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Thousand Island dressing stirs Muslim row
Ynetnews.com ^ | 04.13.08

Posted on 04/15/2008 7:09:50 AM PDT by yankeedame

Thousand Island dressing stirs Muslim row

Website calls on Israeli Arabs to avoid dressing after consumer discovers it contains alcohol

Roee Nahmias Published: 04.13.08, 10:28 / Israel Culture


No dressing for you – another product banned by Muslims
Photo: Dana Kopel

A website affiliated with the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement warned its readers to avoid a brand of Thousand Island dressing produced by a well-known Israeli company. The warning was issued after a local Arab discovered that the dressing contains alcohol.

The Palestine 48 website called on its readers to stay away from the dressing after being approached by Majdi Khatib.

"In recent days, another product was added to the list of products forbidden to Muslims because they contain alcohol," the website said. "Khatib discovered that the dressing contains alcohol and is sold naturally and inadvertently at Arab and Muslim shops."

"I was invited to dinner by a friend and discovered appetizing salads," Khatib recounted. "I asked my friend what he used to make the salad and he told me about the dressing and said it is sold in stores. When I returned home with my wife I checked the dressing's ingredients and was stunned to discover that it contains alcohol, without directing people's attention or warning them."

Khatib noted that he approached a senior figure in the manufacturer's marketing department and was told that the company did not mislead anyone, as the ingredients were clearly noted on the packaging. The senior figure reportedly told Khatib that anyone can decide whether he wishes to use the dressing.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alcohol; dressing; islam; israel; israeliarabs; korananimals; muslims; salad; thousandisland
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1 posted on 04/15/2008 7:09:50 AM PDT by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame

Freaks.


2 posted on 04/15/2008 7:11:37 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: yankeedame

Well, I’ve decided when I open my place, everything will be COOKED with “alcohol” of some sort, that ought to keep them out of the place.


3 posted on 04/15/2008 7:11:37 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: yankeedame

Good.

I’ll take a ham-and-swiss on rye with Thousand Island dressing, please.


4 posted on 04/15/2008 7:12:42 AM PDT by F15Eagle (1 John 5:4-5, 1 John 4:15, John 11:25, John 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13)
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To: yankeedame

If these knuckleheads had any idea how many products contain alcohol they wouldn’t be able to touch anything! ... including a host of over-the-counter medicines.


5 posted on 04/15/2008 7:12:59 AM PDT by TexGuy (If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

New rumor; Everything is cooked in lard.


6 posted on 04/15/2008 7:13:32 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: yankeedame
Israeli's and 1000 Island dressing? Dang, I thought only us Rednecks (and McDonald's "special sauce") used 1000 Island. Here's the recipe:
1 part katsup
1 part mayo
Sweet pickle relish (optional)
Mix well and serve.
7 posted on 04/15/2008 7:15:19 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: yankeedame

A small amount of alcohol occurs naturally in thousands of foods. Perhaps we ought to let them know so they can stop eating altogether.


8 posted on 04/15/2008 7:15:30 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

/snicker

And contains bits of pork.


9 posted on 04/15/2008 7:15:35 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Cool..now if we could only convince them that AIR has alcohol in it...

Better yet...make the clear link between methane in the atmosphere and pig farts...

Look habib.....pig farts in your air......stop breathing the unclean air...


10 posted on 04/15/2008 7:18:42 AM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: yankeedame

In other news, Palestinians now claim that the 1000 Islands were stolen from them by the Jews and demanded their immediate return.


11 posted on 04/15/2008 7:18:41 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

OMG>>>LMAO!

WELL DONE!


12 posted on 04/15/2008 7:19:21 AM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

COOKED with “alcohol” of some sort...”

Or, bacon grease.


13 posted on 04/15/2008 7:21:55 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: yankeedame
When I returned home with my wife I checked the dressing's ingredients and was stunned to discover that it contains alcohol, without directing people's attention or warning them."

Those darned Israeli's were hiding the ingredients on the label!

14 posted on 04/15/2008 7:22:05 AM PDT by Soliton (McCain couldn't even win a McCain look-alike contest)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Probably be the heqadline in the papers tomorrow. LOL


15 posted on 04/15/2008 7:22:36 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: kalee

heqadline

Where’s that q come from?
headline


16 posted on 04/15/2008 7:24:25 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: kalee

Where’d

I quit.


17 posted on 04/15/2008 7:24:47 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: andy58-in-nh

I’ll take a shot of thousand dressing and a beer-Hillary
Clinton!


18 posted on 04/15/2008 7:24:56 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Rick.Donaldson

A friend of mine has a sign in her kitchen. “I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.”


19 posted on 04/15/2008 7:26:02 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

Hahahahahaha I like that sign, where can I get one for my wife? LOL We make mead... but if you ever saw the 13th Warrior then there’s a funny part in there after a big, bloody battle where the 13th quotes a line from the quaran...


20 posted on 04/15/2008 7:28:40 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: yankeedame

Untrue. I have made Thousand Island dressing many times. It has no alcohol. There might be minute traces of alcohol in some ingredients, but that is impossible to eliminate. There are traces of alcohol in all grains, fruits, or their products such as bread and vinegar. Considering that humans naturally ferment some of their foods, maybe devout Muslims should abstain from touching any person or being where they might inhale breath from another person to avoid any traces of ethanol. And, of course, they need to stop driving cars! Let’s see how far this legalistic nonsense can go.


21 posted on 04/15/2008 7:28:47 AM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: numberonepal

katsup? Are you trying to start a freepwar?


22 posted on 04/15/2008 7:28:54 AM PDT by DManA
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To: yankeedame

I have no problem with other people’s dietary rules. Having said that, I think I’ll go eat the pig for breakfast.


23 posted on 04/15/2008 7:28:59 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Unapologetically European)
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To: yankeedame
I can't believe these people are that crazy without alcohol.
24 posted on 04/15/2008 7:30:17 AM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
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To: yankeedame

Maybe some good might eventually come from Muslim fanaticism. If someone points out to them that, by government edict, gasoline is mixed with ethanol, they might be persuaded to apply pressure (that is to say riot) until the ethanol is removed. Muslim cabbies have objected to fares carrying unopened bottles of liquor in their cabs. Carrying alcohol in the fuel tank should be just as objectionable.


25 posted on 04/15/2008 7:33:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: yankeedame

I could give a chit less if they eat it or not. Also, I could care less if they just got off the planet.


26 posted on 04/15/2008 7:33:57 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: TexGuy
Even water contains trace elements of alcohol, so suggest the Muzzies stop drinking water. Israel should cut off the water supply to Gaza to show respect for their religious sensitivities.
27 posted on 04/15/2008 7:34:48 AM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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To: Dr. Ursus
I would have thought Hillary preferred Creamy Goddess to 1000 Island, but chacun à son goût, as they say.
28 posted on 04/15/2008 7:40:24 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
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To: kalee

Don’t quit. Just get into your right mind and wake up your left hand.


29 posted on 04/15/2008 7:40:44 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Great idea. Let us know when it’s open. I will fly in or drive in and dine.

I guess these Muslims cannot use mouthwash either?


30 posted on 04/15/2008 7:42:24 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: DManA
Are you trying to start a freepwar?

Bring it on!

31 posted on 04/15/2008 7:44:23 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: Crim

Air does have alcohol in it. Everything has some alcohol in it. Minute, but measurable. If you ever smelled baking bread (one of the best smells ever!) - that odor is partially the alcohol made by the yeast in the bread. Not all that alcohol is baked out of the bread either. Some stays behind.

Modern sensors are so sensitive that we can now detect the alcohol in parts per million and parts per billion in all foods, including water and air.

Since there is alcohol in every food, then no food is safe. A TRUE Muslim cannot eat anything.

If there are any Muslims still alive after knowing that, then they are not true Muslims.


32 posted on 04/15/2008 7:48:58 AM PDT by Sleeping Hampster
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To: yankeedame

AWAY WITH RUM
(c. 1926)

CHORUS
Away!Away! With rum, by gum. With rum, by gum, with rum, by gum.
Away! Away! With rum, by gum, That’s the song of the Salvation Army (or Temperance Union)

We are coming! We are coming our brave little band,
On the right side of temperance, we come for to stand.
We don’t smoke tobacco, for this we do think,
That the people who do so are liable to drink.

Oh! We never eat cookies, ‘cos cookies have yeast,
And a bite from a cookie turns a man to a beast.
Oh! Can you imagine a sorrier sight,
Than a man eating cookies until he gets tight?

Oh! We never eat fruit cake ‘cos fruit contains rum,
And a bite from a cake turns a man to a bum.
Oh! Can you imagine a sadder disgrace,
Than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face?

Oh! We never send clothes to be dry cleaned or pressed,
‘Cos ether and alcohol are used in the quest.
There’s nothing so sorry or sad I suppose,
Than a man getting drunk from the smell of his clothes.


33 posted on 04/15/2008 8:00:31 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: yankeedame

They may take my dressing but they’ll have to pry my goats from my cold, dead fingers.


34 posted on 04/15/2008 8:04:10 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats - The Original Slave Owners)
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To: yankeedame

This on the same day that Bill Maher calls the Pope a Nazi supporter of pedophilia. If Bill were a real man, he’d make the same claim of Mo-Ham-Head.


35 posted on 04/15/2008 8:21:13 AM PDT by Konacoast
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To: Konacoast

Well there ya go.


36 posted on 04/15/2008 8:29:47 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
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To: JennysCool
I can't believe these people are that crazy without alcohol.

LOL. Just imagine us shipping in a few cases of Jameson for Psi-Ops. LOL.

37 posted on 04/15/2008 8:31:25 AM PDT by maclay (America First - The rest of the world comes second)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Heck....maybe they’ll all leave....we should be spraying alcohol around everywhere....


38 posted on 04/15/2008 8:31:54 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character; Being Coddled Destroys Character)
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To: yankeedame

Anything banned by the muzzies is okay by me!!!!! Pass it over!


39 posted on 04/15/2008 8:42:38 AM PDT by Morgana (This Space For Rent......................Cheap!)
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To: JennysCool

I can’t believe these people are that crazy without alcohol.

That is a great one!!!! Mind if I use it as my new tagline????


40 posted on 04/15/2008 8:48:41 AM PDT by Morgana (Muslims.......I can't believe these people are that crazy without alcohol!)
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41 posted on 04/15/2008 8:50:44 AM PDT by SJackson (Inner city folk--bitter, cling to Sat Nite Specials, Gospel, rap--hate folk not like them)
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42 posted on 04/15/2008 8:52:44 AM PDT by Morgana (Muslims.......I can't believe these people are that crazy without alcohol!)
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To: yankeedame

That means Dijon mustard is out too.


43 posted on 04/15/2008 8:54:33 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is not 'free'.)
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To: F15Eagle

You and me both. Or how about a grilled Reuben....corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island dressing.


44 posted on 04/15/2008 8:55:16 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA ("Typical 'bitter' 'White Male" whose vote the Dems now desperately want so bad - HA!)
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To: yankeedame
When I returned home with my wife I checked the dressing's ingredients and was stunned to discover that it contains alcohol, without directing people's attention or warning them

Idiot, that's what the label is for, warning you about what's in the food. It obviously worked since you read it.

Rewrite, "Idiot Muslim tells his idiot friends the obvious: that they should read the labels if they want to avoid certain ingredients."

45 posted on 04/15/2008 8:56:33 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: andy58-in-nh
I would have thought Hillary preferred Creamy Goddess

That was Monica.

46 posted on 04/15/2008 9:00:20 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: TexGuy

Send them some aged apple juice.


47 posted on 04/15/2008 9:01:52 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: numberonepal

According to the muzzies, you forgot the 1/2 bottle of Mad Dog.


48 posted on 04/15/2008 9:03:52 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: antiRepublicrat
I would have thought Hillary preferred Creamy Goddess

That was Monica.

I think hers was Wishbone Poppy Seed.

49 posted on 04/15/2008 9:08:24 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
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To: kalee

Usually from a long nail on the ring finger... ‘-)


50 posted on 04/15/2008 9:26:46 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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