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May 17, 2016

Dubai Life: Non-Muslim Groceries

Several of the grocery stores in Dubai have "Non-Muslim" sections where you can buy pork products.  These sections are always completely separated from the regular store (fully contained store-within-a-store) and all your products are wrapped and priced before leaving the area.  This way, the cashier doesn't have to accidentally touch your pork.

Inside this world of pork, you can find things like trotters, sausages from around the world (mmmm chorizo), pigs earsprosciuttovarious pates, chicharrones, and lots of bacon.  But the fascinating part is how many OTHER things are also in the pork section because they contain pork by-products. 

Here are the ones that shocked me the most.  Apparently it's in the gelatin.

Did you know?  

(Please excuse the terrible photos, I was trying to be stealthy.)


Pricey little rainbow porkmallows - $9.45 per box!

The Pop Tarts website says their gelatin is beef derived.  But Dubai doesn't play that game ($4.50 per box).

Graduate to chicharrones instead ($6.21 per bag).




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