For lunch today I had chicken done two ways: hatched and unhatched. Or to put it another way, chicken and young chicken. To make it clearer still, I had chicken and egg.
I was trying out my young chicken line on the 'chef' and he found it hilarious. I told him he could use it. Me to him. No way, he said. I could never say that!
You see, in Ireland, whilst it is legal to eat eggs, the legality of referring to them as young chickens is untested. It opens up a BIG socio-ecumenical mine field and today, when Ireland votes YES to Lisbon, we'll find the rights of the unborn chicken firmly guaranteed, not only in Irish but, in European law.
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