>>No-one in my RL mentioned wanting or needing special cookware so far, at least to me.<<
It may not concern them. There are, after all, methods for purifying cookware.
Alternatively, "beggars can't be choosers." They may have lowered their standards and/or have bigger problems to worry about.
For a comparison, consider that many crafts recommend keeping separate utensils for making them -- soap, candles, dye, manure tea, etc. If you use nonporous materials that can be sterilized (e.g. glass, metal, silicone) then in a practical sense this should not matter. But most people prefer to keep them separate because the ingredients are just gross. If all you had was one pot, you'd use it both for boiling soup and for boiling dye, as our ancestors did. It would just be much nicer to have different pots.
In this regard, purifying the kitchen and its major appliances is an essential step before housing Muslims. Silverware, Pyrex measuring cups, etc. can simply be chucked in the industrial steam-cleaner used in the hotel kitchen. Offering new portables (electric skillet, crockpot, etc.) is a thoughtful gesture, but not required. Plastic tools are better replaced as they are porous.
>> I've heard of that rule, but that wasn't the impression I got fron the conversation. (Again, not an expert. Shrug.) Maybe someone else in the audience is netter informed? (Or I'm confused on small details. People do that with my religion all the time.) <<
It likely varies across groups and perhaps individuals.
Compare with vegans: only the most devout of them will refuse medications made with animal products.
>> Not just city vs other city, that just seemed more diplomatic than suggesting, say, subtle racial or religious differences.<<
That's also true. I have found urban/rural a significant difference across most cultures.
>>From a move set in the '40s: Little brother to elder brother's Irish girlfriend "We don't like Irish people!" [Gets ear twisted] "What? Its a well known fact!" (Fyi the brothers were Italian.) <<
LOL
>> Also, aren't big cities more likely to have minority enclaves? Little Italy, gay bars, a higher groupinh of cosmopolitan intellectuals? <<
Exactly. In fact, both Aleppo and Damascus have significant numbers of people who speak English or French, and those tend to stick together. One of the Syrians had a wife from France before she died. So do intellectuals and other subcultures. I have pictures for some gay men, but haven't statted them up yet.
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Re: Yes ...
Date: 2020-09-16 09:47 pm (UTC)It may not concern them. There are, after all, methods for purifying cookware.
Alternatively, "beggars can't be choosers." They may have lowered their standards and/or have bigger problems to worry about.
For a comparison, consider that many crafts recommend keeping separate utensils for making them -- soap, candles, dye, manure tea, etc. If you use nonporous materials that can be sterilized (e.g. glass, metal, silicone) then in a practical sense this should not matter. But most people prefer to keep them separate because the ingredients are just gross. If all you had was one pot, you'd use it both for boiling soup and for boiling dye, as our ancestors did. It would just be much nicer to have different pots.
In this regard, purifying the kitchen and its major appliances is an essential step before housing Muslims. Silverware, Pyrex measuring cups, etc. can simply be chucked in the industrial steam-cleaner used in the hotel kitchen. Offering new portables (electric skillet, crockpot, etc.) is a thoughtful gesture, but not required. Plastic tools are better replaced as they are porous.
>> I've heard of that rule, but that wasn't the impression I got fron the conversation. (Again, not an expert. Shrug.) Maybe someone else in the audience is netter informed? (Or I'm confused on small details. People do that with my religion all the time.) <<
It likely varies across groups and perhaps individuals.
Compare with vegans: only the most devout of them will refuse medications made with animal products.
>> Not just city vs other city, that just seemed more diplomatic than suggesting, say, subtle racial or religious differences.<<
That's also true. I have found urban/rural a significant difference across most cultures.
>>From a move set in the '40s:
Little brother to elder brother's Irish girlfriend "We don't like Irish people!" [Gets ear twisted] "What? Its a well known fact!" (Fyi the brothers were Italian.) <<
LOL
>> Also, aren't big cities more likely to have minority enclaves? Little Italy, gay bars, a higher groupinh of cosmopolitan intellectuals? <<
Exactly. In fact, both Aleppo and Damascus have significant numbers of people who speak English or French, and those tend to stick together. One of the Syrians had a wife from France before she died. So do intellectuals and other subcultures. I have pictures for some gay men, but haven't statted them up yet.