Greetings People!🙌
One thing I would never be tired of saying is how privileged I am to have been brought up in a rural area. Although life was tough, especially with farm work, but the experiences were so funfilled and real.
- Imagine passing through the community's cemetery at night, and ghosts would greet and wave at you.
- Imagine catching a Guinea fowl with her eggs on the farm and feasting on them; that species of fowl is so sweet with its stubborn nature
I wonder what these people brought up in the city would call "fun"
Under normal circumstances, catching, slaughtering, and feasting on a chicken that's not yours is considered theft, but in my village in those days, it was normal because these fowls were everywhere. It was a case of eating as many as you can catch, but don't let the owner catch you. There was no court law regulating the act; the only problem you'd get when caught by the owner is to get drummed at and receive swears and curses...and these curses do not have any effect on a local man.
Those days, if enough meat didn't reach us from Mama's food at home, we don't get bothered because we knew that these native chickens would be trapped soonest. In fact, there were days we didn't fancy eating meat at home because of the chickens outside. The essence of battling with siblings for the small portion of meat in Mama's food was not there; after all, the native chicken tastes better than fish.
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Another sweet thing were the eggs of these hens. For real, the sweetness of native eggs cannot be measured by the English fowl. Naaah! Eggs from English-bred chickens taste like boiled flour, while those from native fowls taste like ostrich eggs. If you've tasted it, you'd know.
If you know native hens very well, you'll know that they lay their eggs everywhere, especially in bushes. Once we see hen that laid eggs and probably nursing them to hatch, we will feast on the her and her eggs, and nothing will happen. Yes, nothing will happen. That's never a ticket to hell because God understands.
There was a day we saw an hen nursing her eggs. We tried to catch her, but she stubbornly ran away, so we packed the eggs, we cooked them only to find out they already had embryos inside. Jeeeeez! I couldn't eat it because it's irritating, but my friend removed the embryos and ate them.
In case you don't know, that's what Filipinos refer to as Balut, and they enjoy eating that. @jenthoughts has to testify to this
Yeah, I did all that during my early life in the village, but as I grew older, I lost appetite for eating such. I can't even eat native hen's eggs again because they now irritates me. I don't know what really happened to my body system; maybe God arrested my whole system for repentance.
What actually brought this topic up was an encounter yesterday.
I was at my peace, doing my thing, when I saw a chicken sneaking inside my store. I went and pursued it, and it ran away.
I left my chair and went inside the bathroom to have my convenience, only to return and see this chicken inside. I pursued it, and it ran off again. That was the moment I knew that it was a hen and was about to lay eggs, and she feels my space is her perfect hospital.
Within minutes, she came again, trying to sneak in.
What came out of my mouth was, "This fowl, you should be thankful that I'm a repentaed soul". Yeah, she should be thankful because I would have allowed her in to lay her fresh eggs, and I would use both her eggs and her meat to treat myself to a hot pepper soup to Match up with the raining Monday.
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You seem to come from a modern village. I mean, which African village does not have a Harry Potter vibe? In Real villages, if you steal a chicken, you will have a clucking sound in your tummy until you confess to the owner! 😐
This may sound out of context for this post, but I can't help thinking about it, so I'm just gonna shoot! I have seen a couple of your posts talking about how hard it is for you to gain weight. What if you once ate the wrong chicken and eggs, and the owner made sure......?😶
Oops, I ran out of data bundles before I could complete my sentence!
I jumped on bed laughing uncontrollably.
I paused after 2mins of laughter and began to ponder on your words and you.
*I don't know where you come from @humbe * 🤣🤣
For the chicken?
I repented and once repentance comes, old things are flushed away including any tricks from the owners 😄.
My weight gain,
From what people said, I'd get weight when I marries....plus enough Money 😎
🤔 Well, enjoy your healthy weight while it lasts. Normally, one gains weight easily after 30 when metabolism slows down. It's true that most guys gain weight after marriage and 98% develop a "dad bod".
In this day and age, where there are so many weight-related diseases, I believe those who can maintain a healthy weight to old age are truly fortunate!✨🙂
The last part though,
Please, let me remain like this 🤣🤣
I would if I can, unfortunately I do not have the Harry potter vibe👀.
Maybe ask THE MAN above to overlook your prayer requests of having to carry all your money (that he's gonna bless you with) around your belly and showing off with balloon cheeks that your wife is a good cook after marriage!😅
I heard there are books to read to become like him. Maybe I should give you a link😄
THAT MAN knows that I can't marry someone that can not cook better than me. Impossible!
Eating what is not yours is called theft. How on earth will a person catch and eat a foul not belonging to him. That old days law was favorable to aged people and not for youths.
Hahahah😄
For sure, the law favoured us in those days, not now anymore.
If that happens now, police station straight!
Thank you for stopping by dear
No effects on a local man my gee😂😂
Curses no dy work😂, opoor
Thank God for your repentance 😂
This thing is so real jooorrr. Curse has a boundary here 🤣.
Thank you for stopping by boss
Always a pleasure
Oh catching chickens that you didn't own us really a theft and it is a sin. Hmmm about the balut, many Filipinos really love it but I am not fond of it.
Catching of fowls?
That was then and we've repented. Lol😄
Balut;
I thought you eat it too.
I met a lot of Filipinos on readcash that said a lot of goodies about it.
I can't eat that 😄.
Thank you for coming🙌
That's the best thing, you've repented and will never do it again, right?
Yes many Pinoys are fond of eating balut but I am not one of them hehehe
Sure, really repented 💯.
Okay ma🙌
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