chicken murder
we killed a chicken sunday night. we'd been planning this for awhile; a true ghanaian experience. we figured we couldnt live with ourselves as meat-eaters without actually seeing the slaughter ourselves. so we got a live chicken for five bucks from a little hut down the street and carried it home.
apparently (i think my boss told me this) Ghanaians grow up killing things so its not a big deal for them, but we didnt have any Ghanaians with us. that was our first mistake. chris' dad had once killed a chicken in his garage but chris hadnt been there to see it. so we got all our info on how to do the beheading from his second hand experience. our second big mistake was not having a sharp enough knife. things did not play out as we imagined. we pictured a quick clean death and a nice meal.
the whole thing was a disaster. someone decided to video tape the debacle which turned out to be a good idea. i think we could sell the rights to the video to PETA for a lot of money. this was animal cruelty at its purest. maybe the longest fifteen seconds of my life, and i didnt even do the killing. we are all truly going to hell.
i posted some before and after pictures on my blog. ill show a copy of the video to the strong-stomached when i get back.
apparently (i think my boss told me this) Ghanaians grow up killing things so its not a big deal for them, but we didnt have any Ghanaians with us. that was our first mistake. chris' dad had once killed a chicken in his garage but chris hadnt been there to see it. so we got all our info on how to do the beheading from his second hand experience. our second big mistake was not having a sharp enough knife. things did not play out as we imagined. we pictured a quick clean death and a nice meal.
the whole thing was a disaster. someone decided to video tape the debacle which turned out to be a good idea. i think we could sell the rights to the video to PETA for a lot of money. this was animal cruelty at its purest. maybe the longest fifteen seconds of my life, and i didnt even do the killing. we are all truly going to hell.
i posted some before and after pictures on my blog. ill show a copy of the video to the strong-stomached when i get back.
posted by Z at 4:47 AM
1 Comments:
As one of the few vegetarians you know, and hopefully the only vegetarian you are dating, i feel as though i should confirm that you are in point of fact going to hell. Just you wait a few years- okay maybe a few dozen, and when you are roasting in hell being poked and proded by a bunch of angry chickens, i'm going to be sipping margaritas with the JC and laughing about this poor bastard i used to know.
the moral of the story is not to mess with chickens because one day when they are messing with you, you are not going to be happy.
wishing you would convert to a life of soy,
Robyn
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