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Want to go a few more verses in that answer?

1 Corinthians 10:29-33 (KJV)

29 Conscience , I say , not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
30 For if I by grace be a partaker , why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks ?
31 Whether therefore ye eat , or drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God.
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit , but the profit of many, that they may be saved

I notice that you started after the situation was established. Let's look at verse 27 real quick:

27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go ; whatsoever is set before you, eat , asking no question for conscience sake.

So, what Paul has stated is that if you are invited to eat at a feast given by a non-believer, eat whatever is set before you without questioning the host. But if the host makes it a point to inform everyone that the meat was sacrificed to an idol, do not eat, because he has made a point out of making it public. Why? Because your testimony is at stake and might wound the conscience of those who hear about it.

Butterball did not come to your house and tell you of their halal preperations, you went asking about it. (See verse 27, where he says "asking no questions for conscience sake"?)

Paul repeatedly talked about food sacrificed to idols, and his conclusion was there was no problem with it. This portion of scripture deals with public behavior, not eating food sacrificed to idols.

We are in agreement on everything except that I didn't go ask butterball out of nowhere, this is now a very public discourse, is it not ?

The intent (heart) of the owners of butterball was to sacrifice to some false god (allah) for their own idol (money), encourage others to intentionally eat Halal meat in order to glorify their false god,... commandments of God be damned.

Now here we are, in a public forum, with them publicly announcing this, my (heart) tells me I need to discourage this, so as exactly as Paul says, to NOT eat in this instance, FOR THEIR SAKE.

I would argue this is a clear cut case of when Paul said NOT to eat.