Tel Aviv to London Flight Accidently Loads All Pork Meals. Hilarity Ensues

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EasyJet has apologized to Jewish passengers after serving only pork products on a recent flight from Tel Aviv to London, the Daily Mail reports.

Some travelers went without food for the 4 1/2-hour flight, refusing the ham melts and bacon baguettes offered after wrong meals were loaded onto the plane.

In the Jewish faith, consumption of pork is forbidden.

Passenger Victor Kaufman, 25, told the Sun newspaper that the airline had been "a little insensitive."

"I think they need a lesson or two on cultural awareness if they expand their routes into the Middle East," he said. "It is not just Jewish passengers who do not eat pork but Muslim ones, too."

Last November, easyJet introduced a kosher menu that includes egg and tomato sandwiches, smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels, mozzarella and tomato Panini, and a muffin or chocolate orange mini cake.

An easyJet spokeswoman told the Daily Mail it was company policy to not load pork products on to flights to and from Israel.

"It appears that a mistake was made on this particular flight and that incorrect food canisters were loaded onto the aircraft," she said. "'We would like to apologize to the passengers and can confirm we have done everything we can to ensure that this does not happen again."
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That's quite an impressive oversight.

Over a billion people on the planet don't eat Pork for religious reasons, there should ALWAYS be non-pork offerings regardless, hell even vegetarian meals should be offered.
 
I'd be interested to see if it was a longer flight how many people give in to their hunger.

I hope I don't sound insensitive, but it's ridiculous to forgo certain foods for religious purposes in my opinion.
 
Another non story, you don't order meals on easyjet flights but can buy snacks from the trolley so it's not like they expected something then didn't get it.
 
If there is a god I doubt he gives a fuck about what you eat. And if he did why would you want to believe in him? Sounds like an asshole.
 
An easyJet spokeswoman told the Daily Mail it was company policy to not load pork products on to flights to and from Israel.
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So if I'm flying to Israel, I can't have ANY pork on the flight because of other people?
 
The Friendly Monster said:
These aren't in-flight meals by the way. EasyJet just sell snacks.
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baguettes are snacks?


Trojita said:
So if I'm flying to Israel, I can't have ANY pork on the flight because of other people?
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lot's of flights nowadays don't carry pork anymore. same with nuts. not just to israel.


it's really a non-story though. just a bit of a pr thing with the apology.
 
CrankyJay said:
I'd be interested to see if it was a longer flight how many people give in to their hunger.
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Uhm...fasting involves +12 hours without food and water for a month, so I don't think they'd give in.
 
4.5 hours? I'm sure it was rough but a simple mistake.
It's probably time to accept that the kosher laws were meant to keep people from dying of poorly prepared pork and shellfish offerings. It doesn't debase your entire belief system to refresh or modernize the intent of the laws. Perhaps, I have a short-sighted view of things but that's how I've always assumed the laws came to place.
 
I kind of get the no pork thing during the time when the books were written due to parasite risk, but these days that simply isn't the case.
 
SyNapSe said:
4.5 hours? I'm sure it was rough but a simple mistake.
It's probably time to accept that the kosher laws were meant to keep people from dying of poorly prepared pork and shellfish offerings. It doesn't debase your entire belief system to refresh or modernize the intent of the laws. Perhaps, I have a short-sighted view of things but that's how I've always assumed the laws came to place.
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No, you're right. I remember in college a guy acting surprised when I ate bacon (and I'm a reform Jew with no visual trappings), it gave me a huge chuckle. lol
 
General Rules

Although the details of kashrut are extensive, the laws all derive from a few fairly simple, straightforward rules:

1. Certain animals may not be eaten at all. This restriction includes the flesh, organs, eggs and milk of the forbidden animals.
2. Of the animals that may be eaten, the birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
3. All blood must be drained from meat and poultry or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
4. Certain parts of permitted animals may not be eaten.
5. Fruits and vegetables are permitted, but must be inspected for bugs (which cannot be eaten)
6. Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals) cannot be eaten with dairy. Fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables and grains can be eaten with either meat or dairy. (According to some views, fish may not be eaten with meat).
7. Utensils (including pots and pans and other cooking surfaces) that have come into contact with meat may not be used with dairy, and vice versa. Utensils that have come into contact with non-kosher food may not be used with kosher food. This applies only where the contact occurred while the food was hot.
8. Grape products made by non-Jews may not be eaten.

There are a few other rules that are not universal.
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Animals that may not be eaten

Of the "beasts of the earth" (which basically refers to land mammals with the exception of swarming rodents), you may eat any animal that has cloven hooves and chews its cud. Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:6. Any land mammal that does not have both of these qualities is forbidden. The Torah specifies that the camel, the rock badger, the hare and the pig are not kosher because each lacks one of these two qualifications. Cattle, sheep, goats, deer and bison are kosher.

Of the things that are in the waters, you may eat anything that has fins and scales. Lev. 11:9; Deut. 14:9. Thus, shellfish such as lobsters, oysters, shrimp, clams and crabs are all forbidden. Fish like tuna, carp, salmon and herring are all permitted.

For birds, the criteria is less clear. The Torah provides a list of forbidden birds (Lev. 11:13-19; Deut. 14:11-18), but does not specify why these particular birds are forbidden. All of the birds on the list are birds of prey or scavengers, thus the rabbis inferred that this was the basis for the distinction. Other birds are permitted, such as chicken, geese, ducks and turkeys. However, some people avoid turkey, because it is was unknown at the time of the giving of the Torah, leaving room for doubt.

Of the "winged swarming things" (winged insects), a few are specifically permitted (Lev. 11:22), but the Sages are no longer certain which ones they are, so all have been forbidden. There are communities that have a tradition about what species are permitted, and in those communities some insects are eaten.

Rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and insects (except as mentioned above) are all forbidden. Lev. 11:29-30, 42-43.

Some authorities require a post-mortem examination of the lungs of cattle, to determine whether the lungs are free from adhesions. If the lungs are free from such adhesions, the animal is deemed "glatt" (that is, "smooth"). In certain circumstances, an animal can be kosher without being glatt; however, the stringency of keeping "glatt kosher" has become increasingly common in recent years, and you would be hard-pressed to find any kosher meat that is not labeled as "glatt kosher."

As mentioned above, any product derived from these forbidden animals, such as their milk, eggs, fat, or organs, also cannot be eaten. Rennet, an enzyme used to harden cheese, is often obtained from non-kosher animals, thus kosher hard cheese can be difficult to find.
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more: http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm
 
SyNapSe said:
4.5 hours? I'm sure it was rough but a simple mistake.
It's probably time to accept that the kosher laws were meant to keep people from dying of poorly prepared pork and shellfish offerings. It doesn't debase your entire belief system to refresh or modernize the intent of the laws. Perhaps, I have a short-sighted view of things but that's how I've always assumed the laws came to place.
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Yeah, the whole not eating pork thing comes from people getting trichinosis from undercooked pork. But you're expecting religion to be rational. It's not gonna happen.
 
Enosh said:
kinda related to the topic:
I never realy understood why the whole pork thingy skiped a religion
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Are you talking about Christians? There are various places in the New Testament that countermand the dietary restrictions of the Old Testament. AFAIK there's nothing in the Christian Bible that would prevent a Christian from eating pork, canonical law notwithstanding.
 
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If they had pork tenderloin sandwiches in the Middle East all the Jewish and Muslim people would give up not eating pork products.
 
Trent Strong said:
Yeah, the whole not eating pork thing comes from people getting trichinosis from undercooked pork. But you're expecting religion to be rational. It's not gonna happen.
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Well in that case religion was rational (if a little unscientific), it just hasn't updated in awhile.
 
I never understood the pork thing and fits into the things I think are stupid about religion. Not eating camels makes sense for a culture that was nomadic when the torah was written. Seems like the guy that came with dietary laws had a weak stomach. How can something so good be so bad. Pork is awesome. Ham, bacon, sausage, pork loin, pork chops - mmmmm...We don't live in the BCE anymore. We have fridges, proper cooking methods, meat thermometers. It's time the world experiences the splendor of the other white meat.
 
DrForester said:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41762592/ns/travel-news/

Last November, easyJet introduced a kosher menu that includes egg and tomato sandwiches, smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels, mozzarella and tomato Panini, and a muffin or chocolate orange mini cake.
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Wow. Really going out on a limb there with the creativity there, easyJet.

I weep for my Jewish and Muslim friends who have to deal with this stuff all the time.
In between bites of my yummy bacon sandwich, naturally.
 
Wow, how could they miss this? I can understand a flight to London or something but they were going to Israel.

That must've been a horrible flight for the passengers.
 
ChocolateCupcakes said:
Wow, how could they miss this? I can understand a flight to London or something but they were going to Israel.

That must've been a horrible flight for the passengers.
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Huh? Tel Aviv to London is going to Israel how?
 
DonMigs85 said:
They can't eat meat with dairy either? So that means cheeseburgers and milkshakes are out of the question.
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Doesn't sound like they can eat rare steaks...so when they go out to restaurants line cooks are pissed their well done steaks are fucking up their timing.
 
Lesath said:
Obviously, EasyJet loaded pork products just to troll and starve Jews for 4 1/2 hours.
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Do you think given the choice between starving to death and eating pork, a muslim or jew would choose to starve?
 
PumpkinPie said:
Do you think given the choice between starving to death and eating pork, a muslim or jew would choose to starve?
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Muslims are allowed to eat pork if that is the case.
 
quadriplegicjon said:
lot's of flights nowadays don't carry pork anymore. same with nuts. not just to israel.
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Oh, there are plenty of nuts flying on planes in that part of the world these days.
 
Does anyone else not eat anything on flights? I find in flight food to be so bad that I just go without food on flights, even the 9+ hour ones. I just have a good meal before usually and then when I land.
 
CrankyJay said:
Doesn't sound like they can eat rare steaks...so when they go out to restaurants line cooks are pissed their well done steaks are fucking up their timing.
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that's why they toss it in to the deep fryer
 
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