By Debbie Schlussel

How bad is the pro-illegal alien amnesty BS getting? Well, it’s so bad that you can’t avoid it. Even recipes for food published in the newspaper are getting infected with the propaganda. Take this from a Detroit Newsistan food writer–I’m not interested in her political views, but she’s gonna shove ’em in my face, anyway.

Kate Lawson was for years the Detroit Newsistan’s prolific food writer. She wrote a lot about interesting foods and provided a lot of recipes (though most were not original–she cribbed them from magazines like Gourmet and merely added some comments). I used to love reading her food commentary and cut out her recipes, making a lot of them. She retired a year or so ago, but the Newsistan rehired her (as it has done with a number of others who were supposedly retired), as a freelance writer. (Her husband, Terry, was for years the uber-liberal, but generally sensible Detroit Free Press film critic.)

In light of recent events, including Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration enforcement, Lawson saw fit to use her recipe and cooking column to engage in blatant, phoney-baloney political propaganda. She gave us a recipe from her Muslim immigrant neighbors for Egyptian bread pudding and then lectured us about how worried she and her husband are for the Muslims. PUH-LEEZE. Her column was incredibly barfitudinous and filled with falsehoods. Oh, and by the way, Egypt was NOT one of the seven countries that were subject to President Trump’s immigration executive order regarding immigration (thought it should have been).

Get a load of this BS:

We were reading in the newspaper Sunday morning about President Donald Trump’s immigration ban and the ensuing demonstrations at airports across the country when the doorbell rang. It was our neighbor’s oldest son, Adnan, whose Muslim family is from central India.

He was bringing over a dessert that his mother, Tasnime, had made. Tasnime is a wonderful cook and loves to share her delicious creations with us. She sends them over via her sons who are both so sweet and smart and we have loved watching them grow from the time they first moved in about five years ago. They are just one of the many families that make up our great neighborhood.

Often Tasnime’s treats are unlikely but no yet [DS: sic] delicious combinations of sugar, spices and nuts often combined with cream, sometimes pastry, shredded carrots and coconut. Tasnime writes down the ingredients for me and when I ask the name, it is usually something unpronounceable but no less delicious. We delight in them every time. But this particular dessert was by far the best we’ve ever sank a spoon into.

In fact, I’m pretty sure Adnan had not yet made it home before we devoured every last bite. When I texted thanks to Tasnime and to ask the recipe she told me it was an Egyptian dessert called Umm Ali (Ali’s Mother), a clearly Middle Eastern version of bread pudding (which happens to be my favorite dessert). No wonder we gobbled it in minutes.

Unlike American bread puddings, which typically use stale bread that’s first soaked in a sweet liquid, Umm Ali uses freshly baked puff pastry for an extra level of deliciousness. Sweetened condensed milk can be used in place of sugar and raisins and coconut are also added making for a divine dessert.

But delicious dessert aside, my husband and I were both struck by the irony of appreciating a Middle Eastern dish while Muslims across the country were being denied access to their homes, families and refuge.

Our neighbors are generous, kind and wonderful people. A couple of years ago, they returned to their homeland to visit relatives – the boys had not yet met their cousins and grandparents living in India. The idea that they would be denied entrance home after their visit is unconscionable. Granted, India was not on the list of banned countries, but we are concerned for them and have offered help should it ever be needed. We are comforted by the global outcry.

BAAAARF. Her uber-naivete and incredibly gullible protestations regarding the faux-“kindness” of Muslims and their inconsequential recipes reminds me of all the ignorant women who gushed about Muslim men that seemed interested in them . . . in order to get a Green Card. “B-b-b-but he looooves me!” Yeah, sure he does. WAKE. UP. Woman.

I’ve had many death, rape, and torture threats from Muslim immigrants to this country (see here and here). Three of them were prosecuted in federal court, and they said they threatened me because I am Jewish and because they wanted to stop me from writing and speaking out–to squelch the same free speech rights that allow Kate Lawson to write this absurd halal twinkie defense for Islamic jihad via immigration. I guess if they’d given Kate Lawson a recipe for baklava or kunafeh, all would be forgiven. Right?

Hmmm . . . did Kate Lawson ask her Muslim neighbors, Adnan and Tasnime, if they will condemn HAMAS and Hezbollah? Or what they think of Jews? Did she ask them if they think there are some instances in which suicide bombings, beheadings, and honor-killings are okay? Did she ask them which they think is supreme: the koran or the Constitution? Did she visit their mosques and schools and note the extremist books and material by Sayyid Qutb and Yousef Al-Qaradawi, both of whom preached that it’s no big deal to slaughter recipe chick Kate Lawson and her hubby like they were halal dinner chicken? Don’t bet on it. Ignorant-pie and head-in-the-sand stew are clearly more tasty to her than truth. She’d rather not face facts and hear the answers.

It’s funny how Kate Lawson and her husband are so concerned about the welfare of their extremist Muslim neighbors, but I’ve never ever read a column by her with recipes from the many American victims of Islamic terrorism. She just isn’t very concerned about them.

Also, I guess Kate Lawson forgot about several famous Muslim immigrants from Egypt, including Mohammed Atta, Yousef Megahed, and Ahmed Mohamed. Plenty of other stupid Americans said they were nice and kind. Can’t wait for their recipes for Shish Tawook! Maybe the ghost of Mohammed Atta can send us his best shawarmeh recipe (though it may be overcooked–it’s very hot where he is now).

Here’s a tip: there are plenty of notable, delicious bread pudding recipes in this world, most of them not from Muslims. Google “bread pudding recipe,” and you’ll get at least 1.8 million results. We really don’t need to jeopardize America’s national security and change its long-term liberal democratic values so we can get some extremists’ lousy bread pudding recipe. And if you really must have the recipe to “Umm Ali’s Pastry Pudding,” you can Google that, too, and get 178,000 results. We don’t need to let more hateful Muslims into our country to get it. Here’s another tip: everybody needs to eat to survive, including extremist Muslims and the terrorists they morally support. Just because they have recipes for their food and it doesn’t taste like dog crap, doesn’t make them peaceful or good candidates for United States residency.

This reminds me of the Detroit-area chain of Middle-Eastern restaurants, La Shish, which was used to finance Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah. The group murdered more Americans than any other group aside from Al-Qaeda. And, yet, I had multiple morons contact me and whine, “but I like their tabbouli sooo much.” Yes, your palate and foodie frivolity are more important than America’s national security. Satiating your spoiled stomach is worth financing murderers. If you’re a dumbass.

And the same goes for the lousy bread pudding recipe. (Can’t wait for the ISIS kafta kebob recipe.)

Secure borders isn’t about stopping good recipes and dishes from penetrating America. It’s about stopping extremists from penetrating America. Anyone who doesn’t get that is a complete imbecile.

Here’s some frank advice for Kate Lawson: your political views belong on the editorial and op-ed pages of your newspaper. NOT in recipes in the food and style section. Trying to bait and switch me to feed me your BS is cowardly and fraudulent. I really don’t need your spoon full of saccharine to make your defective “medicine” go down.

Last question for the woman who thinks we should let in extremists in the interest of gastronomy:

So how does that Muslim bread pudding taste when you no longer have a head?

When Muslims reach critical mass and take over because of her stupid views on immigration, useful idiots like Kate Lawson and her descendants will be the first to get a chance to find out.

Attention, Kate Lawson and all other ideologically-inclined food writers:

Just shut up and give me the damn recipes. Keep your politics to yourself.