Yes that is quite a typo

uhmmmm gonna get pilsbury frozen cookie the pre cut kind.
I really dont know what kind of candy and snacks he likes. dayum it I will ask him..
I like the making a cake idea. my husband loves sweets..lol

This was a nice thread before you guys decided to derail it. I'll go back to the topic. You can continue to judge me in ways you don't like to be judged. I'm your nonchalant target for the evening, and on.

Have fun!

There is no reason to lie about anything. The bottom line is if someone is Southern, so are you. If someone is Native American, so are you. If someone is Moroccan, so are you. If someone is Palistinian, so are you. Time and time again you have changed your story and now people are catching on. You change things to make them work in your favor, as proven.

even if there was alcohol in the vanilla - it cooks out. I thought so anyways.
course I did not know vanilla had alcohol.

I'm not that good at romantic ideas. But there are cookie cutters in the form of hearts. You can flatten the dough and cut heart shaped cookies out of it. then decorate them with frosting. That sounds good.

In his basket put the "little things" he will need, smelly, shaving,etc and key to the house, just the little things that will first come up in the first few days. (making myself a note)

Some hanafis allow for cooking with vanilla extract, but I believe all other madhabs are against it. Not all the alcohol cooks out, unfortunately, and I believe the general reasoning is that whatever touches the alcohol is impure, so it basically pollutes the dough.

Vanilla extract is made by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol, which absorbs it's flavor.

Well, that's interesting, but not true. I'm happy to fill your drama quotient for tonight because, well, I'm so relentless ya know.

You know you can also (and this is an FYI for those who don't know ) find a lot of non-alcoholic vanilla products (like the powders) at the Mexican and other South/Central American markets! Here, there are basically no other types of markets except the regular chains like Walmart and the occasional hispanic market. So for those who live in small areas like mine and are trying to piece together something halal for yourself or your SO (like me, I'm Christian but my Dh is Muslim so I've been scoping out the halal possibilities especially since I'm vegetarian and didn't even know much about the meat situations in general LOL.. and I don't drink... so?), it's a nice tip to know!

Baby Bunny-- I;ve found a lot of times if I bring something to his family or him, they have a liking to caramel!!! It;s apparantly not common in his area of Jordan and it really is a taste they like. Caramellos and any similar caramel-filled chocolate seemed to be the best thing ever! LOL! I also brough homemade fudge (without nuts) and that seemed to be an instant hit as well. Marshmallow creme is halal even though marshmallows are not.

That's a good idea. My husband has a special razor he likes. I can have those for him when he comes.

oh yess!! great ideas. I like the key to the house idea. < and I might as well rember to give him the lock to the dog house, he certainly wont be getting the key >

Yes because we all know that you want nothing to do with drama. I guess you just can't handle the fact that you just got PWNED!

Ya gotta watch out for the alcohol in cold medicines. Nyquil PM is a no-no as is marshmallows and Jello.

J

LOL, you'll fit right in here. Every few months, we go through the things that are halal and what not.

Something to look into - ice cream. Some contain gelatin. Edy's doesn't, except the stuff with marshmallows.

Also, yogurt. Look for stuff with no gelatin or kosher gelatin.

Marshmallow creme is halal ? how come?

If you say so. I doubt it myself.

Most kinds are made without gelatine, which is what is used to give the marshmallow it's puffy shape

I think we need a HALAL thread of foods. coz, I did not know any of the things yall mentioned are Halal. what ice cream is halal? I love me Klondike Strawberry cheese cake flavor.

It's so distributed (with the whole 1tsp to the whole batch of 3-6 dozen (which leads me to another problem I have- -how can you get 6 dz out of that freakin batch? what are you eating, dime-sized cookies?! Anyway!) and the heat is pretty high, chemically, it should be out.. BUT... I always take the "safe" road when making something for my Dh to mail to him (like chocolate chip cookies!!) or if I am looking in the store at things and I don't even get involved with it. Vanilla powder vs extract is a pretty null issue since the alternative is there and easy My husband is hanafi, and I have heard it is permissable in some madab like you said and not in others.. I figured since I have the alternative I may as not bother to fool with it! Yep! Better safe than having him come to me one day and be all mad! LOL!

Get some soft pink light bulbs, shonnie. They are very romantic.

I call up the companies and ask if their food is kosher and if it contains alcohol. They'll usually send me quite a few coupons as well

Edy's ice cream is halal. Blue Bunny lists if things are kosher on their website. Check this page of the Klondike's website to see if it's kosher

I thought some things were permissable for medical reasons (like gel-caps and alcohol in some medicines) if there was either no other option or it was the best option?

sounds really good..

makes me wanna sing:
ROXXXANNE you dont have to put on the RED light. put on the red light. put on the redlight

- by the police

Are you planning on him being IN the dog house already? Food, snacks, drinks, he would know and be used to, as best you can get here. His own address book, emerg numbers etc

I made a double batch, and I think I may have gotten 30 cookies out of it

I'm not sure if jordanian hanafis hold to that. I read the ruling from a pakistani sheikh. I think that subcontinent hanafis tend to differ from hanafis in the rest of the world.

That doesn't surprise me at all!

I am a crew member I to take childrens meds < yeah it works >. Nyquil when i really gotta. but, I peferr triamnic for most things.

You know what I did at home? I got some traditional Moroccan lamps that have stained glass and electrified them. Th glow they give is sooooo sweet. It makes for a very romantic and sexy atmosphere.

Heart-shaped cookie cutters is a great idea! I sent my Dh a box of cookies for.. well.. just because. But it happened to coincide with Ramadan. Everyone was all lecturing me on wehat was and was not traditional, but that had NOTHING to do with what I was doing! i was just sending him cookies because I'm a silly American girl like that. So anyway, I made him 6 kids of cookies-- Oatmeal (some with and without raisens), Sugar, Chocolate chip, peanut butter, Shortbread, and Spritz (cookie press butter cookies). I colored the spritz dough and cut it myself. I colored it green and cut that into crecent moons, red and cut those into hearts, and blue and cut those into stars.

I found a moroccan store. I will check it out.. I did try moroccan food the other day for the first time.

Ok, great Nothing you can post will make me unhappy. My friends don't mind, and my detractors don't matter. Nothing has changed.

Good idea, i need some new lights so will look for some that give tht look, as best i can find.

I remember the shock and dismay the first time I heard about icecream being not halal in some flavors LOL! Baskin Robbins has a list online if I remember correctly.

I will look for some cookie cutters. ooohh wait, i have a 737 plane cookie cutter. I will make airplane cookies..lol

It's so funny that you think I'm trying to make you unhappy. I guess you don't like it when someone points out what a hypocrite you are. You can ignore it if you want but it won't change the fact that what was highly suspected of you by many has now been confirmed. By the way you can't retract something that CLEARLY was not a typo. Divorce decree....Death Certificate...hmmm not similar at all. I divorced my husband, My husband passed away...not similar.

I can eat my favorite ice cream its KOSHER...

Satin sheets? with the low lights

Cute idea! After his trip, tho, he may be sick of planes.



Satin is good, but hard to sweat on (don't ask me how I know this). I prefer 600 count Egyptian cotton sheet made in Switzerland. They are the best and like sleeping in heaven.

hahaahaahahahahahaa...he might be!

LOL! Yeah I think normally I get about 15 cookies out of one batch

Jordanian Hanafis are all a bit different depending on if they are really following the hanafi or.. hmmm.. I can't remember the guy's name now.. but anyway. It's a difference in some things like can you touch your wife/husband after wudu before prayer, etc. The other guy is stricter on some of those issues. Like I know my Dh follows the straight hanafi... but then again he's Jordanian and this whole vanilla extract kind of issue isn't an issue there! So he has no idea about some of this stuff, which is why i just go with the safer than sorrier kind of attitude and don't even bring it up to him. I only asked him a few questions, like is he OK with shellfish and crustaceans. he's so funny, he was like "don't worry about it until i come!" and I was thinking, what are you going to eat when you come then?! LOL! And it's a good thing I started early, because it's taken me a few MONTHS to piece together sources for this and that. When you live in ARKANSAS it gets hard to piece together even a kosher diet! There is ONE butcher in the entire metroplex (including the chains like walmart-- which this is where WM is based and you;d think they'd be nicer here? but no!) who sells lamb, and he has it TOUCHING the pork LOL! So that was kinda out of the question!

Babybunny!! 737 cookies would be cuuute! It's all "welcome home!" Yes! Maybe that and hearts? "welcome home" with "love"?

ohh my husband is gonna be spoiled..
cookies and satin sheets..

Target happens to have 800ct cotton sheets (Egyptian) for sale at the moment.

It's a good thing you're not a lawyer. You're case would be thrown out of court for thin evidence. You don't even have evidence that anything you have said bothers me.

Some of you don't like me, and think I'm a hypocrite. I got that long ago. I don't care if you don't like me and think I'm a hypocrite, you get that. Because I have a life, I don't bother to like or dislike most people here, and if I think some of you are hypocrites, you don't care.

I haven't been collecting anything most of you have posted to use it against you, so reciprocation isn't coming. That's your thing. What has changed? Nothing.

I think I've summed it up.

yess thats a great idea!
I need help with the meal for the first day he arrives..coz, I want to work the day he arrives.
before you freak. I work 4am til noon. I figure allow him plenty of rest. when he is well rested my shift is long since over. what can I have for him to eat before I run out the door. btw, he should arrive around mid night roughly.

that should give me < 2 hours > for filling in the blanks..

Eat in bed! Finger foods to have in bed are seductive. Sliced apples and oranges, nuts, chocolate covered strawberries, etc. can be consumed and incorporated into your fun.

well for starters... He's MENA-- so I am assuming you need meat in this meal? LOL! What kind is his favorite? Do you have a kosher or halal source?

wow---cookies and accusations what a weird mix!

one question- how can someone be both provencial and unconventional at the same time?

well i do have one more question is Arab a typo for Berber too?

Not trying to bother you, just showing how much of a hypocrite you are. Surely there are many hypocrites but none that take the time to point it out so relentlessly day after day like you. Your posts speak for themselves and it was not a typo which has become quite clear to many.



It not about the fact that you are a hypocrite, its the fact that you consistently call others hypocrites while attending the church of self righteousness, get over yourself and everyone else will too.



Really? You collect nothing? Only PM's that were sent to you over 8 months ago? But yeah thats nothing and ofcouse you never used it to your advantage.