Hard Soap

Ingredients

• twelve quarts of boiling water
• two and one-half pounds of unslacked lime
• five pounds sal-soda
• three and one-half pounds clean grease
• three or four ounces of rosin

Method

1. 1

   Pour twelve quarts of boiling water on two and one-half pounds of unslacked lime; dissolve five pounds sal-soda in twelve quarts of hot soft water, then mix and let them remain from twelve to twenty-four hours.

2. 2

   Pour off all the clear fluid, being careful not to allow any of the sediment to run off, boil three and one-half pounds clean grease and three or four ounces of rosin in the above lye till the grease disappears; pour into a vat and let it stand a day to stiffen and then cut in bars.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.