Bread Crumb Trails

I found an unopened container of bread crumbs in my cupboard. The processed kind that comes ready to use. Well I have no idea why I had originally purchased this product, I never use bread crumbs. Needless to say I felt awful just throwing away an unopened can of crumbs, so I decided to feed the crumbs to the birds and insects in the yard. Give a little back to nature. This is when it got interesting...

Hours went by after I left the piles of crumbs in different places. Places where the birds would see them and places where insects would find them. I had the time to check back every so often to try and find some pleasure in my good deed. I wanted to see the bounty being devoured.

Nothing happened. No birds...no insects. I decided to wait until the next afternoon to check back. By then, surely, the crumbs would be under assault.

The next day I glanced around the yard and noticed something very unusual. There was a trail of ants leading up the crumb pile...yet not a one was stopping to carry away crumbs. They climbed over and around it. They even seemed to be directing the ants following to begin a trail around the crumb pile. Well, it's their loss right. I know that all this activity and food will definitely bring the birds to eat. I just need to get out of the way.

After removing myself from the picture, I watched as birds flew in and tried the crumbs. Each of them would drag their beaks on the ground after tasting the crumbs. Like they were trying to get the taste out of their mouth. Every bird did this. So I tasted the crumbs left in the container and they tasted just fine. Why would insects that eat anything and birds that seem to love bread normally, refuse and even avoid these bread crumbs. Might these be the magic bread crumbs that Hansel and Gretel needed to succed in their adventure.

Instead of spending time contemplating this idea and the possible reasons behind it, I just turned the can around and read the label of ingredients. Yeah there is bread in there. And poly unsaturated this and partially hydrogenated that. Oh yeah, don't forget the sodium...

My conclusion is a simple one, for simple conclusions are the most accurate. The things we eat are so full of processed ingredients that even the world's garbage collectors are refusing to consume it. Several days later the rain finally washed away all the crumbs I had set out. They were untouched except by the wind until that point.

I guess I'll just throw away the rest of the bread crumbs. They apparently shouldn't be eaten. Lesson learned.