tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post4764498413419740333..comments2009-06-05T20:49:11.334-04:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-18027876088578315392009-06-05T19:52:15.173-04:002009-06-05T19:52:15.173-04:00A Filipino woman I once dated gave me a delicacy to eat. It was a 1,000 year old egg, as they called it. Actually it was a pre-hatched egg. I boiled it for about 5 minutes, then put it on a plate, opened it up, took a forked pieced, tasted it. Took a second piece and the chick fetus opened up. There was a soft beak, little eyes. I was actually eating an abortion. Good thing I&#39;m pro-choice.Wally Keelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-9400696729887981242009-06-05T19:46:30.953-04:002009-06-05T19:46:30.953-04:00&quot;Residential zoning bans agricultural uses&quot;<br /><br />I guess this precludes my fantasy from the 60s when I declared that if I ever became economically successful, I was going to buy a house on Snot Blvd a.k.a. Abbott Blvd, rip up the front lawn, and plant corn. As long as I didn&#39;t harvest it, it couldn&#39;t be claimed as agriculture.<br /><br />The following year, I planned to pave the front yard and paint parking stripes on it.Wally unfarmer Keelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-70242171060095495342009-06-05T12:02:41.797-04:002009-06-05T12:02:41.797-04:00Thank you Manfred. Now I just need Ben to build me a chicken coop and I&#39;m all set. Think I&#39;ll get me a goat or two as well, as long as they promise not to eat the veggies trying to grow in the garden. I am related to the Burnham family on my mother&#39;s side, there must be a farming gene in there somewhere, buried under the printing and hockey playing genes.<br /><br />Happy Sunny Friday everyone.<br /><br />Deb O&#39;ConnorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-67077684730532315032009-06-04T15:49:33.094-04:002009-06-04T15:49:33.094-04:00According to our egg-lady the answer is NO - roosters are needed only if you want to hatch your eggs, not eat them!manfred schumannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971203876339557828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-57027625693011449072009-06-04T11:49:06.811-04:002009-06-04T11:49:06.811-04:00I remember fondly the chickens kept by my grandmother&#39;s neighbour on James Street in the early 1950s.<br /><br />We kids used to go and visit them just for the novelty of it all, and we didn&#39;t mind the crowing of the rooster(s) one bit.<br /><br />Not being a farmer type, I have no idea, but, don&#39;t you kinda have to have at least one rooster for those chickens to lay eggs at all?<br /><br />Just asking...<br />Deb O&#39;ConnorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com