The Chicken & Egg Debate: A Twist

Chicken & Egg Debate: A Twisted Tale

I know I had written my entry for the day; but what happened over dinner is too good not to record down.

First I must apologise if the content is going to offend some people, but lets take it in the spirit of learning.

I was so tired after school to cook dinner, so my hubby heated up something. Earlier, I had skipped lunch, so I was famish. I sat on the kitchen floor, bingeing on on sambal crisps and pepsi twist (tsk..tsk..tsk).Anyway, the kids saw me, and decided to scoop hot rice with some rendang. In the midst of things, the conversation took a strange turn.

Me: OMG...do you know how much the chicken parts cost now?
Hubby: How much?
Me: One small chicken is almost $8.80...that's too much. (then I turned to the children)
Me: From today onward ok...we eat out less...whatever you want to eat, we try to cook it at home. You had enough treats during the holidays.
Sons: Ok mama
Daughter:...ok...ok...we eat more omelettes then.

Everyone: Huh? (where is the connection)
Daughter: Since chicken come from eggs, then eating eggs is like eating chicken.
Big son: No...not really the same. Those eggs are not fertilised. That's not chicken.
Daughter: If they mate...then we can get so many eggs what.
Me: Chickens do not need to mate to produce eggs.

Daughter: Oh...how come the chickens are not mating? How do we get so many eggs?
Husband: No lah...the chickens do 'mate' in order to produce the eggs.
Me: No...with chickens...it is not the same. That's why we just get egg....egg...

Husband: In the olden days (huh) we need the rooster....to produce eggs.
Big son: No lah...it's like when women and their monthly period...they produce just the egg...they release the egg...only chickens got more.
Daughter: Oh...you mean chickens also have periods? What do the farmers use for the chicken? Pads?

By then we were all rolling all over the floor in laughter...
So ...for now...I think, in my family, we shall abstain from eating chicken for the next few weeks.

Sigh...I will never be able to look at the chicken and an egg the same way again.