While reading a fellow blog challenge member’s blog a memory came back to me that I would like to share. The blogger Rob of “The Mid Life Opportunity” blog posted an article on “Leaving the Rat Race – The Mid Life Devil’s Advocate View” which spoke about raising livestock, chickens and pigs, for meals as a cost saving measure.
The entire concept brought me back to a story that my mother shared with me. She told me she received a chick for Easter when she was a little girl. This was a customary practice for a number of people to do at Easter for their children. My mother named the chick, Chicken Little. Usually the chick would run around the house for a little while and then die. But Chicken Little did not die but grew up to become a chicken. When it was large enough to eat her grandmother killed it and had it for dinner.
My mother’s aunt who lived with my mother and her grandmother could not bring herself to eat Chicken Little. The fact that was Chicken Little was considered a pet by my mother’s aunt and an animal rose to serve as a meal by the rest of the family. It is a mindset and it is your mindset that will determine what you will do.
So I ask you if this was the situation today in your family and you were raising an animal who some people in your family considered as a pet, would you kill and eat it. Just to finish the story my mother and everyone else in the family, except her aunt, ate Chicken Little. Her grandmother said that “Chicken Little was smooth like butter”, when she was eating it. Not everyone could eat Chicken Little but when you are hungry there is not much choice. So I ask you again would you eat Chicken Little? Please share your comments below.
I love Chicken Little! This is so very creative.
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And yes, if I was hungry, Chicken Little, gibblets, and salad would be on the menu.
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Hi Rosie,
Thanks so much for your kind words. I am glad that you enjoyed Chicken Little.
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
I’m pleased that my post brought back memories to you. It is true that many people, particularly children, can’t bring themselves to kill and eat the animals that they’re raised.
But as you say, if you’re hungry …
best wishes
Rob
I probably could not eat chicken little. Just for the fact that I knew it was running around alive in the house a few moments before. We had chickens in our backyard (I think I wrote a post about this before) and my Aunt Margie decided to have my godfather behead the chicken for chicken soup. I never had one sip of that soup.
I boycotted milk for a while after I learned white milk came from cows too (not just the brown milk) – I still don’t drink much milk these days.
My dad is the same way, he wont typically eat pork because my grandma had pigs and he watched them being slaughtered.
Funny how people have different reasons for doing/not doing the same thing.
Gwen
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Hi Rob,
Thank you for the opportunity to read and share your post with others. Having and sharing different points of view provides the opportunity for us to grow and learn from each other.
All the best,
Kevin
Gwen,
I am so happy that you shared your family’s story. It goes to reinforce that we all come from different experiences and points of view. It is these experiences that shape us today.
Thank you for your comment.
All the best,
Kevin