This recipe is from Grandma Victoria Piotrowski's recipe box. My Mother, Merle Weisz, made soap like this when I was a child. She used lard and tallow (beef fat) instead of Crisco. I remember her using it to scrub grease out of my Dad's work clothes. It probably got her hands real clean too as lye is a very caustic substance.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Soap
Dissolve 2 Tbsp. borax
in 1/2 glass of water. Dissolve 2 Tbsp. ammonia in 1/2 glass of water. Let stand until ready to use. Use large crock or enamel pot. Add 1 quart cold water. Add 1 can lye slowly into water and keep
stirring well. Use wooden stick, add a
3-lb. can of Crisco, 1 can of water plus 1 cup of strained waste fats. Then add the borax and ammonia
solutions. Stir 10 minutes until well
dissolved. Put into square enamel pan,
stir few times while setting and let harden.
Cut into squares.
This recipe is from Grandma Victoria Piotrowski's recipe box. My Mother, Merle Weisz, made soap like this when I was a child. She used lard and tallow (beef fat) instead of Crisco. I remember her using it to scrub grease out of my Dad's work clothes. It probably got her hands real clean too as lye is a very caustic substance.
This recipe is from Grandma Victoria Piotrowski's recipe box. My Mother, Merle Weisz, made soap like this when I was a child. She used lard and tallow (beef fat) instead of Crisco. I remember her using it to scrub grease out of my Dad's work clothes. It probably got her hands real clean too as lye is a very caustic substance.
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