I Bit Off Way More Than I Can Chew...

[I Bit Off Way More Than I Can Chew...]

Thanks, guys I am absolutely determined to do this all by myself, so it's back to the pocketknife for now, I guess! I am sweating like a pig and I've chipped my nails and scuffed up my hands pretty good, but it's summer break and I'm used to having both work and school, so now that I have just work I have no idea what to do with all this spare time... I guess now I know, haha!

Plus I am a vegetarian and man oh man is this gross. Could I possibly have chosen a weirder or more frustrating project? I think not! Oh well

[I Bit Off Way More Than I Can Chew...]

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Okay so I've got it all salted and dried out but I still can't get the last chunks of flesh and strings of sinew off. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to do that while it was wet, but I had finals coming up and I didn't have time to deal with it and it wouldn't fit in my freezer so I had to salt it to keep it safe. So now I've been out picking at it with my pocketknife for a couple hours a night the last several nights and it's just endless (my dog thinks it's amazing, though)!

I know this is an absolutely insane beginner project, but I am determined to see this through - it already has tons of my blood and sweat, and I REFUSE to give it my tears, too.

Help!