This is all that's left when you give fried chicken to a Liberian. That bone was really clean. I've never seen a German shepherd who could do a better job.I was asking a friend recently how she handles picky eaters. I told her that Elena only likes about 1/4 of the meals I fix and Lydia has been known to go on food strikes as well. Then I realized that my little Liberians never balk at the food I prepare (unless it's green peas, then they gag them down). It just the white kids that are picky.
Imagine that.
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Look at that! Maya is certainly growing up into a beautiful young lady! Wow, how time does fly! :)
~Angela
Did you ever see my chicken bone entry? :-) (It was June of 2007, if you are interested) At McDonald's we will sometimes let Timothy and Matthew split a cheeseburger--Matthew gets the meat and Timothy the bun. They are perfectly happy. :-)
What Ginger failed to mention was the comment Maya said after the picture. She said, "in Liberia, we would break open the chicken bones and suck out the brown stuff inside". I said, Maya ,do you know what that "brown" stuff is? She had a puzzled look and said, "meat?". After I told her what it was , she didn't have a very happy look on her face.
Several of my silly children actually EAT the bones! After I roast a chicken, I slowly cook the bones with veggies to make a rich mineral broth. The bones are quite soft after cooking for a long time. My kids get the big bones and eat them up, marrow and all. They do know what they are eating; it doesn't bother them a bit.
I imagine being hungry leads to a lack of pickiness in children. Do you find Daniel acting the same? He's so little I wouldn't think he remembers.
You are RIGHT. That is one clean bone. :)
That looks very familiar. After seven years we still have to remind them that they don't need to break open the bones to get what is inside.
I've probably mentioned this before, but my friend grew up in Liberia. She's cooked some Liberian food and Ethiopian food for us and I love it!
As for sucking the marrow, I'd never even heard of doing that until I saw that they do that here in Peru too!
Fun to catch up,
Amy
Trujillo, Peru
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