2006-11-02 05:19:30 · 3 answers · asked by geedie22 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Vinegar is considered a mild acid, but it is strong enough to dissolve away the calcium in the bone. Once the calcium is dissolved, there is nothing to keep the bone hard - all that is left is the soft bone tissue.
However it takes about three days for a chicken bone , soaked in vinegar - to get into this stage.
2006-11-02 08:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by Goldista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will smell like vinegar for quite some time after you remove it from the vinegar, because the porous material (especially at the ends of the bones) will absorb some of the acetic acid. Oh yeah, and if they are small enough bones, they might get somewhat flexible, because the acetic acid will react with some of the calcium in the bones.
2006-11-02 13:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by metatron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken bones get soft and bendy. i saw it on bill nye. lol
i dont know about other bones. i think they like dissolve or something.
2006-11-02 13:27:01 · answer #3 · answered by H*Less 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋