{"id":8715939,"date":"2023-01-13T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8715939&preview=true&preview_id=8715939"},"modified":"2023-01-15T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T19:01:05","slug":"boichik-bagels-seeks-volunteer-chickens-to-consume-kosher-everything-mush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/13\/boichik-bagels-seeks-volunteer-chickens-to-consume-kosher-everything-mush\/","title":{"rendered":"Boichik Bagels seeks volunteer chickens to consume kosher Everything mush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calling all chickens: Berkeley\u2019s Boichik Bagels is looking for hungry, well-behaved birds to consume cornmeal mush and leftover seeds from best-selling Everything bagels. Must have negative Avian flu test. Turkeys need not apply.<\/p>\n

Bay Area tech firms may be slashing jobs, but the outlook for domesticated junglefowl work is promising despite the egg shortage. In a newsletter this week, the Bay Area\u2019s beloved bagel entrepreneur Emily Winston<\/a> asked customers to set aside the table scraps this week in consideration of her growing compost. She needs an army of Boichickens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we clean out of the bagel kettle and trough every day is a mess of wet cooked cornmeal and seeds,\u201d wrote Winston, who is opening her 18,000-square-foot West Berkeley bagel warehouse<\/a> and cafe in February. \u201cI think it could be great chicken feed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not just any chicken feed. These are toppings of bagels deemed the best in the country<\/a>, not just by us but by the all-knowing, cream cheese whisperers in New York City.<\/p>\n

The seeds and onion bits get washed off cutting boards throughout the day, making a sort of Everything polenta when mixed with the cornmeal mush.<\/p>\n