Who knew...

that people of middle eastern (Muslim) decent can not have gelatin due to their religious views? Well I do now! We had a family gathering yesterday and we allowed Landon to have some friends over to play out back in the sprinkler. So at one point when I was checking on them, one of the boys asked if we had anything to snack on like chips or Popsicles. So I said, "sure. I have a few Popsicles leftover in the freezer." No big deal, right? Wrong! One of the brother's (5 yr old) ate all of his Popsicle and the older one (9 yr. old) came in and asked me if they had gelatin in them because it taste like it does and they aren't allowed to have gelatin. Well shit! Thanks for sharing that information with me now!! So since I only had exactly 5 (the same # of kids that were at our house including my 2 boys) and the box was long gone I had no idea. Zach and I looked at another box of Popsicles that were the same brand as the kind I gave the kids and sure as shit they did contain gelatin. Lovely. We had a different brand of Popsicles in the freezer as well and Zach looked and those did not contain gelatin. Zach brought two of those out to the boys and told them that we weren't sure if the others had gelatin (a slight white lie)in them but these ones for sure did not. Good save but too bad one of them already consumed his Popsicle! Sorry Landon if those boys aren't allowed to play with you anymore!! Hopefully we didn't traumatize them too much. I also learned that their family has two chicks that they are raising so they can kill and eat them. Oh, and this Friday they are going to some farm to buy a calf to take home and slaughter and it only cost $50! What a deal! Try explaining slaughter to your 5 year old child without causing some sort of damage later in life! Landon did handle it well but I did tell him that he will not be able to play with them on Friday. We don't need anymore damage being done!

BTW: I did take the time to look up why gelatin is so bad and here is what I found out...

"Gelatin is an animal product. Muslims only eat animal products if the animal has been killed according to certain religious guidelines. In addition, a lot of gelatin comes from pork. Muslims don't eat pork products, no matter how the animal is killed."

Now we all know!!!