Soap without Boiling
From The farm cook & rule book, 1923
Serves 20
This makes a hard laundry soap.
Presented as published in 1923. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Soap without Boiling Dissolve 2 pounds of soda lye in 6 quarts of water. When cool, add this to 14 pounds of melted, but not heated, fat
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