Eating Jade
This is Jade, we had Jade for dinner last night and it was strange...... I did not mean to participate so fully in the circle of life, but circumstances obligated me to. We meant to get 3 hens but ended up with two beautiful roosters. Unfortunately for us and the neighbors, they thought it was best for the world to awaken at 5:30 am, and 6, and 7 (and they failed to lay eggs). My idealistic ethos of the moment is to eat fresh and locally. Its easy to do with our garden, our hens, the farmers market and local butchers. Killing our own meat, however, brought about a reality that I was a little less prepared for. I remember watching my dad butcher chickens, rabbits and goats when I was young, but that did not prepare me for taking the life of an animal. Suddenly I was responsible for not only the life and well being of another living creature, but the time and manner of his death. This put a whole new perspective on how I viewed something as simp...