I happen to live in a neighborhood of Brooklyn with both extensive Kosher and Halal options (which is probably not a coincidence, since there is significant overlap in rules). But Mexico City has a different cultural mix than New York City or London.
I can understand, though, that it may be too expensive and difficult to get Kosher or Halal meat, or indeed fully catered meals, for Wikimania in Mexico City.
Bur I would suggest going to a supermarket and getting something like a pre-packaged hummus with K and H marks, and some plain fruits and vegetables, so folks like this can at least have snack options during the conference sessions, and that can tide them over if they want to go out for a full meal fulfilling their dietary preferences later.
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 05/05/15 23:22, Ellie Young wrote:
We will try our best. And as Stuart says we don’t have access to reasonably priced kosher or halal service for those.
I find that an odd statement, where from my perspective halal is the norm. I live in the East End of London, less than 10 km from Wikimania in Barbican in 2014. Tesco (at Bromley by Bow) has opened a meat counter in recent years that is 100% halal. All the "chicken shops" in area halal, and I believe that local butchers are exclusively halal. My knowledge ends there, since I am a vegetarian.
It will be different in other part of London, and other parts of the World...
When in Rome?
Gordo
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