Mei Guan Xi（没关系）

I’ve written about how black chickens (aka silkies) are good for you so I thought I’d actually make black chicken soup at home.

This is what a black chicken looks like defeathered…with the head and all.

I do a decent amount of cooking, but it’s the first time I’ve cleaned out the innards of a bird, much less chop off its head. I’ll be honest, it was a little unsettling, but it’s a good reminder to me that I’m eating a previously living animal. Eating meat in my mind not inherently good or bad, but recognition of that choice is important, especially in today’s society where we put plastic wrapped deskinned, de-boned meat or frozen fishsticks or chicken nuggets into our shopping carts.

之前写过乌鸡对身体比较补，因此最近在超市看到时突然想在家亲自试试扽一锅乌鸡汤。

买回来之后才发现乌鸡除了去毛基本上都没怎么处理。在一个塑料包装，去骨，去皮的社会里长大对我而言，看见食物的头是一件令我心里不安的事。更何况还要把它斩掉！

我知道这也只不过是生活习惯的区别而已，但是我觉得看到完完整整的一只鸡给了我个提醒我是为了我的生计而牺牲了这只鸡。在我眼里食肉本身并不好坏，但是意识到这交换在是重要的。