ANST - Period Glue-fish glue with recipie

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Another type of mediveal glue is fish glue-and this stuff is STRONG.
Good for wood/horn combinations.  This is a cold glue, meaning that it
is used cold.  Not heated, like hide glues.  And by the way, why didn't
anyone mention that Hide Glue can be bought in a hardware store?  It's
called Rabbitskin Glue-comes in granules, reconsituted with water and
must be heated to be used.  Much easier than breaking down the bones,
horns, hooves and hides and creating the glue...that takes even longer
than fish glue!
Been there, done that, don't do it anymore.

To make Fish Glue:

Remove the good meat parts of the fish then take the bones and remains
of your fish or several fish and place in a pot, cover with enough water
to be about 3" above the remains. Bring to a rolling boil, then turn
down to a rolling simmer (just below medium heat on a stove).
Cook for approximately 2-3 or MORE hours on a rolling simmer-to dissolve
all the parts of the fish-and adding JUST enough extra water as needed
to prevent from burning & sticking-stir frequently! (about every 10-15
minutes.)
The glue will be very very thick and gooey when done.  It will seem
liquid, but put a sample between your fingers and thumb and press them
together open and shut constantly...at some point, that excerise will
cease and you'll run around screaming "how do i get my fingers and thumb
apart!!"  
  Can be kept in a tightly closed container for about 10 days under a
cool enviorment (read refidgerator)....open downwind after 10 days.
Yeah, the longer it's kept around the stronger it gets...in glue
strength and smell.  Don't keep it longer than 3 months.


Oddly enough, when cooking, the creation of this glue stinks a bit for
about 10-15 minutes...then creates this WONDERFUL cooking smell that
makes folks who like fish, very very hungry.  Feed them the fillets you
took off those bones, and tell them to leave your glue alone.

Rayah Blackstar
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