somehow "cloaca" comes up in my life often. it might be a word you've never uttered or even heard but for some reason, it's in my vocabulary and comes out of my mouth often enough that it's worth noticing. sorta wish it wasn't... at any rate, a cloaca is essentially, a bird butt.
it relates to this particular post in that eggs come out of the cloaca (totally necessary for laying eggs) and this post is about eggs.
the peep peeps arrived at my parents' this week. squeeeeeeeeee.
it's unclear to me how we'll eat these. well, they won't look like this when they go to be... you know. i guess i've been telling myself, "self... you're going to eat chicken, aren't you? yes... you are. the chicken from the store you eat is not good for you or the chickens. these chickens here, they're living a nice life. and they're not full of antibiotics. so eat them."
we all sort of felt weird when they arrived though. pop decided he had better order some layer-chickens so that some are left when these ones to go market. literal empty nest. so... some no-kill chickens are on their way.
speaking of laying chickens... some chickens lay colored eggs. i've seen this on martha stewart before which is why i thought it had to be SO exotic that i'd never see a naturally turquoise egg in real life. but some friends have chickens that lay those! crazy. aren't they pretty:
it's hard to tell, but those "white" ones are actually turquoise in real eyes.
so colored eggs are fun. but this is easter, and easter calls for extreme colored eggs.
you don't need to spend $3.00 on paas to get easter eggs, people. if you don't know this, i'm sort of ashamed for you, but here is how you make colored easter eggs.
1 tsp white vinegar
food coloring in various colors
this requires knowledge of the color wheel and basic color mixing rules. you should know this. you should. mix your colors so that there are 20 DROPS of food coloring (at least) in every separate color cup. so, for turquoise you might add 10 drops of blue and 10 drops of green
1/2 cup boiling water
add to cup and stir. now add an egg for at least 5 minutes (for a bold color) or closer to one minute for pastel colors.
viola.
happy paques!
omg the baby chicks need to be mine! i have to train them from birth to snuggle with me...
i also love your oeufs. the purple turned out so grape-y! sam's pose is pretty sweet. kid's got attitude man.
i wish i was having a cozy and hilarious time with you right now instead of regretting the entire pint of chunky monkey i just inhaled for depression reasons.
movie reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!
love leash
Posted by: Sopauvre.blogspot.com | April 22, 2011 at 01:06 AM
I love your eggs. your perfect colour wheel eggs.
I need small children to make eggies with.
Posted by: JessicaRae1982 | April 28, 2011 at 05:28 PM
II don't eat that part of the chicken. That is a new term, my first time to hear that. Thanks for sharing. http://www.sinanitos.com
Posted by: SophieTorres1 | August 02, 2011 at 09:16 PM