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

[The Yakima Kid]

I sold a couple of Dominiques to a man who informed me, "No one calls them Dominiques anymore. They are now called Barred Rocks."

My mother-in-law and an aunt won't accept my eggs. They say they grew up on a farm and have first hand knowledge of how nasty chickens are. They feel secure knowing their store bought eggs came from chickens living in a sterile environment

That's OK. Those of us age 60 and over still call Barred Rocks Domineckers.

Yes, Virginia, we can tell the difference - but it is so much fun to watch the reactions.

Speaking of which, many years ago I learned a wonderful tactic for dealing with particularly snooty sommeliers. When they hand you the cork to sniff to make sure it hasn't gone to vinegar; instead of sniffing, bite it. It was almost enough to make me take up drinking alcohol.

 

[ChaoSS]

As far as the fast food industry, I was a fast food glutton...loved it! Still do and if I could I'd still be at it! And out here if you want a MacDonald's or a Taco Bell, you'd better not have anything planned for the afternoon - the nearest fast food joint is 25 miles, one way. However, when I had my gallbladder out, suddenly fast food was not real comfortable to eat. But I'd be lying if I said I quit totally. My hubby has a medical condition called "sarcoidosis". He has it in his lungs, liver, spleen, parotid glands, eyelids, and joints. The liver nodules finally contributed to acute pancreatitis, so his diet changed radically. That was the final nail in the fast food coffin. We got rid of the junk food and prepared to re-do our lifestyle. Guess what I found out? In most cases it's cheaper to take a family of 4 to MacDonald's for supper than it is to feed them the healthy stuff at home. Yep, that's a fact. I was totally STUNNED at how much the contents of that shopping cart cost me, full of fresh and frozen fruits and veggies (no canned), lean meats, cracked wheat bread, and other such stuff. No sweets, no chips, no white bread, no prepared or prepackaged foods. And that was just for the two of us for one week's meals.
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Now given the current economy, where in some families both parents work or in single parent households where the adult has to work, too many folks are barely able to make ends meet as it is. After working a multi hour shift, and with there still not being enough money for all of the expenses, not to mention so little time at home, what is the logical outcome? Spend $50.00 at the grocery store for the "good stuff" for a meal or spend $50.00 at a fast food joint to feed the family for a few nights? Many people opt for the faster, cheaper meal, then they're criticized for it. And while they're slapped around for "killing" their families, the prices of stuff they should be eating keeps climbing and climbing. There is no excuse for what this video showss but in fairness most kids DO know a tomato when they see it. To make the kids look stupid while throwing so many roadblocks in the path of home production and making it impossible for them to learn to grow their own healthy stuff, is asinine.

I don't quite agree with this. It may be more expensive to cook yourself if you go all the way, all organic, non GMO, top quality ingredients, but there is a world of difference between that and fast food. The fact is that you can make a decent home made meal, with better quality foods than fast food or junk food like frozen foods, for less money. It might be the store brand of whole wheat bread, but that sandwich is still better than the Big Mac.

It costs over 20 dollars to take my family out for fast food dinner. It costs us around a hundred bucks a week at the grocery store for food for the week, all meals included. We buy very little by way of frozen dinners and those tend to be some of the more expensive foods we buy anyway.

 

[TheKeeper]

Silkies are not rabbits. They're tribbles. Brought to Earth in the 60s aboard the USS Enterprise. 

Funny post!

 

[hennible]

Silkies are not rabbits. They're tribbles. Brought to Earth in the 60s aboard the USS Enterprise. 

 

[bigmrg74]

That's OK. Those of us age 60 and over still call Barred Rocks Domineckers.

Yes, Virginia, we can tell the difference - but it is so much fun to watch the reactions.

Speaking of which, many years ago I learned a wonderful tactic for dealing with particularly snooty sommeliers. When they hand you the cork to sniff to make sure it hasn't gone to vinegar; instead of sniffing, bite it. It was almost enough to make me take up drinking alcohol.

what if you lick it??

 

[JadedPhoenix]

Silkies are not rabbits. They're tribbles. Brought to Earth in the 60s aboard the USS Enterprise.

LOL!!! I wonder if silkies shriek when a klingon is nearby.

 

[bigmrg74]

LOL!!! I wonder if silkies shriek when a klingon is nearby.

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[enola]

I always wondered why Silkies don't look like chickens!

 

[dheltzel]

I always wondered why Silkies don't look like chickens!

40 years ago, when Silkies were very little known, I used to show them in the 4-H fair. I'd hold the hens and let people pet them (this was pre E. coli scares). Sometimes I would tell people I got them by crossing a chicken and a rabbit. You could tell the city kids vs the country kids by whether they believed me.

 

[enola]

So! That is where the theory started