Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[7 Biddies]

Hmmm. I see I've opened another can of worms. Just my modest contribution to world peace.

 

[7 Biddies]

My kids attended Montessori school prior to entering public school in middle elementary. Every month they focused on a different country, and I was the mama who demonstrated the food from the various countries. When they studied Italy, I showed them how to make pasta and they helped by cranking the handle of the pasta machine. For China, I cooked rice noodles that rise up high when they hit the hot oil. Every Spring, they did a French Day, where the front of the school was decorated like Paris; there was a 7ft. cardboard Eiffel Tower, finger painting on the Left Bank, nose gays to give their mothers from a flower cart, and I made beignets and cafe au lait (mostly lait) at a "sidewalk cafe".

This began when they were 3 years old and continued each year. The kids loved it and it learned that there's a whole world out there beyond their front door, with different customs, languages, and foods. It's a real tolerance builder. Don't know why the public schools can't do the same. It doesn't have to be part of a formal curriculum ... just work it in to the regular school day.

 

[earlyredrooster]

Hmmm. I see I've opened another can of worms. Just my modest contribution to world peace.

Worms are fun.

 

[Fluffnpuff]

My kids attended Montessori school prior to entering public school in middle elementary. Every month they focused on a different country, and I was the mama who demonstrated the food from the various countries. When they studied Italy, I showed them how to make pasta and they helped by cranking the handle of the pasta machine. For China, I cooked rice noodles that rise up high when they hit the hot oil. Every Spring, they did a French Day, where the front of the school was decorated like Paris; there was a 7ft. cardboard Eiffel Tower, finger painting on the Left Bank, nose gays to give their mothers from a flower cart, and I made beignets and cafe au lait (mostly lait) at a "sidewalk cafe".


This began when they were 3 years old and continued each year. The kids loved it and it learned that there's a whole world out there beyond their front door, with different customs, languages, and foods. It's a real tolerance builder. Don't know why the public schools can't do the same. It doesn't have to be part of a formal curriculum ... just work it in to the regular school day.

You'll love this vid

A group of public school kids don't know what veggies look like. I kind wish he had brought in a live chicken, duck, turkey, goose, and guinea to try the same thing.

 

[earlyredrooster]

You'll love this vid A group of public school kids don't know what veggies look like. I kind wish he had brought in a live chicken, duck, turkey, goose, and guinea to try the same thing.

"Egg Salad" ho ho WOW that is just scary.

 

[Peep_Show]

Wow.

But, sad as it is, city kids have no idea, really, about gardens and what comes from them. How would they? They might see lawn in front of a playground park, but are there any fruit trees in the city? No.

I remember being in kindergarten and we had a test and one of the segments was on farming. I was the only one who got the segments right.... I even knew you planted potatoes from eyes and they grew UNDERGROUND. How did I know this? (Besides the obvious answer that I was some odd extraterrestrial transplant) The advantage was I had a neighbor down the street who was a great teacher/mentor and took a bunch of us neighborhood kids out to the country to view chickens, eggs, field crops, and she made it really interesting. I'll always be indebted to Mrs. Tennis for setting me on the path to a love of agriculture and science which endures to this day.

One of the local dairies had an education trailer that they would drive onto the school's playground. In it was stuff on making cheese and a live cow! Those who wanted to could take a try at hand milking, but most opted for making shaker butter.

The hands-on stuff is SO valuable! Too bad today's schools take shortcuts and just pop a video, if anything at all.

 

[7 Biddies]

You'll love this vid

You're right ... I *do* love this video and emailed it home to myself so I can watch the entire series. Thanks.

(The food in our school cafeteria, which I refuse to eat, is identical to what they showed in episode 1, and it's tragic. I've been having a fit over it and would love to change it. But, if Jamie Oliver doubts his ability to do so, what do you think MY chances are? Besides, they all think I'm a city transplant who thinks they should do everything the city way.)

 

[Fluffnpuff]

Wow.


But, sad as it is, city kids have no idea, really, about gardens and what comes from them. How would they? They might see lawn in front of a playground park, but are there any fruit trees in the city? No.


I remember being in kindergarten and we had a test and one of the segments was on farming. I was the only one who got the segments right.... I even knew you planted potatoes from eyes and they grew UNDERGROUND. How did I know this? (Besides the obvious answer that I was some odd extraterrestrial transplant) The advantage was I had a neighbor down the street who was a great teacher/mentor and took a bunch of us neighborhood kids out to the country to view chickens, eggs, field crops, and she made it really interesting. I'll always be indebted to Mrs. Tennis for setting me on the path to a love of agriculture and science which endures to this day.


One of the local dairies had an education trailer that they would drive onto the school's playground. In it was stuff on making cheese and a live cow! Those who wanted to could take a try at hand milking, but most opted for making shaker butter.


The hands-on stuff is SO valuable! Too bad today's schools take shortcuts and just pop a video, if anything at all.

Imo, it goes far beyond poor hands on education though that definitely plays a part. It's a symptom of an apathetic and corrupted society heavily influenced by corporate propaganda. A lot of people in america are entirely dependent upon tax avoiding and corporate welfare collecting transnational corporations. I've got friends and relatives who rely on taco bell, hardees, and mcdonalds for every bite of food they put in their mouth. The few times i've mentioned the negative repercussions of raising an entire family on the fast food/never interact with nature lifestyle i always get the following excuse. I don't have time. Inevitably they are also the same people who watch 3 hours of tv a day

 

[7 Biddies]

Funny thing is, I've been canning and preserving for the past couple of weeks (while I work full time). So far, I've made and put up 6 quarts of spaghetti sauce, 5 quarts of fresh tomatoes, 2 trays of died tomatoes, and fresh butter beans. I've got more tomatoes that I'll make salsa out of and some veggie soup. Plus, the apples are picked and waiting for me to make them into jelly and apple butter. All of it's homegrown, organically. People hear about it and drool, but nobody wants to go through the trouble of doing it themselves.

BTW ... speaking of kids being unable to identify veggies like tomatoes, I brought dozen eggs to school to show the little kids, most of whom couldn't believe they came from my own chickens instead of the grocery store. Can you guess what their reaction to blue and green eggs was?

 

[7 Biddies]

Imo, it goes far beyond poor hands on education though that definitely plays a part. It's a symptom of an apathetic and corrupted society heavily influenced by corporate propaganda. A lot of people in america are entirely dependent upon tax avoiding and corporate welfare collecting transnational corporations. I've got friends and relatives who rely on taco bell, hardees, and mcdonalds for every bite of food they put in their mouth. The few times i've mentioned the negative repercussions of raising an entire family on the fast food/never interact with nature lifestyle i always get the following excuse. I don't have time. Inevitably they are also the same people who watch 3 hours of tv a day

In a word: sloth.

Everyone here is too excited about the recent announcement that Taco Bell's coming to town to pay attention to the world news. My son worked at a TC in high school. He called it Taco Hell and it cured him of fast food forever!