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

[cassie]

Well I'll play devils advocate. Folks ate less and did more. We were skinny cuz we didn't eat like we do today.

Meals were much smaller back in the day. Folks did more for themselves back in the day. Not like now. You hire someone to clean your carpeting, wash your car.

Why do you think meals were smaller back in the day? Have you ever read an old cookbook? One written in the early 1900's? I have one published in 1919. The proposed menus there would give a modern nutritionist apoplexy. On the farms where there was heavy labor, there were often two breakfasts, a midday meal, and a relatively light evening meal. A lot of cream and butter, but not nearly as much sweet stuff. People were a lot more active. On the subject of hired help, up until WWI almost every household had some domestic help. Usually a girl to help in the kitchen and maybe a housekeeper of sorts. The housewife didn't do everything herself. And then of course the kids did chores.

 

[ronott1]

Why do you think meals were smaller back in the day? Have you ever read an old cookbook? One written in the early 1900's? I have one published in 1919. The proposed menus there would give a modern nutritionist apoplexy. On the farms where there was heavy labor, there were often two breakfasts, a midday meal, and a relatively light evening meal. A lot of cream and butter, but not nearly as much sweet stuff. People were a lot more active. On the subject of hired help, up until WWI almost every household had some domestic help. Usually a girl to help in the kitchen and maybe a housekeeper of sorts. The housewife didn't do everything herself. And then of course the kids did chores.

Be careful--History was written by and for the Wealthy. Guaranteed, only the one percent had servants.

None of my Ancestors had servants.

I agree completely about the food. Processed foods and super concentrated carbs were not present then either.

 

[GimmeCake]

Be careful--History was written by and for the Wealthy. Guaranteed, only the one percent had servants.

None of my Ancestors had servants.

I agree completely about the food. Processed foods and super concentrated carbs were not present then either.

A lot of people were slave owners in the U.S. back before the mid 1800s. Not the same thing as a servant, but they did have somebody help.

 

[cassie]

Be careful--History was written by and for the Wealthy. Guaranteed, only the one percent had servants.

None of my Ancestors had servants.

I agree completely about the food. Processed foods and super concentrated carbs were not present then either.

Are you sure your ancestors didn't have domestic help? Even my grandparents had a "girl" who helped in the kitchen and they were by no means wealthy. Quite the contrary. The cook book I was referring to was not written for the wealthy either. It tells how to put on a dinner party with no servants and how to make the most of inexpensive cuts of meat and leftovers. As for meal size, I remember what my aunt put on the table for her family and the farm hands. When my mother was a girl she spent summers on a large sheep ranch. One of the things she did was to help prepare meals for the farm hands. She told me what was served in the mess hall. People doing hard physical labor burn a lot of calories. I think the problem with obesity in today's kids is half what they eat (sugary snacks and prepared foods) and half what they are doing (sitting on the sofa watching TV and playing video games). They don't spend much time running around outside and few of them walk to school any more. Back in the Dark Ages when I was growing up kids walked to school, did farm chores (fed chickens, milked cows, slopped hogs, helped with the gardening and housework, played outside and wherever it was we wanted to go we walked. Soda pop, chips, and ice cream were a rare treat.

 

[evemfoster]

Well I'll play devils advocate. Folks ate less and did more. We were skinny cuz we didn't eat like we do today.

I'm ashamed to say I ate two helpings of DW's Beef Stroganagh (whatever) a little salad, a Nutty bar and jello for dinner.

Meals were much smaller back in the day. Folks did more for themselves back in the day. Not like now. You hire someone to clean your carpeting, wash your car.

I just read an article that inspite of all the safety things we have, injuries to children has NOT decreased.

However folks do live longer than back in the day too. Of course I'm not sure how much of what they do is really living. Too I just found out my great, great, great grandfather died at 62 of a cerebraly hemmorage but his wife lived til she was 85. Though the closer I get to 85 the younger it seems.

I really need to get off my bum and do more. My days begin late and end early.

How many breaks did YOU take today?

So what to do?

Oh and I forgot. FOLKS HAD MORE KIDS BACK IN THE DAY TOO!

I had a science lab teacher who told us that everything in excess is bad for you. Even oxygen. He said that if people didn't have to breath oxygen they would live over twice as long and look younger for far longer. Seems that the oxygen burns the body's cells a little bit as it enters the cells. And the lungs are always getting damaged every time you take a breath. So if you want to live longer don't breath.

Then he said "But i wouldn't hold your breath too long."

 

[chicksurreal]

Had someone ask how I sanitize my eggs today.

The conversation went something like this...

Her- So, how do you sanitize your eggs?

Me - I don't, there's no need to do that.

Her - Well, how do you get them clean so you can eat them?

Me - I don't do anything. There's nothing on them to clean off.

Her - Um, well, how do you get them clean so you can eat them?

Me - I DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM. They are fine as they are.

Her - Well, uh, how do they get clean? Aren't you afraid of getting sick?

Me - We've been eating fresh eggs for months now and never had a problem.

Her - Ummmm, well, aren't chicken eggs, like, contaminated or something if you don't sanitize them?

Me - Only the ones you buy at the store...

Her - But those eggs are clean!

Me - Yeah, not so much. Do some research and see for yourself.

Her - The grocery store can't sell anything that's bad for you!

Me -

The conversation was pretty much over at that point.

 

[mrballance]

I think you meant fluoride, though there is some evidence that fluoride is a problem for the thyroid and not great in the huge quantities we're getting it in. But, then, of course, chickens have no teeth, so they need neither fluoride nor chlorine.

Yes, sorry Fluoride, mine have teeth

 

[ronott1]

Are you sure your ancestors didn't have domestic help? Even my grandparents had a "girl" who helped in the kitchen and they were by no means wealthy. Quite the contrary. The cook book I was referring to was not written for the wealthy either. It tells how to put on a dinner party with no servants and how to make the most of inexpensive cuts of meat and leftovers. As for meal size, I remember what my aunt put on the table for her family and the farm hands. When my mother was a girl she spent summers on a large sheep ranch. One of the things she did was to help prepare meals for the farm hands. She told me what was served in the mess hall. People doing hard physical labor burn a lot of calories. I think the problem with obesity in today's kids is half what they eat (sugary snacks and prepared foods) and half what they are doing (sitting on the sofa watching TV and playing video games). They don't spend much time running around outside and few of them walk to school any more. Back in the Dark Ages when I was growing up kids walked to school, did farm chores (fed chickens, milked cows, slopped hogs, helped with the gardening and housework, played outside and wherever it was we wanted to go we walked. Soda pop, chips, and ice cream were a rare treat.

If the cook book was written in the 1800s, then it was for those that could actually read it; the wealthy. Literacy was not that common back then. The wealthy with domestic help used children that did not go to school so they did not learn how to read.

The treatment of wealthy and poor gets even worse when you go back further in history, which is once again about wealthy merchants and Royalty. It was not pleasant to be poor back then and most people were poor and miserable. They did not live in a manor with servants and cooks.

Edited to add: It is funny to me to watch movies set in medieval times and the chickens are Cinnamon Queens!

 

[ronott1]

A lot of people were slave owners in the U.S. back before the mid 1800s. Not the same thing as a servant, but they did have somebody help.

Source please?

You are Southern? My ancestors are from the North.

 

[mrballance]

A lot of people were slave owners in the U.S. back before the mid 1800s. Not the same thing as a servant, but they did have somebody help.

Not true only the wealth had slaves. Check it out don't presume