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jema
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 04 2:18 pm Post subject:
I eat it, if its on a menu Wife has objections to eating Bambi though, so whilst I know my butcher stocks it, my knowledge pretty much ends there. jema

tahir

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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 04 2:22 pm Post subject:

Who are you guest, please register. I've always thought venison must be a fairly broad term. It's not easy to get halal venison, I've only tasted it once or twice so it's not easy for me to comment but it's an interesting topic. Unfortunately I think people assume that game is game, they don't worry about provenance at all. Quail and I'm sure other game birds are raised in similar conditions to factory farmed chicken

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 04 10:21 pm Post subject:

Good catchy subject.

I've tried it and I must say I was more than pleasantly surprised. I initially tried some from the supermarket, no variety and no mention of what part of the animal it came from.

I then tried a joint from a game dealer, I don't think it mentioned what deer, but it was probably fallow? I have also tried Munjac which was labelled and very was good quickly roasted.

I went back to buy some more but they didn't have any as they said the corn was too high and they couldn't see the critters.

My main complaint is that, for an animal that's meant to be a big pest down here, why is it so difficult and expensive to get hold of?

Tahir, excuse my ignorance, but how would a deer need to be killed for Halal venison? Does a wild shot deer not help?

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government is promoting the consumption of venison.

I must have missed that one, where/how do the advertise this?

Personally I think far more could be done to encourage people to eat venison in this country, I thought we export most of the animals that are shot?

tahir

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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 04 9:44 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Tahir, excuse my ignorance, but how would a deer need to be killed for Halal venison? Does a wild shot deer not help?

There are differing schools of thought on this, but muslim tradition means that you slit an animlas throat whilst making a recitation, not something you can do when shooting, I have heard that if you recite the same phrase when you squeeze the trigger that is considered halal but I haven't got confirmation on that. Still means a muslim killing it though.

jema
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 04 8:52 pm Post subject:
Pretty sure non muslims are not allowed, but I have heard that standards for Halal are hotly debated. Not just the stunning of the animal first, but I heard some places simply played tapes for the prayers jema

tahir

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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 04 11:28 am Post subject:
As Jema says there's a wide variety of interpretations on this, personally I reckon if I was shooting myself that'd be OK, dunno about the rest

tahir

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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 04 12:34 pm Post subject:
Don't you ever feel like shooting yourself?

alison
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 04 10:26 pm Post subject:
One of these might help https://www.fooduk.com/list.asp?cat=39&start=1

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