KeepItSimpleSoap
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I was set up to make batch 6 this morning then I ran out of time. I had to go to a house lot that I have for sale and meet a guy with a skid steer to do some clearing work.
I did manage to get the grease for batch 7 rendered for the first round. I'm doing round 2 now. This morning I noticed some brown foam on top of the grease during the boil. I think that I had a little overdone grease in one of the jars. I've been using a spoon and scooping off little amounts of foam and putting it in the WVO jar that gets tossed. It works out that old jelly jars have been the collecting jars for the bacon grease and quart Ball or Mason canning jars, have been just the right size to store the LARD for each batch. I really can't "master batch" any of the LARD. The dorm room size refrigerator is only so big. Also I'm not going to master batch the LYE/water mix because it is not necessary for me to do it when I use 3.5 oz of LYE per batch. I'm getting 4 batches per 16 oz container (14 oz) and that leaves 2 oz to periodically treat the kitchen sink drain.
I unmolded too early the last time. I was in a hurry to free up my molds for the next batch. I like leaving the oval bars in the molds for 2 to 4 days depending on what our variable climate wants to be for the day/s. I have a cure for that small problem and I did something about it this late afternoon. I ordered another pair of molds (2x6) that match my other molds.
I did manage to get the grease for batch 7 rendered for the first round. I'm doing round 2 now. This morning I noticed some brown foam on top of the grease during the boil. I think that I had a little overdone grease in one of the jars. I've been using a spoon and scooping off little amounts of foam and putting it in the WVO jar that gets tossed. It works out that old jelly jars have been the collecting jars for the bacon grease and quart Ball or Mason canning jars, have been just the right size to store the LARD for each batch. I really can't "master batch" any of the LARD. The dorm room size refrigerator is only so big. Also I'm not going to master batch the LYE/water mix because it is not necessary for me to do it when I use 3.5 oz of LYE per batch. I'm getting 4 batches per 16 oz container (14 oz) and that leaves 2 oz to periodically treat the kitchen sink drain.
I unmolded too early the last time. I was in a hurry to free up my molds for the next batch. I like leaving the oval bars in the molds for 2 to 4 days depending on what our variable climate wants to be for the day/s. I have a cure for that small problem and I did something about it this late afternoon. I ordered another pair of molds (2x6) that match my other molds.