Old Skool egg delivery service

Those eggs that you are looking at in the picture
are actually delivered the old skool way. Yup,
straight from the chicken's rear to a spot about
1 meter (or 3 ft.) from the cooking fire that is
located in the center of the cooking hut.
There are no fancy tricks here, just a huge stroke
of luck to find that this particular chicken has chosen
a spot that doesn't even require taking a step
to place the eggs into a boiling pot of water.
Variety in foods here is a challenge. We are
as mentioned in prior articles, 70 km from
anywhere and despite the fact that it is an
agricultural based village, the choice of
different foods are very limited.
So, last week when I went out in the morning
to heat up water for the coffee and noticed
that there was an egg there, well, it couldn't
get any better. Since that time the chicken
has old skool delivered 9 eggs with 8 of them
making the transition to the hard boiled nature.
It is something about this experience of living in
a remote African village that makes something
as simple as a chicken laying eggs, interesting.
I remember those dreaded mundane days of
shopping in the States and taking for granted
the cooler with the eggs stacked up, in what
comes to mind as I write this, from floor to
ceiling.
This experience brings one back in touch with
reality and the enjoyment of the simple things
in life. Life is actually better by being here and
living with less. The degree of enjoyment and
appreciation is so much greater.
Through the 8 plus years there have been many
of these situations but having fresh eggs delivered
almost into the pot, is the first.
I always leave one egg in hopes that the chicken
won't forget to deliver the next one. Don't know
if that is a known strategy or not but so far it's
worked.
Who knows it may end tomorrow, but when your
out in a village, you take what comes. So I am
appreciating the donations the chicken has made
so far.
Humm, those little things, huh?