Economical Soap
Ingredients
- 1 quart cold water
- 1 can Babbits potash or lye
- 6 lbs ham or bacon drippings
- 1 cup borax
Instructions
- Soap without boiling, will float if not too much ham or bacon drippings are used.
- Into 1 quart of cold water dissolve the contents of one can of Babbits potash or lye. Melt to luke warm heat, 6 lbs, (light weight) of clean drippings that have been strained through cheesescloth several times.
- Before adding the lye to the strained grease, add 1 large cupful of borax. Stir lye into kettle containing grease and stir constantly until very thick. Pour into a pan, score; in 10 or 12 hours turn out of pan and let dry. A little perfume may be added if you wish.
Notes
Lamb drippings makes the finest soap.