December 10, 2003

PIZZA EATEN

You don't have to make Istighfaar for blowing the legs off Israeli babies, but Allah ta'ala help you if your pizza pie's been made with red wine vinegar. It's vinegar, you idiots, vinegar!

Posted by Tim Blair at December 10, 2003 02:48 PM
Comments

Watch out for butterscotch too!

Posted by: Joe Geoghegan at December 10, 2003 at 02:51 PM

And imitation rum.

Posted by: Caz at December 10, 2003 at 03:09 PM

Makes me want to force-feed pork chops and Ouzo to Arafat with a funnel and a shovel....just because.

Posted by: Jake D at December 10, 2003 at 03:12 PM

It's moments like these you need minties.

Posted by: gaz at December 10, 2003 at 03:13 PM

do minties have pork in them? Can we add it?

Posted by: Jake D at December 10, 2003 at 03:22 PM

What's the Imam's view if your wife is known as "vinegar tits"?
He ruled previously that a bit of funbag action was OK, but how about these circumstances?

Posted by: Habib at December 10, 2003 at 03:24 PM

What about felching? No alcohol or pork there...

Posted by: Jake D at December 10, 2003 at 03:38 PM

Mutton from our very own pork-fed sheep

Posted by: WiIlmott Fribbish at December 10, 2003 at 03:45 PM

Felching may include seafood, if one or more participants have crabs.

Posted by: Habib at December 10, 2003 at 04:05 PM

It won't work on Arafat. He's as much a devout moslem as you are.

Posted by: maor at December 10, 2003 at 05:22 PM

woo-hoo! let's do shots of red wine vinegar!

*hic*

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at December 10, 2003 at 10:15 PM

I may be ignorant here -- but then again, I don't go around issuing fatwas on how people should live; doesn't the alcohol get boiled off?

Posted by: Bob71 at December 11, 2003 at 01:15 AM

Who uses vinegar making pizza?

Yeah, ahhh I like some garlic on it... and some pepperoni... and ahhh... heaps of vinegar.

Nah, screw that basalmic stuff. Got any red wine vinegar? Poifect!

Oh, and a pitcher of beer with that too. Thanks pal.

Posted by: Charles at December 11, 2003 at 01:20 AM

I may be ignorant here -- but then again, I don't go around issuing fatwas on how people should live; doesn't the alcohol get boiled off?

No boiling involved.
The sugar in the grape juice is converted into alcohol by enzymes,
then the alcohol reacts with air to form acetic acid.

So, no alcohol in vinegar.

Vinegar is often distilled.
This is to make it stonger (raise the acidity level), not to get rid of the alcohol.

Posted by: Peggy Sue at December 11, 2003 at 08:38 AM