#water glassing

[aressida]

"Water glassing eggs for my chicken tenders frens."

[jensownzoo]

So I got six chicks in June last year and starting at the end of November (without any supplemental lighting, mind you), they started laying eggs daily and haven't paused since. I can keep 10 dozen in my fridge and the neighbors are full up, so a few months back I thought I'd try my hand at water glassing to preserve enough to take me through fall molting and the winter (assuming they take a break).

Most people I've seen have used food-safe 5 gallon buckets or huge glass jars, but being thrifty (i.e. broke), I took a look through the recyclable dumpster in my alley and found an alternative--those big, wide-mouth plastic jugs that protein powder and other supplements come in.

I kept my eye out and have gathered a small collection that can hold 1-2 dozen eggs depending on size. So after washing thoroughly, I carefully add the clean, fresh eggs.

Then I mix up the solution of pickling lime and distilled water at a rate of 1 ounce per quart. I have a special quart milk jug set aside for this, both to mix up the solution and to store any leftovers.

Pour the solution into the jug so that it's about 1 inch above the eggs.

Now since these recycled jugs aren't meant to be liquid-tight, I put some clingfilm over the top before screwing on the lid and labeling. The jugs get stored on a shelf in the basement in the dark and relative cool.

If things go alright, these eggs should keep perfectly fresh for up to a year or so, needing just a quick rinse of the shell before using. If things go wrong and one of the eggs had a crack, then it will rot and spoil the entire jug, but I will only have lost 1-2 dozen eggs instead of the many dozen in a 5 gallon bucket.

I'm going to keep going until I have about 12 dozen or so saved, then contact the local food pantry to arrange to donate excess eggs for the rest of the season.

[lowpolyanimals]

Yoshi (Low Poly) from Super Smash Bros. Melee

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

getting older can be so amazing? you get more familiar with yourself. learn tips & tricks for troubleshooting your own brain. trial & error helps you build routines that minimize discomfort, maximize reward. your preferences/interests don't get set in stone, but you do find out which ones are going to stay with you in the long-term, and which ones are fun but transient joys to appreciate in the moment.

you learn that the world is so much more complex than you were taught, and that that's okay, and that there's an endless supply of things you can learn or watch or experience or think about if you want to. if you're lucky, you loosen up, stop putting so much pressure on yourself. if you're lucky, you learn to recognize that negative inner voice, and whack it with a baseball bat until it hushes up. if you're lucky, you learn to treat yourself gently, not because you are fragile but because you are worthy of gentleness. (i hope you are lucky.)

and some things will change. some things will get better. some things will get good. and maybe you start to recover from the dehumanizing stress of childhood/education. maybe you learn the power of your own autonomy. maybe you learn how to walk away from bad situations (which is a superpower even if you don't realize it yet). and you get to choose your own clothes. and your own food. and which relationships to pursue! and what you do with your free time. and with your life (but don't worry you get to choose that gradually). and that's crazy! and sometimes scary. and extraordinarily, indescribably precious.

[lovertm]

bongs by Pearl's Puff Parlor

[brainlessbaguette]

Honestly this crappy AU has been eating away at me since it popped in my head yesterday. I am having a field day with this train of thought.

Botw Link wouldn't have to go it alone, but the trade off is he gets "help" from some of the most choatic possibly immortal creatures to ever grace the lands of hyrule.

Mr.Hero would basically be followed by skull kid, who is convinced that Linkie is the greatest thing they've seen in centuries, a traveling Midna would occasionally bump into him and try to offer advice until the kid chimes in with a oober destructive alternate plan that she is immediately on board with because it'd be way funnier. The only good advice he can get is from Fi's statistics, but he isn't strong enough to pull the master sword so he has to go out of his way to get those.

Like he would wake up to what he thinks is a chaotic nightmare, while not realizing that they are distracting him from the actual nightmare he could be living.

[zarla-s]

A Patreon request for Gaster and Alphys hanging out, haha. Don't stand under the waterfall, Gaster!

[index]

[samyazasheaven]

Speaking in the third person... AM -- which is I -- AM is satisfied with the sacrifice. He -- that is to say, I -- will spare the village his -- that is to say, my -- wrath for today. I have -- as I said before -- spoken.

(black and white version under the cut)

[ohtendril]

👀

[aestum]

(by Clay Banks)

[huariqueje]

Just a glass of water - Olesya Dzhuraeva  , 2022.

Ukrainian , b. 1982 -

Linocut , 15 3/4  x 11 7/8 in. Ed. 21/30.

[applefoam]

praise be lord dionysus androgynos, god of homosexuality and effeminacy, may he protect his queer children and adults alike! I am forever grateful, raise a glass to him and his wonder!

[flying-thing]

I found this on Pintrest, and I had to share

[bluespiritshonour]

sometimes procrastinating means drawing lots of zukos; he babygirl

[zegalba]

Murano Glass Coffee Tables Designed by Noe Duchaufour Lawrance

[389]

Jeanine Brito, Passage Through Girlhood, 2022