Oooh, if you have a chicken, you can mummify it. (Have to take off the feathers first.) Just stick it in a giant plastic bag with loads of salt. Change the salt out when it gets gooey. In a few weeks, you'll have a…
When I was a kid in the 80s, my dad started something called "Family Home Evening." We'd get together and my brother and I would ask questions like "where does lightning come from?" or "does coke rot your teeth?" We'd…
Bleach is great but needs to be watched more carefully. It can destroy bone. H2O2 is slower but less finicky.
I do wonder, with the ridiculous popularity of the InstantPot, when we'll see a post somewhere about how to use it to macerate a dead animal. It'd be perfect for it!
I forgot to put in the following story: As I was leaving my lab, carrying the crockpot, my department chair saw me: "Ooh, what delicious thing are you making?" Me: "Uhhhh, Cecilia and I are going to deflesh a raccoon…
Ha, thanks! (I'm the author of the post.) It's funny, I don't post to my personal blog much anymore - started it in 2007 on Blogger, and so it's definitely old-school. (Plus, I have a column at Forbes, so I tend to post…
Oooh, if you have a chicken, you can mummify it. (Have to take off the feathers first.) Just stick it in a giant plastic bag with loads of salt. Change the salt out when it gets gooey. In a few weeks, you'll have a…
When I was a kid in the 80s, my dad started something called "Family Home Evening." We'd get together and my brother and I would ask questions like "where does lightning come from?" or "does coke rot your teeth?" We'd…
Bleach is great but needs to be watched more carefully. It can destroy bone. H2O2 is slower but less finicky.
I do wonder, with the ridiculous popularity of the InstantPot, when we'll see a post somewhere about how to use it to macerate a dead animal. It'd be perfect for it!
I forgot to put in the following story: As I was leaving my lab, carrying the crockpot, my department chair saw me: "Ooh, what delicious thing are you making?" Me: "Uhhhh, Cecilia and I are going to deflesh a raccoon…
Ha, thanks! (I'm the author of the post.) It's funny, I don't post to my personal blog much anymore - started it in 2007 on Blogger, and so it's definitely old-school. (Plus, I have a column at Forbes, so I tend to post…