WATCH: Child calls chicken feet 'handprints'
What did you eat outside of braai meat this Heritage Day?
As Operation Clean Up commences and we recover from the Heritage Day celebrations, we came across a video of a mother offering her young daughter a plate of chicken feet.
Chicken feet are considered part of our staple diet in South Africa and many other parts of the world.
It is a delicacy. According to the elders, it started as a cost-effective meal, and although this is still a reason for many people to consume it, it has transitioned to some extent.
It has become a meal that many find hearty and rich with flavour and tradition.
In a video shared to TikTok by a mother who cooked chicken feet, we see her offer some up to her daughter. Her daughter's reaction was classic of a child, as she called it "handprints".
Perhaps she thought it was an 'arts and crafts' project. Kids will be kids.
Where we have been seeing an openness with some kids who have said it's their favourite and with some even crying for it, here we see a young child run away from it.
Watch the video below - courtesy of TikTok.
@mandyyndlangisa The way she ran
♬ original sound - Amanda Ndlangisa
Chicken feet are very much a part of our heritage, so, naturally, if we eat them, it would be nice to expose our kids to them.
Over and above that, it has a plethora of benefits. The collagen content in chicken feet helps with joint pain, aids in skin health, and even prevents bone loss. If the ghastly site scares your kids, then perhaps you could use them to make a bone broth which is less invasive but holds all the benefits?
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