Comments on: Mummifying chickens for fun and educational profit http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rick http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101058 Rick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101058 Sorry I gimped up the link http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/31/beware-the-clomping.html Sorry I gimped up the link
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/31/beware-the-clomping.html

]]> By: olmsteader http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101073 olmsteader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101073 Phase 1: Mummify chickens Phase 2: ???? Phase 3: Profit! Phase 1: Mummify chickens
Phase 2: ????
Phase 3: Profit!

]]> By: Alan http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101585 Alan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101585 That was the Boing-Boingiest science thing ever. Thanks! That was the Boing-Boingiest science thing ever. Thanks!

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101074 GregS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101074 I, for one, welcome our new mummified chicken overlords. I, for one, welcome our new mummified chicken overlords.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1150227 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1150227 Is this process available for reptiles? Is this process available for reptiles?

]]> By: jeffbell http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101119 jeffbell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101119 My daughter's sixth grade class just finished doing mummies. Different groups did different animals. One did a squid, one did a catfish. The chicken group got one with the head still on. Her group chose to do a cucumber. I am extremely proud that she raised her hand in class and suggested that they also have a control cucumber. They also did cucumber with salt, one with vinegar, and one with baking soda. The salted on shrink to 1/4 size. My daughter’s sixth grade class just finished doing mummies. Different groups did different animals. One did a squid, one did a catfish. The chicken group got one with the head still on. Her group chose to do a cucumber.

I am extremely proud that she raised her hand in class and suggested that they also have a control cucumber.

They also did cucumber with salt, one with vinegar, and one with baking soda. The salted on shrink to 1/4 size.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101661 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101661 I bet the single greatest factor is humidity. Egyptian mummifiers worked in a dry, hot desert. For a few months, I had a 'catsicle' on my back porch -- ground frozen, corpse buried in salt. Also extremely low humidity. If he had died now, with all the spring rains... I bet the single greatest factor is humidity. Egyptian mummifiers worked in a dry, hot desert. For a few months, I had a ‘catsicle’ on my back porch — ground frozen, corpse buried in salt. Also extremely low humidity.

If he had died now, with all the spring rains…

]]> By: TooGoodToCheck http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1102713 TooGoodToCheck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1102713 <blockquote>They also did cucumber with salt, one with vinegar, and one with baking soda. </blockquote> great. . . now I'm not going to be able to eat a pickle without thinking of it as a mummified cucumber

They also did cucumber with salt, one with vinegar, and one with baking soda.

great. . . now I’m not going to be able to eat a pickle without thinking of it as a mummified cucumber

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101717 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101717 My son's 6th grade class did this. They keep them in Zip-Lock bags in the main hallway of the school so we can all enjoy the process. I have to agree that they never got smelly. It was one of the favorite projects that they did! My son’s 6th grade class did this. They keep them in Zip-Lock bags in the main hallway of the school so we can all enjoy the process. I have to agree that they never got smelly. It was one of the favorite projects that they did!

]]> By: GreenJello http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1100982 GreenJello Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100982 <i>And one of the things we're finding out is that we don't know for sure all the details of how a mummifier did his job.</i> Geez, it's OBVIOUS, they used nano machines from the ancient astronauts. <i>A human mummy really isn't much different from human jerky.</i> Exactly, which is why the slaves were also "buried" along with the pharohs, in fact they were taken aboard the ancient astronaut's ship as a food supply! People really need to read Charles Berlin before commenting on Egypt and all that. And one of the things we’re finding out is that we don’t know for sure all the details of how a mummifier did his job.
Geez, it’s OBVIOUS, they used nano machines from the ancient astronauts.

A human mummy really isn’t much different from human jerky.
Exactly, which is why the slaves were also “buried” along with the pharohs, in fact they were taken aboard the ancient astronaut’s ship as a food supply!

People really need to read Charles Berlin before commenting on Egypt and all that.

]]> By: sally599 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1100983 sally599 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100983 OK my first thought was that this was the intro to the "Foods of Lewis and Clark Expedition" series that you're doing---glad you're not actually using food from the 1800s. OK my first thought was that this was the intro to the “Foods of Lewis and Clark Expedition” series that you’re doing—glad you’re not actually using food from the 1800s.

]]> By: contra http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1100995 contra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1100995 They should try the next chicken with the proper spells and incantations from "The Book Of The Dead". Just sayin' :) They should try the next chicken with the proper spells and incantations from “The Book Of The Dead”. Just sayin’ :)

]]> By: TooGoodToCheck http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101003 TooGoodToCheck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101003 So. . . this is just my conjecture here, but wouldn't temperature, relative humidity, and air flow all be significant variables in this endeavor? So. . . this is just my conjecture here, but wouldn’t temperature, relative humidity, and air flow all be significant variables in this endeavor?

]]> By: Wally Ballou http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101006 Wally Ballou Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101006 Why settle for a chicken? http://www.egyptartsite.com/mummy.html Why settle for a chicken?

http://www.egyptartsite.com/mummy.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101021 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101021 I literally just finished doing this with my kid for a homeschool history project on Egypt and the thing I noticed was our bird never started to smell like it was rotting. Not once. We kept the thing covered in salt in a ziplock bag and then put that bag in a 5 gallon bucket. Like someone said before, I wonder if keeping it at a constant temperature and humidity and airflow had something to do with it. Also, did they change the salt out after it got soaked with bird juices? Maybe the smell popped up because of the mildewing salt? Who knows, but damn it was a fun project. I literally just finished doing this with my kid for a homeschool history project on Egypt and the thing I noticed was our bird never started to smell like it was rotting. Not once.

We kept the thing covered in salt in a ziplock bag and then put that bag in a 5 gallon bucket. Like someone said before, I wonder if keeping it at a constant temperature and humidity and airflow had something to do with it.

Also, did they change the salt out after it got soaked with bird juices? Maybe the smell popped up because of the mildewing salt?

Who knows, but damn it was a fun project.

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101042 OldBrownSquirrel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101042 Worth noting: sodium is abbreviated "Na" because of its association with natron. Worth noting: sodium is abbreviated “Na” because of its association with natron.

]]> By: Rick http://boingboing.net/2011/05/04/mummifying-chickens.html#comment-1101051 Rick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1101051 My son did this last year. The kids paired up and each pair had a chicken. The smell of 15 mummifying chickens was bad but not overwhelming. I think the cloves and otehr spices they used somewhat covered the odor. This was also the same son who had the chicken walking robot costume(found here http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/31/beware-the-clomping.html) What is it with him and chickens? My son did this last year. The kids paired up and each pair had a chicken. The smell of 15 mummifying chickens was bad but not overwhelming. I think the cloves and otehr spices they used somewhat covered the odor.

This was also the same son who had the chicken walking robot costume(found here http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/31/beware-the-clomping.html) What is it with him and chickens?

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