Today at breakfast the kids started having the funniest conversation I have heard in a long time. Clairissa started the conversation by telling us that she loves sausage. I said to her "sausage is from a pig."
Clairissa looked horrified as she said to me "what, I ate a pig?"
"yep, you ate pig, where did you think it came from?" I asked.
"From a sausage!" Clairissa exclaimed.
At this point I explained to her that ham and other meats come from a pig as well. Then I asked, "where do you think hamburger comes from?"
"From a hamburger" Clairissa stated so matter of factly.
"Clairissa" I said, "don't you realize that hamburger is from a cow?"
"What?" She cried, "you mean I ate a cow too?"
Then I started wondering if she realized that we ate animals at all so I asked her, "where does chicken come from?"
"From a chicken" she stated, as if I had asked the dumbest question of the day.
Zach then told her, "turkey comes from a chicken, Clairissa."
Of course Clairissa wasn't that stupid and quickly corrected Zach and told him that turkey comes from turkey. You know that tone of voice that says duh. Well Clairissa had that tone in her voice for sure.
Then Abby pitched in with her commentary. "I thought sausage was poop from a pig."
"What?" I questioned, as I practically gagged. "Abby, sausage is pig meat, not poop. Why did you eat it if you thought it was poop?"
Abby in her duh voice said, "I thought you put special spices in it to make it taste good."
So, after finally explaining everything I think my children are on the right page. Sausage is pig, hamburger is cow, chicken is chicken, turkey is turkey and most of all poop is poop not food.
Clairissa looked horrified as she said to me "what, I ate a pig?"
"yep, you ate pig, where did you think it came from?" I asked.
"From a sausage!" Clairissa exclaimed.
At this point I explained to her that ham and other meats come from a pig as well. Then I asked, "where do you think hamburger comes from?"
"From a hamburger" Clairissa stated so matter of factly.
"Clairissa" I said, "don't you realize that hamburger is from a cow?"
"What?" She cried, "you mean I ate a cow too?"
Then I started wondering if she realized that we ate animals at all so I asked her, "where does chicken come from?"
"From a chicken" she stated, as if I had asked the dumbest question of the day.
Zach then told her, "turkey comes from a chicken, Clairissa."
Of course Clairissa wasn't that stupid and quickly corrected Zach and told him that turkey comes from turkey. You know that tone of voice that says duh. Well Clairissa had that tone in her voice for sure.
Then Abby pitched in with her commentary. "I thought sausage was poop from a pig."
"What?" I questioned, as I practically gagged. "Abby, sausage is pig meat, not poop. Why did you eat it if you thought it was poop?"
Abby in her duh voice said, "I thought you put special spices in it to make it taste good."
So, after finally explaining everything I think my children are on the right page. Sausage is pig, hamburger is cow, chicken is chicken, turkey is turkey and most of all poop is poop not food.
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