Eat Mor Camul.......

[patgund]

I suspect they REALLY hated that aircraft.

Otherwise, local office party, what's the big deal??

Camel sacrifice shocks Turkish Airlines

"Turkish Airlines took swift disciplinary action Wednesday after it emerged that members of its technical staff had sacrificed a camel to celebrate getting their job done.

Maintenance workers all pitched in to buy the beast to mark the long-awaited dispatch to Britain of the last of 11 RJ100 aircraft which Turkish decided to leave out of its fleet due to a series of accidents involving the planes.

The camel was sacrificed Tuesday at Istanbul's Ataturk airport and about 1,540 pounds of meat was distributed among the staff.

The event surfaced when several newspapers ran the story along with photographs of the camel being led into the airport grounds and of workers holding up bloody pieces of meat after the sacrifice."

Comments

[whouseknecht.livejournal.com]

Yep, a celebratory sacrifice at the end of a difficult job is pretty traditional in Middle Eastern cultures.

Until I read this article (http://www.answers.com/topic/comparison-of-dhabi-a-halal-and-kashrut), I'd thought that Halal and Kashrut (Muslim and Jewish dietary laws, respectively) were almost identical. Turns out I'm wrong...

Well, as long as the Turks boil, roast, fry, broil, or sautée the meat, they'll have no problem. On the other hand, if they smoke it, they might get in trouble (http://www.camelsmokes.com/)... :)

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing a T-Shirt in the 90's that said "I'd fly 3,000 miles to smoke a Camel" with a silhouete of a camel-riding person in the crosshairs of a military aircraft heads-up-display.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw a few of those in Doha. The meat is usually either shared among the members of the family or given to the poor.

Which was one of many reasons why lamb and mutton were so common there

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

Sacrifice? Sounds more like a barbecue to me. [grin]

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

This post showed up on my flist right after the food_porn request for advice about variety meats. Maybe you should post this story there? I double dog dare ya!

[patgund.livejournal.com]

You can. I can't, not being in that community :-)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

They should've done it off airport grounds, clearly.

[jj-maccrimmon.livejournal.com]

Hummm, and the problem was? This is pretty traditional in that part of the world. The location of the culling is significant because that is where the work was done, therefore they gave thanks there.

[henglaar.livejournal.com]

I think I'm more concerned that the British airlines are being stuck with an aircraft the Turks wouldn't accept in their own than I am about the fate of one foul-tempered, spitting, "will that be one hump or two, my dear?" beast.

But that's just me.