With growing age, my digestion is somewhat compromised. Since I can eat easy to digest
food only, I was safely sticking to carbohydrates and fruits. Then I got low
back pain. With exercise, and medication, my condition improved. But it set me
thinking, “ Are my muscles weakening because my protein intake is very low?” I
am a vegetarian, and in this diet the protein intake is quite low.
So I decided to take at least one boiled egg every day. My
family is hardcore vegetarian. So eggs are not welcome at all. So I had to buy
a separate vessel for boiling the egg. I
read in the net that the white of the egg is rich in proteins and the yellow is
a rich source of cholesterol. I wanted the amino acids but did not want the
cholesterol. So I decided to take the white and discard the yellow.
After having eaten the white I did not know what to do with
the yellow. How to dispose it?
I live on the fifth floor. After having eaten the white, I silently went
to balcony, and looked out for people below. There was one. I dropped the ball
of yellow. Little was I to know that what is considered waste by me, can be a
delicious food for some other creature. As the ball hit the open space below
many crows swept on it and within minutes it was eaten by the crows, which were
vying with each other for the tasty snack. I was surprised, because in our
custom we first offer cooked rice to the crows every day.
The women place cooked rice of the balcony and call out to
the crows to eat the offering. But to eat the rice only a few crows would come,
whereas for the egg yolk there was tough competition.
Customs apart, even birds and animals eat only what they
like with eagerness. I have attached a video of the crows. I thought I should
share this with you guys. Hope you like it. At least today I have something to
crow about.
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