At a time when Republican leaders are increasingly targeting the state’s growing Muslim communities, barbecue joints like Goldee’s that offer halal options are thriving in Texas. Across the state, Muslim pitmasters are gaining recognition for putting their own spin on one of Texas’ most iconic culinary traditions.

At least a dozen barbecue spots now serve halal meats, including Yearby’s Barbecue & Waterice, run by Black Muslim couple CJ and Sabrina Henley, soon-to-be in Plano, and Levant Mediterranean BBQ, a restaurant with locations in Houston and Frisco and whose all-beef menu includes a brisket shawarma sandwich.

“Now there are so many options, and for us to have highly rated barbecue, it’s a blessing,” said Haris Ghaffar, who drove an hour from Celina and stood in 90-degree weather for nearly two hours with a friend for the halal options at Goldee’s.

  • jaaake
    3·
    6 days ago

    So the “thing” you hadn’t considered was the opposite of the thing that you had quoted? It must be very frustrating to be you. I imagine most people don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

    • Optional
      13·
      6 days ago

      Hol up chief:

      Honestly my assumption was that you were opposed to non-pork BBQ.

      You assumed I was opposed to non-pork BBQ. So I, seeing this batshit assumption to be a good mile-and-a-half away from “meat is gross” figured that can’t be close to true. I hadn’t ever considered it.

      Not the opposite of what I quoted (that would be you assumed I was opposed to non-beef BBQ. Which is also bonkers but whatever). The exact same thing as what I quoted.

      Hell, it’s Texas, maybe there’s some clutch of crazy bastards who love BBQ but only Pork BBQ. Could that be? If so - if there is some kind of cultural existence of non-pork-hating-BBQ people, then maybe it makes sense that people saw my comment under a guy holding two giant slabs of bovine breast meat that said “Eww” and they thought “OMG he’s one of those non-pork-BBQ-hating people that we know don’t like halal BBQ and are therefore bigots!”

      But your response proves that, no, you’re just incapable of conceiving a diet without meat. That’s not unusual. Sadly. But points for creativity I guess. You actually constructed some alternate meat-eating theory to qualify my comment, rather than consider it be about the meat itself.

      Which, again: is such a weird assumption.