We used to make soap a long time ago when we first started out of tallow and red devil lye, the latter of which is apparently an ingredient used for manufacturing meth. "You making meth?" I remember the owner of the hardware store asking. "No, just soap," I said. I'm not sure or not if he believed me, but he sold it to me nonetheless. Occasionally, we will still make soap, but we do the melt and pour stuff and just add a little bit of beeswax and honey to it, as rendering the tallow was always an ordeal. Great post!
Further proof that you are amazing Lucy House.
Not sure about the amazing bit, but thankyou for the compliment.
We used to make soap a long time ago when we first started out of tallow and red devil lye, the latter of which is apparently an ingredient used for manufacturing meth. "You making meth?" I remember the owner of the hardware store asking. "No, just soap," I said. I'm not sure or not if he believed me, but he sold it to me nonetheless. Occasionally, we will still make soap, but we do the melt and pour stuff and just add a little bit of beeswax and honey to it, as rendering the tallow was always an ordeal. Great post!
Tallow is always made. It’s the soap making I have trouble getting around to, and yet it’s always easier than I remember once I start.