Chickenstein

Written . In foodology. Tagged chicken, food terms, and poultry.

Can chickens fly?

Someone close to me, I shall not name names… My husband. Asked this question one evening while I was working on the blog. In busy state, I answered him automatically with a bit of that “well, duh” attitude. No, chickens cannot fly. Then it sort of creeped around inside my head. That inner nerd. Did I just give false information? So I turned to my tried and true source of information, Wikipedia. (Yes, I know Wikipedia isn’t always 100% correct.)

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Eggtastic

Written . In foodology. Tagged dairy products, eggs, and food terms.

So here we go, ringing in the new year with an entirely new website layout, an entirely new theme, and an entirely new … wait, I’m still the same! It might take a bit of time for things to smooth out, but worry not, the old comics I have drawn are not gone and lost forever. They will be going up in a gallery soon.

So one of my friends on Facebook recently experienced the not so joyous experience of food poisoning at its best. Eggs past their prime. Well, just so I’m not misquoting her: “WORD OF WARNING: please read expiration dates! Especially on eggs. Apparently the eggs I used to make my omelette yesterday expired before Christmas. Me and the toliet had a very intimate morning and I got nothing done.”

So let me put on my glasses and start my food nerdisms.

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