It seems like chickens have been making the news a lot lately. You can hardly read a newspaper or watch the news without at least one story, or more, being about bird flu or the price of eggs. I guess that\u2019s what reminded me of one of our (basically Claire\u2019s) experiences many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019ve ever lived in Southeast Asia, you know the climate is tropical \u2014 kind of on the \u201csteamy\u201d side lots of the time. Because of this, and probably some other good reasons, Claire had instructed our cook to be sure to store any fresh meat she bought at the local market in the freezer. She told her to put it in the freezer as soon as she got home. One day when we came home from work, for some reason, Claire opened the freezer and discovered a barely alive chicken. I\u2019m pretty sure it was suffering from hypothermia among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t remember exactly how Claire handled the situation, but she was good in those circumstances.
I\u2019m just glad the cook didn\u2019t buy pork that day\u2026\u2026
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It seems like chickens have been making the news a lot lately. You can hardly read a newspaper or watch the news without at least one story, or more, being about bird flu or the price of eggs. I guess … Continue reading