I've mentioned before that my mother used to make soap. She gave me some of her books once she'd stopped making it; at that time, I was experimenting a little with making soap but, at that time, there wasn't a lot of information available. Anyway, in one of the books was a plastic bag with numerous newspaper clippings. Most were about soap. In trying to figure out how old they were, I could only estimate. We left Winnipeg in 1966 and some of the clippings are from the Winnipeg Free Press. You do the math (yes, I'm old).
Interestingly, the majority of the recipes, including one from a cook book, borax and ammonia or bleach are included. Any thoughts on why they would have included ammonia?
Here's one of the recipes:
Here is a good soap recipe: 11 cups cold water; 9 cups lard; 1 tin lye; 1/2 cup javex. Mix all together for half an hour. Set aside and cut when ready into bars. Good luck.
And, just for fun, on the back of one of the clipped recipes was this little critique of Elvis: "Elvis is nothing but a knucklehead, hog caller, rat caller and gopher caller. Boy, if all the people in the world acted like him, the whole planet would be crazy. He sure likes to blow his lungs out."
Interestingly, the majority of the recipes, including one from a cook book, borax and ammonia or bleach are included. Any thoughts on why they would have included ammonia?
Here's one of the recipes:
Here is a good soap recipe: 11 cups cold water; 9 cups lard; 1 tin lye; 1/2 cup javex. Mix all together for half an hour. Set aside and cut when ready into bars. Good luck.
Mrs. H.H. Fast
Waldheim, Saskatchewan
Waldheim, Saskatchewan
And, just for fun, on the back of one of the clipped recipes was this little critique of Elvis: "Elvis is nothing but a knucklehead, hog caller, rat caller and gopher caller. Boy, if all the people in the world acted like him, the whole planet would be crazy. He sure likes to blow his lungs out."
