Tribute to the Filet-O-Fish

[IamDZJ]

yeah that place is the only place i eat kfc in. i have 36 hours in bahrain but i don't know what they serve there.

[tor_khan]

i am going to stop eating 3 days before getting to dubai this time. it will be so much fun.

You can have royal deluxe 5* treatment at a snip of the prices you guys pay in North America.

And you know what? Sometimes to pamper yourself with good food, lots of it, a health spa and a head massage, is no bad thing.

P.S. Women are allowed to visit mosques here, and we have some beautiful ones here, so there's that bonus too.

[IamDZJ]

to be honest dubai does scare me a bit. i am not too sure about the head massage but i will try the rest.

[Amir al Ghaznavi]

Absolutely nothing is seeing the double big Mac extra Mac sauce

[BarakzaiAbdali]

Absolutely nothing is seeing the double big Mac extra Mac sauce

Even against the filet? Isnt the mac sauce thousand islands dressing?

[Alchemist]

I was of the opinion, though I may be wrong, that the meat of the people of the book is considered halaal to us. Admittedly there is an internal debate between what is zabeehah and what is not... with the emphasis being on how the animal is killed...

"meat of the people of the book"?

Since when was Mcdonald's an orthodox christain fast food chain?
I don't think its so much about the method of the killing as the mentioning of Allah's name upon the slaughtered animal. Orthodox Christains and Jews do this ...so it meets the Quranic requirement for what is halal. After all this is mentioned in the same ayat that pork is forbidden so it should be treated with equal seriousness.
Technically speaking...the hoki fish used for fillet-o-fish has no scales so it is not considered "halal" by most hanafi scholars.

Your thoughts on Gelatin?

Tried to eat two fillet-o-fish (since one is too small) and I almost puked.
Three months later when I had forgotten about my previous experience ...tried it again ...same result at the last bite. I guessed it was because of the fact that it has as much protein as it has fat...some trans fats and cholestrol. I prefer Halibut.

[khushal]

I have to say the hoki fish is one ugly fish.




Hoki fish have Deciduous scales: meaning temporary, falling off scales, at certain life cycle of a fish life it will loses its scales then becomes non scale fish so most Islamic Scholars are of the thought that it is Haram to eat. But if you catch it with the scales intact, it is halal to eat it.But I have to agree with the few ones that say that the way the people of the book kill meat right now in slaughter houses is not the traditional method of how they did it during the time of the prophet(pbuh) which makes it haram.
Here are the people that kill the Animals now.
YouTube - ‪Animal Factory Horror Reality‬‏

These are not the traditional "people of the book." The sacrificing of animals for the purpose of eating them is sacred.

I was not aware of the UK and its obsession with Lard.

[Gulalai]

http://www.pashtunforums.com/religion-15/halal-meat-meat-ahl-al-kitab-17655/

[BarakzaiAbdali]

"meat of the people of the book"?

Since when was Mcdonald's an orthodox christain fast food chain?
I don't think its so much about the method of the killing as the mentioning of Allah's name upon the slaughtered animal. Orthodox Christains and Jews do this ...so it meets the Quranic requirement for what is halal. After all this is mentioned in the same ayat that pork is forbidden so it should be treated with equal seriousness.
Technically speaking...the hoki fish used for fillet-o-fish has no scales so it is not considered "halal" by most hanafi scholars.

Your thoughts on Gelatin?

Tried to eat two fillet-o-fish (since one is too small) and I almost puked.
Three months later when I had forgotten about my previous experience ...tried it again ...same result at the last bite. I guessed it was because of the fact that it has as much protein as it has fat...some trans fats and cholestrol. I prefer Halibut.

Chik Filet Restaurant out of Georgia is orthodox Christian/anti gay etc.

But thank you regardless. As far as the filet o fish is concerned, its advertised as cod fish.

I admit my general ignorance on the dietary laws, but am willing to learn more.

It is important, in my opinion, to discern what is truly written and then to obey it regardless of comfort level.

I had previously discussed the matters with a Syrian Sheikh regarding dietary laws and he had viewed the aforementioned as halaal and noted that America is considered a Christian majority country.

I plan on halting my acquisition of such products based on what you have provided until I read into it some more.

After all, I would be a hypocrit if I tried to bend the law to suit my vain desires versus what is actually written in textus receptus and the scholarly body of literature.

[BarakzaiAbdali]

http://www.pashtunforums.com/religio...l-kitab-17655/

Thank you,

we hear and we obey. I will read through it and will read the original text of hadith.

[khushal]

Chik Filet Restaurant out of Georgia is orthodox Christian/anti gay etc.

But thank you regardless. As far as the filet o fish is concerned, its advertised as cod fish.

I have to say the first part is funny but on the second one you are correct. The fillet o fish is widely believed to be cod. McDonald's originally used cod, before declining cod catches forced McDonald's to find sustainable fish elsewhere and turned to Hoki. in November 2007, McDonald's lowered the use of New Zealand hoki and increased the use of Alaskan pollock, due to declining numbers of New Zealand hoki fishery sustainability. McDonald's is trying to maintain fish only from areas certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, but that is becoming more difficult each year. Hoki is still a major ingredient. They have used white fish from the pacific as well

I am confused why the Scholars are saying the the fish is Halal at one time of its life but not in the later stages when it looses its scales.

[Admin Khan]

So I had the filet-o-fish today. Really tasty indeed.

[IamDZJ]

boooooooooo

[randolph85]

i seriously doubt that the beef from fast food burgers are made by "people of the book" since most people in the west are atheists and the animals are basically processed through machines. not to mention, the good lords name is probably not invoked when the animal is killed, id say food from the ganges caught via a hindus toes is probably more halal.

as for the filet o fish, it would be ok if it didnt cost so much. i could get a subway footlong for almost the same price as that damn mcfish.