KFC trialing Halal at various restaurants throughout the UK

[BliarOut]

There is NO SUCH THING as waste bacon.

[968]

BliarOut said:

There is NO SUCH THING as waste bacon.

I reckon you should go round to those stores and ask for their leftover bacon. I reckon you would be quids in as there'd be tonnes of the stuff.

[sleep envy]

ever gone for a fry up in golders green on a saturday morning?

[BliarOut]

Nom nom nom... If ever you needed proof that the whole religion malarkey is a great big April fool that's carried on too long not eating bacon is it.

[sleep envy]

Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow

[BliarOut]

I know where you live...

[rpguk]

sleep envy said:

ever gone for a fry up in golders green on a saturday morning?

Talking of which, there is actually a Kosher Fried Chicken in addition to the regular KFC

Edited by rpguk on Tuesday 16th March 15:27

[OnTheOverrun]

968 said:

OnTheOverrun said:

ErnestM said:

968 said:

Soovy said:

fido said:

MX7 said:

I don't understand the objection to this. I find it hard to believe that anyone who regularly eats KFC is concerned about animal welfare.

- or their own health. My parents 'local' is now a Halal shop - good prices (or used to be as we now find the cash and carry's in the Peoples.R.O.Tooting is cheaper) and an interesting range of foods that you won't find in ASDAs. This is a Daily Fail story.

I think their point is that now little Kyle and Chardonnay will be eating chicken which had its throat cut and bled to death in agony.

As I said, do we expect pickets from the vegan nutters? No, they haven't got the balls to picket mosques either.

Are you going to picket outside a synagogue too?

I doubt it.

This is a complete non-story which taps into the zeitgeist that exists that all things related to Muslims is bad. For your information, as has been pointed out here already, most of these chickens are stunned first then killed by throat slitting. Which is the same in kosher slaughter, though I haven't seen you getting so worked up about that, strangely.

As Tonker said, it's simple economics in those areas where they want to make sales. Frankly I don't give a toss as I wouldn't eat KFC if you paid me to.

I agree with 968 - non story. Non issue. My only requirement for any chicken that I eat is that it be sans feathers and not clucking.

And you don't mind the bacon ban that goes with halal chicken?

Considering that the outlets that will stock halal chicken will serve a vast majority of people that don't eat bacon, I don't see a problem. It's probably wasted bacon anyway, that is never used in those stores.

The majority of stores listed on the KFC website that are going halal are not even close to having a muslim majority in the area of the store. Why should consumers who have used their local store for years now be denied the choice of bacon due to religious dogma believed by only 2.6% of the British public?

[hairykrishna]

OnTheOverrun said:

hairykrishna said:

Honestly, who gives a st?

Two groups I would imagine -

1) Those that enjoy bacon in KFC products like the Texan Boxmaster. KFC have banned bacon in the shops trialing halal.

2) Those offended by the increasing creep of dark ages superstition and ritual into their everyday lives to satisfy the wants of a small minority who like to cower beneath their imaginary deity whilst executing his imaginary wishes.

st, I didn't realise they were banning bacon. Heathens. I might make up some placards.

I only really care about 2) if it's curtailing my freedoms, reducing my choice or costing me money in some way. Basically they should be free to be as religious as they like as long as it has zero impact on me.

[obob]

OnTheOverrun said:

968 said:

OnTheOverrun said:

ErnestM said:

968 said:

Soovy said:

fido said:

MX7 said:

I don't understand the objection to this. I find it hard to believe that anyone who regularly eats KFC is concerned about animal welfare.

- or their own health. My parents 'local' is now a Halal shop - good prices (or used to be as we now find the cash and carry's in the Peoples.R.O.Tooting is cheaper) and an interesting range of foods that you won't find in ASDAs. This is a Daily Fail story.

I think their point is that now little Kyle and Chardonnay will be eating chicken which had its throat cut and bled to death in agony.

As I said, do we expect pickets from the vegan nutters? No, they haven't got the balls to picket mosques either.

Are you going to picket outside a synagogue too?

I doubt it.

This is a complete non-story which taps into the zeitgeist that exists that all things related to Muslims is bad. For your information, as has been pointed out here already, most of these chickens are stunned first then killed by throat slitting. Which is the same in kosher slaughter, though I haven't seen you getting so worked up about that, strangely.

As Tonker said, it's simple economics in those areas where they want to make sales. Frankly I don't give a toss as I wouldn't eat KFC if you paid me to.

I agree with 968 - non story. Non issue. My only requirement for any chicken that I eat is that it be sans feathers and not clucking.

And you don't mind the bacon ban that goes with halal chicken?

Considering that the outlets that will stock halal chicken will serve a vast majority of people that don't eat bacon, I don't see a problem. It's probably wasted bacon anyway, that is never used in those stores.

The majority of stores listed on the KFC website that are going halal are not even close to having a muslim majority in the area of the store. Why should consumers who have used their local store for years now be denied the choice of bacon due to religious dogma believed by only 2.6% of the British public?

Its purely financial. Customers gained by being halal will be greater then customers lost due to no bacon products.

[Wadeski]

KFC in asian areas like Wembley, Southall etc have been Halal for ages - and are very popular as a result.

[zcacogp]

This IS interesting. Because, as has already been pointed out, the fact that the chicken is or isn't halal makes no difference whatsoever to the vast majority of people who eat in KFC. The bacon issue; maybe that does make a smidge of difference, but I'd wager it is none other than that - a smidge.

And yet there is (was) a huge facebook campaign against it? Perhaps they are campaigning less about KFC going halal and more about the creeping islamification of the UK; a trend which is very distasteful because of the uncreasing unpopularity of islam (and it's 'Teflon Status', as soov so elegantly put it.)


Oli.

[968]

zcacogp said:

And yet there is (was) a huge facebook campaign against it? Perhaps they are campaigning less about KFC going halal and more about the creeping islamification of the UK; a trend which is very distasteful because of the uncreasing unpopularity of islam (and it's 'Teflon Status', as soov so elegantly put it.)


Oli.

Overegging things a bit perhaps? A HUGE facebook campaign of 2000 people. Massive. Blimey I'm surprise society isn't collapsing.

[Plotloss]

Bacon?

In a KFC?

fking heathens.

PS Don't give a fk about chicken's affiliation to imaginary friends or otherwise.

[968]

Plotloss said:

Bacon?

In a KFC?

fking heathens.

PS Don't give a fk about chicken's affiliation to imaginary friends or otherwise.

It's not salty enough, hence you need bacon. Apparently.

[Plotloss]

There is a bit of salt in the chook but they are the only chain that don't automatically spread the dessicated semen of satan on their chips so they're a win on that basis alone.

[ErnestM]

Ah, but the real question is - original or extra crispy?

[ln1234]

OnTheOverrun said:

The majority of stores listed on the KFC website that are going halal are not even close to having a muslim majority in the area of the store. Why should consumers who have used their local store for years now be denied the choice of bacon due to religious dogma believed by only 2.6% of the British public?

Simple economics really - religion doesn't have much to do with it

[XJSJohn]

JB! said:

XJSJohn said:

Burger King

whaaaaaat?

no XL bacon double cheese????

Beef Bacon, which just does not quite cut it.

Fortunately we have Carls Jr in all its calorific, not namby pambying to religion glory!!!

[OnTheOverrun]

hairykrishna said:

Basically they should be free to be as religious as they like as long as it has zero impact on me.

My point exactly. I couldn't care less about halal meat, it's when other freedoms of choice suffer I object.