INGREDIENTS:
5 pounds of grease, strained through cloth
to take out pieces of meat
1 can of lye dissolved in 1 quart of cold water
2 tablespoons of borax dissolved in 1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup of ammonia
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of salt
DIRECTIONS:
Have the grease just warm to the touch of your hand. Stir into the grease slowly and
easily the lukewarm lye. Add borax, ammonia, sugar, and salt. Stir the mixture
until it is the consistency of thick honey. Next, pour it into molds to harden into
bars of soap. If you don't have soap molds, the mixture may be poured into large
deep (3 to 4 inches) containers, preferably crockery. After it hardens it may be cut
with a heavy butcher knife into bars of soap or even broken into usable-sized pieces of
soap.
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