I keep four delightful chickens in my backyard for their plentiful fresh eggs and overall charm as pets. Here in Portland, Oregon, backyard chickens are somewhat in vogue, and I subscribe to a lively Yahoo! group dedicated to all that is urban chicken farming. (No. We don't eat our chickens. Because I knew you would ask.)Yesterday, one of its members, Lori, gathered some eggs from her Ameraucana, and boiled them up for breakfast. Imagine her surprise when she peeled one that had cracked in the pan -- the perfect image of the Virgin Mary!
Lori's trying to figure out if she can preserve the egg. In the meantime, let us know what you think: is God once again speaking to us from our food? And is he reminding us how we should all treat our chickens better? I think so.
[Larger version of photo after the jump.]
Since it is Friday
the 13th, it seems an appropriate day to look at food superstitions. Every culture has many of them, some stretching
back hundreds of years. What are yours? Did you twist an apple stem to determine the first name of the person you were
destined to marry? Were you expected to set the salt shaker down instead of handing it directly to someone? There
are so many food myths and legends, I won't pretend that this is the ultimate list; it is just a
starting point. These are simply 5 famous food superstitions: 
What Can I Get You Folks? - Eating Out for Thanksgiving
In Defense of Guy Fieri
'Top Chef Vegas' - And Then There Were Five
