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guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: Italy

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India

When dozens of chickens went missing from a remote West Bengal village, everyone blamed the neighborhood dogs.
But Ajit Ghosh, the owner of the missing chickens, eventually solved the puzzle when he caught his cow -- a sacred animal for the Hindu family -- gobbling up several of them at night.

"We were shocked to see our calf eating chickens alive," Ghosh told Reuters by phone from Chandpur village.

The family decided to stand guard at night on Monday at the cow shed which also served as a hen coop, after 48 chickens went missing in a month.

"Instead of the dogs, we watched in horror as the calf, whom we had fondly named Lal, sneak to the coop and grab the little ones with the precision of a jungle cat," Gour Ghosh, his brother, said.

"The local vets said the cow was probably suffering from a disease but others said Lal was a tiger in his previous birth," Ajit added.
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kerismummy · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

yuk, thats just gross!!!

Kate · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:

I agree Paula. So if your steak tastes strangely like chicken......ok that was bad!
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kerismummy · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

eugh!!!!!!!!!!! its enough to put me off beef (well, almost)! The only weird-ish thing i have tasted recently is duck eggs that taste like fish, but ducks eat bread don't they?!!! Smile

Kate · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:52 am Post subject:

Ducks eat fish, plankton and algaes, bugs...and bread when thrown to them. That's why their eggs taste fishy. I'll stick to chicken eggs.
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kerismummy · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

yep, me too. I tried making scrambled eggs with them but they just went creamy and weird. Chicken eggs are much better, and cheaper!

Kate · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:18 am Post subject:

I hate when that happens! I have used quail eggs and they are nice. I've had ostrich egg, different bust still tasty. Duck eggs any way I've had them were terrible. I guess I have a fussy palate lol.
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kerismummy · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject:

i want to try quail eggs, but never know what to do with them. do you have to hard boil them? If so, how long for?

Kate · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:25 am Post subject:

Quail eggs are quite nice.To hard boil them, place in a pan of cold salted water (1/2 tsp salt per cup of water used) then chilled, peeled and sliced and placed over crostini spread with chicken lived pate and a sprinkle of finely chopped red onion.
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kerismummy · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

thank you