Dec 17, 2010: DIY Jacuzzi

Many businesses are scheming like mad to appear "greener" than their competitors... preferably at minimal cost.
Restaurants have a problem with the amount of food they have to throw away, making them look wasteful.
Much of it is the fault of customers not eating what they ordered, like chicks on a first date.

Of course some foods are left behind, much more than others... not much chocolate cake, lots of Brussels sprouts.
A lot those sprouts can be "recycled" as next month's ham & bacon, but a restaurant at Alton Towers has a better Idea.

It appears the fish have all doubled in size, but are floating on the surface.

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Originally Posted by nil_orally It appears the fish have all doubled in size, but are floating on the surface.

We have a DIY J'Accusey at home. We use it for flatulence.

Those sweet little fishies can have ALL my brussels sprouts. It's selfless, I know, but I'm willing to make that sacrifice.

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Originally Posted by SPUCK Perhaps they're just basking?

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I didn't think a trip to Alton Towers could BE more appealing...
Now I find out you don't even need to eat your Brussel Sprouts...?

Actually, all the rides are closed this time of year, and you're still paying a Christmas premium.
GIVE THOSE SPROUTS BACK!
I paid for 'em.

This is me when I was little. Well, not really, but it kind of looks like I did.

Me, I love them - but I recently heard of someone who managed to persuade his young daughter and her friend to not only eat sprouts but to come back and ask for more by telling her they were 'Barbie cabbages'.

My parents tried to make me eat them. Once.

Barfing is a great deterrent to parental food interference. In my defense, I wasn't faking. I really don't see how anyone could like them: but I have weird taste buds or something anyway. Oh, I don't like cabbage either.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 My parents tried to make me eat them throughout my entire childhood. Hiding one's brussel sprouts in the garden wasn't a great deterrent to parental food interference. I don't like cabbage either.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 My parents tried to make me eat them. Once. Barfing is a great deterrent to parental food interference. In my defense, I wasn't faking. I really don't see how anyone could like them: but I have weird taste buds or something anyway. Oh, I don't like cabbage either.

Green vegetables must have some chemical basis for it.
A couple of my G-kids have that reaction to green beans.

Ahhh good old Alton Towers. The rides, the queues, the over-priced food, the queues, the aquarium, the queues, the giant mechanical dragon...no wait ... that last one was Camelot. Did I mention the queues?

Oh and the wasps. Hanging about the picnic tables, like little stripey hooligans.

Used to love going though.

Were the WASPs just harassing the Catholics?

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter Green vegetables must have some chemical basis for it. A couple of my G-kids have that reaction to green beans.

Cauliflower, but that may have just been my mothers cooking.

I don't even like to be in the same room as a Brussels sprout.

I think the problem with restaurants is that they give you way too much food. Do you really need rice and beans and salad with your burrito?

I prevent restaurant food waste by taking home everything that isn't eaten (from everyone seated at the table with me).

The chickens are always interested in whatever I bring home, and it's that much less feed I have to buy. Win-Win.


Oh, and I'm one of those warped brussels sprouts lovers. What can I say?

For me they are just that thing that never, ever grew more appealing as I got older. Sprouts and cauliflower. Nope. Never. Sorry. Grim.

I understand that other people can love them, and I am not revolted by that.
I even have some very good friends who are that way inclined.
I do prefer that they keep it behind closed doors however.

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Originally Posted by Glinda I prevent restaurant food waste by taking home everything that isn't eaten (from everyone seated at the table with me). The chickens are always interested in whatever I bring home, and it's that much less feed I have to buy. Win-Win. Oh, and I'm one of those warped brussels sprouts lovers. What can I say?

I loved all vegetables... I was a weird child. I did not love stewed tomatoes! Still don't but they are tasty in vodka sauce.

Your Mom was probably a good cook, whereas mine carried on the New England tradition of boiling the crap out of everything but ketchup... that got fried.

Bruce I hated cauliflower until I discovered what melted cheddar cheese does for it.. Yum!


In high school my buddy and I were working on a hotrod when his dad ordered him to feed the pigs the Brussels sprouts. So I went with him down the street to the barn. We noticed the two giant crates were already loaded on the flat bed. We drove off to the pigs about 5 minutes down the road and proceeded to feed all those hideous sprouts to the pigs that were enjoying them mightily.

Done, we returned the truck and returned to our hotrod labors.

About an hour later his Dad called him back into the house to interrogate him. Lots of shouting and gesturing ensued. Clearly his dad was enraged. When my friend returned he had a chagrined look on his face. He told me we'd fed the pigs the AAA, deluxe, special, sorted, baby, Brussels sprouts instead of the damaged and rejected ones that were in the back of the barn.

How were we to know?! We never paid attention to details about barfy B spouts..

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce Your Mom was probably a good cook, whereas mine carried on the New England tradition of boiling the crap out of everything but ketchup... that got fried.

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Originally Posted by SPUCK He told me we'd fed the pigs the AAA, deluxe, special, sorted, baby, Brussels sprouts instead of the damaged and rejected ones that were in the back of the barn.

I saw a can of spaghetti Os and meatballs sitting on the counter at Hemming's Motor News today (prolly someone's dinner) and it brought back childhood memories. Gack. If the statute of limitations hadn't run out, I'd call social services on my mom.

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Originally Posted by richlevy Do chickens eat chicken? “Ma...it's the silence of the CHICKENS!”

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Originally Posted by Glinda Sure, chickens eat chicken. And they LOVE eggs. Too bad for them, they can't bust into 'em!

Hence the expression "to be caught with egg on your face"

Better than having a face on your egg.

Which reminds me: another Ohio nut saw the face of Jebus, this time on a pistachio nut. I really must get my Rock of Jebus as Swaddling Infant out on ebay.

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Originally Posted by SPUCK Oh yes they can. With ease too. You may need to lop off a few heads to stem the problem.

Birds that are clumsy and eventually step on a egg cracking it and then decide to taste it. Then decide yum!

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Originally Posted by Glinda Maybe your chickens can, but mine never have. Nor did my mom's chickens when I was a kid. What kind of birds are you raising!?

I dunno.

I started out with 25 birds six years ago. Right now I'm kinda low, with only 15, but I've yet to find an egg that one of the birds broke (either accidentally or on purpose).

They won't even try to eat a shell-less egg. It just sits in the nesting box like a little jelly ball until I come to collect it.

I do give my birds oyster shell calcium and their shells are quite hard - maybe this is the reason the eggs are always intact, but I've never even seen them try to peck into an egg.

Perhaps their big mama just taught them well.

Yeah, I don't think it's an epidemic or anything. My friends raise about 2000-3000 a year and maybe they have one or two egg eaters a year. The problem is that when you get one, the others learn from it and then all hell breaks loose.

One of the funny things they told me about the rooster is that he makes a special sound when he's found an especially great bug and all the hens come running over to get some and he surprises them with, alas, no bug but some of his good rooster loving.

I imagine if they communicate about good bugs they would probably not be able to contain themselves when they tasted an egg.

We've only had egg eaters when there is breakage maybe from an ancient hen laying or a deep freeze cracking an uncollected egg. Even then they might get away with it since they will eat shell and all.

Did I mention that there is a baby chick out there in the snow? One of our hens decided to hatch out a single egg.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot One of the funny things they told me about the rooster is that he makes a special sound when he's found an especially great bug and all the hens come running over to get some and he surprises them with, alas, no bug but some of his good rooster loving.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot I imagine if they communicate about good bugs they would probably not be able to contain themselves when they tasted an egg.

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Originally Posted by Griff Did I mention that there is a baby chick out there in the snow? One of our hens decided to hatch out a single egg.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot One of the funny things they told me about the rooster is that he makes a special sound when he's found an especially great bug and all the hens come running over to get some and he surprises them with, alas, no bug but some of his good rooster loving.

I would love to raise chickens. *sigh*...maybe someday.

But back to the op...

My mom couldn't get me to eat a brussel sprout no matter how long she made me sit at the table. My disgust for them lasted up to about 10 years ago when I started the Zone Diet. I learned that they were one of the most nutritious veggies and since that was what I was mostly eating, I gave them another try. It was tough going at first, but somehow I managed to get through it and amazingly enough, they are now my favorite vegetable (along with broccoli).

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Originally Posted by Glinda *grin* I've just discovered that I have a broody hen sitting on eggs. WTH? Don't these birds know what season it is?!?

Ahhhhh what cute little peepers..

We just had to lop off all our chickens heads.
They, um, weren't performing well.

The rule on the farm is:

I can just see this on a big poster on the inside of Glinda's chicken coop on the wall opposite all the... nests/brooding boxes? whatever. And they sit there, staring up at the wall, willing their guts to save their meat.

You're brutal Glinda.

heheheh

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Originally Posted by BigV I can just see this on a big poster on the inside of Glinda's chicken coop on the wall opposite all the... nests/brooding boxes? whatever. And they sit there, staring up at the wall, willing their guts to save their meat. You're brutal Glinda. heheheh

... ok....

Just remember... eggs or meat. Your choice.

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Originally Posted by BigV ... ok.... Just remember... eggs or meat. Your choice.