After handling the chicken mummy last week, I seriously debated with my sanity. This project went from very cool to very gross very fast. I had hope that today, day 13, that there would be some positive change with the gross factor. Well, there wasn't. It was just as gross or grosser today!!
Here are some changes I have noticed, though.
It is smaller. It used to pretty much fill the bag, but it seems to have shrunk quite a bit. I am supposing it is the "water weight" that has been shed. The salt took a lot longer to get wet (and I am pretty certain that it is this that is the stinkiest part). According to the directions, I may not have to resalt for 2 more weeks!! I hope this is true!!
I see some portions that are definitely showing drying out. There are things that are beginning to get a bit...crusty, if you will.
BUT, it will be a LOOOONG, LOOOOONG time before I am able to eat a rotesseire chicken or a baked in my crockpot chicken. I still have hope that the end product will be worth all this NASTINESS!!!
Here are some changes I have noticed, though.
It is smaller. It used to pretty much fill the bag, but it seems to have shrunk quite a bit. I am supposing it is the "water weight" that has been shed. The salt took a lot longer to get wet (and I am pretty certain that it is this that is the stinkiest part). According to the directions, I may not have to resalt for 2 more weeks!! I hope this is true!!
I see some portions that are definitely showing drying out. There are things that are beginning to get a bit...crusty, if you will.
BUT, it will be a LOOOONG, LOOOOONG time before I am able to eat a rotesseire chicken or a baked in my crockpot chicken. I still have hope that the end product will be worth all this NASTINESS!!!
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