Rain is pouring in the province again we have to cancel our scheduled visit to the farm. I heard that the fish have grown so much bigger and fatter at the pond, and there are new hatchlings for ducks and chicken. When I opened the fridge a few days ago and saw ducks eggs, I wasn't very happy.
"Why did you harvest ducks eggs? You should have allowed them to hatch!"
Although duck meat is good (though more fatty and has higher cholesterol than chicken), and the eggs are excellent for salting and making custards, I saw the eggs at our refrigerator shelf as some form of annihilation of a species. Sort of. Because I wanted to see more little ducklings going around the farm tailing the quacking mother duck.
Before my wedding last year, I researched on Eastern traditions on weddings and keeping happy marriages. I stumbled upon a Korean and a Chinese wedding belief that the couple must at least be gifted with a pair of ducks - ceramic or wood or real- so that they can stay with each other for longer periods of time (like ducks do?) and come home to each other (like ducks do?) all the time. I received no duck pairs on my wedding.
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