high altitude

dirrdee · Feb 23, 2012

Does high altitude affect soap making? I live at 8300 ft and I wondered if there is any difference in the final product? Just curious.

Soapy Gurl · Feb 23, 2012

I am at 5000ft and my soap turns out great. I don't cook, but what is it that you change in recipes to accommodate for altitude? More flour in baking, lower temp? Soap is very forgiving, so I can't seen any changes would be needed.

Fragola · Feb 23, 2012

No, just don't drop it, a bar of soap falling 8300 ft can be quite painful for whoever is below

dirrdee · Feb 23, 2012

hahahaha...funny! I cant bake worth a darn at this altitude but my soap comes out fine. We're going to be moving to a lower elevation so I wondered if my soap will get difficult...lol

Kimmer · Feb 24, 2012

I doubt you will notice any difference in CP, but you may find a very slight difference in HP cooking time. Just a guess, though, since (for example) water reaches a boiling point below 212 at your altitude.

I live at 7200 ft and will be interested in hearing your experiences once you arrive. Good luck on the move.

Guest · Feb 24, 2012

dirrdee said:
We're going to be moving to a lower elevation so I wondered if my soap will get difficult...lol

Be careful..if there is air trapped in your soap, the bars could implode! When I was a kid, growing up on the top floor of the Sears Building in Chicago, it was a favorite trick of ours: make soap, let it cure, then throw it out the window and watch it shrink up and go bang. We could never bring groceries directly to the apartment, we had to bring them up 10 floors at a time and let them acclimate. We once had a substitute UPS driver deliver us a crate of oranges, direct from the ground floor. What a mess. Damn near killed us. We also used to shoot at the satellites with slingshots, but that's another story....when you move, just bring your soap down 100' at a time, let it rest a week, and do it again and again until you are there, you'll be OK.

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