with the double standard about who can be mocked. Every once in a while when you've seen the slams for a time, it's hard to say nothing, tho.

Right and you are the poster child for making VJ more comfortable for people. The only person that imposes double standards is you, which has been pointed out again and again. By the way you slam people quite often.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

If chicken isn't meat, it wouldn't need to be halal.

I don't get why it's being said chicken isn't meat? And halal isn't about meat, it's about permissability.

Chicken should be killed in a certain way to be halal, but there are exceptions to halal killing. Quran 5:5 says that the food of the people of the Book is halal to eat. Another hadith says that if it has not been killed in an halal manner, but it is what you have, say "Bismillah" over it to make it permissible. Allah seeks to make many things easy.

[jordanianprincess 0]

I will say that this post was not directly insinuating anything against you. I'm sure there are many people here who may think this post was directed at them. If you took it to be an attack against you, that was not necessarily the case. I was speaking in general of anybody who enjoys stirring up the pot. I don't appreciate anybody who does what I have discussed. It makes for a very uncomfortable time in VJ.

I will post more after praying..Noor is waiting for me

amal

I'm sure that's true, and it is one of the things that irritate me too, along with the double standard about who can be mocked. Every once in a while when you've seen the slams for a time, it's hard to say nothing, tho.

Right and you are the poster child for making VJ more comfortable for people. The only person that imposes double standards is you, which has been pointed out again and again. By the way you slam people quite often.

Also..didn't you volunteer to stop about 5 pages ago? Still going huh? Oh and indirect insults and slams are no different than doing it directly.

[mercy 1]

I know this is a bit up thread by now, but I wanted to comment on alcohol and cooking, my husband is a recovering alcoholic (three years on Friday!), so I do a lot of label reading and recipe adjusting. It's surprising how much alcohol is actually retained when cooking/baking, so if your SO refrains from alcohol, avoid using any. Here is a chart that shows how much remains after varies cooking times/methods. It's also surprising what actually as alcohol in it; I had no idea that most cooking sprays contained alcohol.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

OK i give up, it was going good and then.............. makes it a little impossible to LEARN anything talk about the pot calling the kettle black

[Sofiyya 1,687]

OK i give up, it was going good and then.............. makes it a little impossible to LEARN anything talk about the pot calling the kettle black

Ig button makes the night go smoothly.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I know this is a bit up thread by now, but I wanted to comment on alcohol and cooking, my husband is a recovering alcoholic (three years on Friday!), so I do a lot of label reading and recipe adjusting. It's surprising how much alcohol is actually retained when cooking/baking, so if your SO refrains from alcohol, avoid using any. Here is a chart that shows how much remains after varies cooking times/methods. It's also surprising what actually as alcohol in it; I had no idea that most cooking sprays contained alcohol.

It's a pain, but I reccomend home made condiments and oils.