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"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."--John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

HOMEMADE SOAP Recipe

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This recipe for HOMEMADE SOAP is from Stephen and Frances Fetter Family's Favorite Foods, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
5 lbs lard
1 can lye
1 tsp sugar
1/4 cup ammonia
3 tbsp powdered borax
Directions:
Directions:
Put lye in 1 quart cold water in an enamel container. After lye has been put in cold water, stir well with a stick or wooden spoon. Dissolve sugar ammonia and borax powder in 1/2 cup water. Add to lye after it has quit foaming. After mixture has cooled down some, add lard very slowly and stir slowly. Pour into wax paper lined box. Let stand 4-6 hours. Cut into bars.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom used to make her own soap for doing laundry many years ago. She would shave these bars with a grater. -Bev

 

 

 

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