Persuading son to eat our chickens' eggs

[Sue]

Hi
I wonder if it is the "dirty" aspect that is the worry. My sister, who is 40 something, was a bit disconcerted to find that eggs and poo come from the same place!!! She just hadn't thought about it before seeing actual chickens laying.
She's a bit iffy about manure and vegetables as well but at least she's old enough to overcome her phobias. And as for sell by dates....

Another thing that she finds a bit disturbing about whole eggs is from school biology lessons, and remembers my other sister influenced by what she'd learned, pulling apart an egg, telling her all the names for the insides, this would have been the chick etc.

It's infuriating this supermarket = clean, fresh = dirty lark, shows just how far people can be from the origin of the food they eat.
Sue

[Tracey]

Hi Sue

Hi
I wonder if it is the "dirty" aspect that is the worry. My sister, who is 40 something, was a bit disconcerted to find that eggs and poo come from the same place!!! She just hadn't thought about it before seeing actual chickens laying.

It's infuriating this supermarket = clean, fresh = dirty lark, shows just how far people can be from the origin of the food they eat.
Sue

Yes, thats it.

I must admit that there are foods that I won't eat, not because the food would not taste nice, but the thought of what it is. i.e. any crustations because they are related to the spider family, yuk! But I will happily eat any type of fish. It doesn't make sense as it is all good food.

[Nicos]

I have a bit of a problem eating the stronger goats cheeses in that they smell well...just like the rear end of a goat

[shirlthegirl43]

I have a bit of a problem eating the stronger goats cheeses in that they smell well...just like the rear end of a goat

Dairy goats don't smell unless they have been off to visit Billy. The other time that goats milk smells is if the milking utensils have not been scrupulously cleaned (I don't eat cheese but maybe the cheesemaking process causes similar smells). My mum bred dairy goats for years and we won shows with them. The only time people ever realised there were goats around was if there had been a stud visit - billy goats stink!!!

[Nicos]

Did they eat everything in sight and climb all over the car too Shirl????

You're showing your rural side now...bit different to cars and dukeboxes Shirl!!!!

Interesting though...

[shirlthegirl43]

They are the fussiest eaters ever but partial to any favoured plants. We did have one that loved woolen clothes and used to take them off the washing line! They never climbed on the cars - they were big goats and always in the field or indoors in wet weather. i will find a pic and post it later on.