Ok...so for MONTHS, I have been anxious for the project we started undertaking this past Sunday...mummifying a chicken. It fascinated me and made me appreciate homeschooling that much more.
As you may recall, I thought the whole process on Saturday to be quite fascinating...very interesting. I did not mind handling the raw chicken one bit. The whole thing was just plain cool.
Wellllllll....the coolness of it ended today!!! The instructions said that after a day, it would likely be wet and would need to have the salt rubbed off and be resalted in a new bag. True to form, I checked it after 2 days and it did have liquid. I was confident that everything would still be awesome....
Excuse me as I gag as I relive the events. Did it smell? Not really...though there was an odor that was somewhat unpleasant. The gloopy salty stuff was pretty gross...especially scooping it out of the cavity. I don't know...the whole thing was just grody and I could think of so many things I would rather be doing.
But, I persevered. Daniel mixed together a new salt mixture. I rubbed off the old mixture (as much as I could...the skin was sagging), put it in a bag, and instructed Daniel on pouring the new salt in...
We are supposed to check it again in 2 days. There is a chance we will have to do this process again. Lord help me. I do not regret it....it was/is worth it. I still think it is really cool. Really.....I.....do.....
Here is what our chicken looks like now:
As you may recall, I thought the whole process on Saturday to be quite fascinating...very interesting. I did not mind handling the raw chicken one bit. The whole thing was just plain cool.
Wellllllll....the coolness of it ended today!!! The instructions said that after a day, it would likely be wet and would need to have the salt rubbed off and be resalted in a new bag. True to form, I checked it after 2 days and it did have liquid. I was confident that everything would still be awesome....
Excuse me as I gag as I relive the events. Did it smell? Not really...though there was an odor that was somewhat unpleasant. The gloopy salty stuff was pretty gross...especially scooping it out of the cavity. I don't know...the whole thing was just grody and I could think of so many things I would rather be doing.
But, I persevered. Daniel mixed together a new salt mixture. I rubbed off the old mixture (as much as I could...the skin was sagging), put it in a bag, and instructed Daniel on pouring the new salt in...
We are supposed to check it again in 2 days. There is a chance we will have to do this process again. Lord help me. I do not regret it....it was/is worth it. I still think it is really cool. Really.....I.....do.....
Here is what our chicken looks like now:
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