During our first 8 weeks of school this year, we were doing History with Story of the world.. During that time, we were learning about “Egyptian” history.
Well a few weeks ago, a friend of mine said don’t you use Story of the World? I told her we did, we were just currently on a break from History and doing Geography… She then proceeded to tell me they were going to do a Mummification of a Chicken project cause they to were on the Egyptian section. Would we like to join them? Well, since when do we turn down a fun project right??
We bought all the necessary ingredients and meet at her house one morning. This project takes a lot of salt, baking powder and baking soda. Plus of course a chicken!
First we had to wash the chicken off, and pat it dry. Then you rub the chicken in Alcohol, so that it can help kill bacteria.
Then the fun begins!
You have to mix the salt, powder, and salt together.. and you can add in spices if you want, to help with smell. We put in cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Then you fill up the cavitity with the mix…
Put the chicken in a gallon size bag, and dump the rest of the mix in.. if it does not cover the chicken, add salt to cover the chicken.
Then put it in another bag.. and seal.
Let it set for a day, and remove it..
Take wet salt off it, and remix some salt, powder, and soda. (with spices if you want) and repackage it in new bags… and leave it for 2 days.. Repeat again… then set for 5 days.. Repeat, and then you should be able to leave it for the next 4-5 weeks. Yup I said weeks!!!
In the mean time… You can make an oil Jar to use before you wrap the chicken in a few weeks.
You just take some fresh herbs.. and put them in a jar.. and cover them in oil. Leave it in a window with sunlight, and shake a few times a day!
I’ll update you as we go along..
(since it took me so long to get this post up… )
Here is our chicken after 5 days…
Slowly drying out…
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