What to do at work lunches?

Reha · July 15, 2015, 10:19pm

Re: What to do at work lunches?

your issue sounds like paranoia. It can happen to anyone whether explained in religious terms or not.
I eat out a LOT. I go everywhere. I just eat HALAAL…that is only veggie and seafood, or hall certified meat. All operating restaurants have a general cleanliness and hygiene certification.

From a religious perspective, consuming PORK as part of DIET is prohibited. So is consuming paranoia

If you have worked in the restaurant industry you will notice that utensils are GENERALLY not shared even between different types of raw meat in the kitchen. Veggie/ Seafood and red meat utensils are hardly shared if EVER. So even if they are shared, you are not consuming PORK. You are only imagining some microbiological part of pork in quantity of microscopic spec.

On the other hand, if you see how a lot of HALAAL kitchens operate in the restaurants, id be disgusted by their hygiene habits in food preparation. You really shouldn’t eat out anywhere

This.

I’d be more worried about eating at Halal restaurants. My dad used to own a servicing company yearsssss ago in Chicago. His company serviced majority of the restaurants on Devon Ave which is where you’ll find majority of the desi halal restaurants.

My dad refuses to eat at DESI/HALAL restaurants. He will NOT go. He’d rather have fries and ketchup at McDonald’s than eat at a desi restaurant. The level of hygiene is that bad according to what he’s seen in their kitchens. Of course, since we haven’t seen it with our own eyes, we are less grossed out. The Health department has shut down several “halal” restaurants throughout the years here.

Now, about the situation with eating out…lady…you will have to get over it at some point because its everywhere. Also, no one eats platefuls of bacon during lunch hour. Most will have burgers or quick sandwiches and call it a day. I’ve usually seen my colleagues eat turkey, chicken and beef sandwiches…sometimes there’s a little bacon (and I’d only know this if I reallyyyy paid attention to their plates of course) but I don’t see them load it on and get down n dirty with it. Its not really my concern what they’re eating…who cares?

BUT here is what I used to do when I first started working:

Ordered desserts
Ordered smoothies or shakes that would fill me up
Told them I just don’t eat out much (this was because of other issues). This idea was actually pretty well received at an old job…a group of 6 people joined me in home lunches and looked at it as a way to save money. They even tried my mom’s daal chawal which is dayyum good.
Got them to try a place I liked (this was a lot of fun). We went to a middle eastern restaurant first and then later a Pakistani one that ended up becoming a regular delivery for us. Butter chicken was a must every 2 weeks.