Comments on: Lutheran Halal cafe http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Narmitaj http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518146 Narmitaj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518146 On the Beeb's "Have I Got News For You" this week one of the guests was Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi, who at one stage complained about finding buttons, not coins, in her piggy bank when she was a kid, and the host, Lee Mack, wondered about Muslim kids being allowed piggy banks. She said it was OK, it was a halal piggy bank. On the Beeb’s “Have I Got News For You” this week one of the guests was Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi, who at one stage complained about finding buttons, not coins, in her piggy bank when she was a kid, and the host, Lee Mack, wondered about Muslim kids being allowed piggy banks. She said it was OK, it was a halal piggy bank.

]]> By: paulmclaughlin http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518149 paulmclaughlin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518149 @Noen: If there's no bacon with it, yes. @Noen: If there’s no bacon with it, yes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518151 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518151 Lutheran Halal is just like regular Halal but except without all the rules against eating pork and other unclean foods. Lutheran Halal is just like regular Halal but except without all the rules against eating pork and other unclean foods.

]]> By: Stuart Ellis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518154 Stuart Ellis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518154 A couple of weeks ago while I was in Singapore, I saw a Halal Thai restaurant (as well as a Kosher Indian place)... A couple of weeks ago while I was in Singapore, I saw a Halal Thai restaurant (as well as a Kosher Indian place)…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518159 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518159 ...Chef Yusuf Bauer... …Chef Yusuf Bauer…

]]> By: firefly the great http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518688 firefly the great Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518688 I was always amused by the shop in Dearborn that advertises Halal Amish Chicken. I was always amused by the shop in Dearborn that advertises Halal Amish Chicken.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518179 @8 posted by noen, June 15, 2009 2:45 AM So is Lutefisk Halal? Funny you should mention. There are several (it seems) Mexican Lebanese shops in the Twin Cities. I offer you this street shot from Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexican%20lebanese%20deli&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl @8 posted by noen, June 15, 2009 2:45 AM
So is Lutefisk Halal?

Funny you should mention. There are several (it seems) Mexican Lebanese shops in the Twin Cities. I offer you this street shot from Google:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexican%20lebanese%20deli&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518181 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518181 <b>Lutheran Halal Cafe</b>: Where the all the coffee is strong, all the pitas are good looking, and all the falafels are above average. Ibrahim Keillor, <i>A Pakistani Home Companion</i> Lutheran Halal Cafe: Where the all the coffee is strong, all the pitas are good looking, and all the falafels are above average.

Ibrahim Keillor, A Pakistani Home Companion

]]> By: eeyore http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518696 eeyore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518696 #24 - Anyone who has listened to a A Prairie Home Companion for any length of time would find this particular sign strange, noteworthy, AND absolutely hilarious. #24 – Anyone who has listened to a A Prairie Home Companion for any length of time would find this particular sign strange, noteworthy, AND absolutely hilarious.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-519469 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-519469 Noen, I'm not sure whether lutefisk can be made Halal, but even if it could, it would still be a sin against nature. Skullhyphy, we didn't go in because we were bicycling over to the Shore Parkway bike path, and stopping there wasn't part of the plan. Also, because we knew the deli's actual menu wouldn't be as intriguing as the idea of Lutheran Halal. Anonymous @29, not as unlikely as you'd think, since my own neighborhood's not far from there. Lutheran Medical Center, the hospital across the street from the deli, is where I went when I had that cardiac episode last fall. Noen, I’m not sure whether lutefisk can be made Halal, but even if it could, it would still be a sin against nature.

Skullhyphy, we didn’t go in because we were bicycling over to the Shore Parkway bike path, and stopping there wasn’t part of the plan. Also, because we knew the deli’s actual menu wouldn’t be as intriguing as the idea of Lutheran Halal.

Anonymous @29, not as unlikely as you’d think, since my own neighborhood’s not far from there. Lutheran Medical Center, the hospital across the street from the deli, is where I went when I had that cardiac episode last fall.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518203 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518203 MRJM, that's it! MRJM, that’s it!

]]> By: seaanemoneman http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518207 seaanemoneman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518207 Just a couple blocks, by the way, from the major Lutheran Medical Center. The More You Know. Just a couple blocks, by the way, from the major Lutheran Medical Center. The More You Know.

]]> By: DWittSF http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518210 DWittSF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518210 Bishop: I really enjoy working with young people such as yourself down at our new Lutheran Center... Why don't you drop by sometime, eh? Danny Noonan: I've often thought of entering the Priesthood. Bishop: Oh, are you a Roman Catholic? [Danny nods] Bishop: Oh, then I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you can't come. Bishop: I really enjoy working with young people such as yourself down at our new Lutheran Center… Why don’t you drop by sometime, eh?

Danny Noonan: I’ve often thought of entering the Priesthood.

Bishop: Oh, are you a Roman Catholic?

[Danny nods]

Bishop: Oh, then I’m sorry, but I’m afraid you can’t come.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518472 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518472 Someone ought to talk them into making it kosher. Someone ought to talk them into making it kosher.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518217 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518217 Oh you know that's some good eatin'... you betcha! Oh you know that’s some good eatin’… you betcha!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-519009 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-519009 Heh, I walked by that very place around a month ago when I was visiting NY with my girlfriend. What are the odds it would end up on boingboing? Heh, I walked by that very place around a month ago when I was visiting NY with my girlfriend. What are the odds it would end up on boingboing?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518245 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518245 @Stuart Keller. Many of the Indian restaurants in the New York area are kosher. If they are vegetarian it's not much of an imposition and I suppose it attracts a few more Jewish customers. @Stuart Keller. Many of the Indian restaurants in the New York area are kosher. If they are vegetarian it’s not much of an imposition and I suppose it attracts a few more Jewish customers.

]]> By: steauengeglase http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518248 steauengeglase Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518248 I can't help but wonder: -Do seniors pay on Spaghetti nights every Wednesday. -No pork with the Saturday morning pancake breakfast? -Is a jell-o mold still a sin even if it isn't in the shape of a man or a beast? I can’t help but wonder:
-Do seniors pay on Spaghetti nights every Wednesday.
-No pork with the Saturday morning pancake breakfast?
-Is a jell-o mold still a sin even if it isn’t in the shape of a man or a beast?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518253 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518253 Non-Muslim business owners often serve Halal food, because that is what their customers demand. For example, in Dearborn Michigan, there are several McDonalds that serve Halal food. And KFC serves Halal food all around the world. Neither are particularly Muslim institutions from what I understand. Anyone who has lived a long time in an ethnically diverse area would not find anything strange or noteworthy about this. Non-Muslim business owners often serve Halal food, because that is what their customers demand.

For example, in Dearborn Michigan, there are several McDonalds that serve Halal food. And KFC serves Halal food all around the world. Neither are particularly Muslim institutions from what I understand.

Anyone who has lived a long time in an ethnically diverse area would not find anything strange or noteworthy about this.

]]> By: SkullHyphy http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518273 SkullHyphy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518273 If you can take a photo, you could probably go inside and look at the menu or talk to someone who works there about what the food is like. I've been to a Chinese halal place that, as far as I could tell, was like regular Chinese food without pork. They did serve beer, which I didn't expect. If you can take a photo, you could probably go inside and look at the menu or talk to someone who works there about what the food is like.

I’ve been to a Chinese halal place that, as far as I could tell, was like regular Chinese food without pork. They did serve beer, which I didn’t expect.

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518075 Maddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518075 you know the potluck would be stellar ... and probably some lemon bars for dessert ... you know the potluck would be stellar … and probably some lemon bars for dessert …

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518078 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518078 Jello. For Lutherans, there would be jello, quite possibly with marshmallows. And the coffee goes without saying. Jello. For Lutherans, there would be jello, quite possibly with marshmallows.

And the coffee goes without saying.

]]> By: Alpha Omicron http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518082 Alpha Omicron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518082 I assume the proprietor's name is Lutheran. I assume the proprietor’s name is Lutheran.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518084 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518084 Animals are nailed to the front door before slaughter? Animals are nailed to the front door before slaughter?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518087 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518087 I know a deli run by a Finnish speaking Lebanese guy, why not? I know a deli run by a Finnish speaking Lebanese guy, why not?

]]> By: hep cat http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518115 hep cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518115 There is a Chinese Halal place on 4th avenue and Dean street and a Italian Halal place in Bensonhurst. There are even Halal soul food places, which stirs up some severe cognitive dissonance. In this case however, the the Lutheran Halal Cafe is across the street from Lutheran Hospital. There is a Chinese Halal place on 4th avenue and Dean street and a Italian Halal place in Bensonhurst. There are even Halal soul food places, which stirs up some severe cognitive dissonance.

In this case however, the the Lutheran Halal Cafe is across the street from Lutheran Hospital.

]]> By: paulmclaughlin http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518123 paulmclaughlin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518123 Halal soul food does not seem that strange to me. Rice, peas, fried chicken, biscuits etc are very popular in Trinidad and due to the high muslim population there, a lot of it is halal. bviously this doesn't extend to pork products though! Halal soul food does not seem that strange to me. Rice, peas, fried chicken, biscuits etc are very popular in Trinidad and due to the high muslim population there, a lot of it is halal.

bviously this doesn’t extend to pork products though!

]]> By: futbol789 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518135 futbol789 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518135 It's very quiet in there. Most of the customers are demure and pay what they can by way of sealed envelope. Also, diners are confused when trying to determine which seating (by the window or by the cash register) counts as the 'back' of the store. Mayhem ensues as most diners settle on politely milling about in the middle of the room. Still, the proprietor does make sure to shake the hands of all departing diners. It’s very quiet in there. Most of the customers are demure and pay what they can by way of sealed envelope. Also, diners are confused when trying to determine which seating (by the window or by the cash register) counts as the ‘back’ of the store. Mayhem ensues as most diners settle on politely milling about in the middle of the room. Still, the proprietor does make sure to shake the hands of all departing diners.

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518138 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518138 So is <a href="http://www.coloursrun.com/misc/articles/foods/Lutefisk.jpg">Lutefisk</a> Halal? So is Lutefisk Halal?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/14/lutheran-halal-cafe.html#comment-518142 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518142 nice! nice!

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