What soapy thing have you done today?

[Hendejm]

I mixed my lye water and melted my oils today fully intending to make soap. That didn’t happen (yet). I am now immersed in BBC show/series - Luther - so I don’t know if it’s gonna happen tonight or not. Tomorrow for sure

 

[KiwiMoose]

And can you guess how I used to pronounce jojoba? I was such a noob!

I mixed my lye water and melted my oils today fully intending to make soap. That didn’t happen (yet). I am now immersed in BBC show/series - Luther - so I don’t know if it’s gonna happen tonight or not. Tomorrow for sure

LOVE Luther!

 

[Meena]

What now? WHO pronounces it that way? Zeee Francsh, peut-etre....

But...how do Kiwis say it? I've only ever heard bergamut or bergamotte...
I can't find anyone who says bergamoe.
Not Oxford, not Cambridge (US or UK version), not Merriam-Webster, not Emma Saying, not even Bshizzle Films! Am I missing something? Is this Laurel/Yanny all over again??

Mai non? I googled, and it appears my 3 years of High School French has had a deleterious effect on my English pronounciation. If I heard someone say ber'-ga-mott, i'd think "poor child". I think I'll just avoid pronouncing the name so i don't have anyone thinking 'poor child' about me!

 

[Misschief]

But...how do Kiwis say it? I've only ever heard bergamut or bergamotte...
I can't find anyone who says bergamoe.
Not Oxford, not Cambridge (US or UK version), not Merriam-Webster, not Emma Saying, not even Bshizzle Films! Am I missing something? Is this Laurel/Yanny all over again??

I say it the French way.. bergamoe, always have.

 

[Meena]

I say it the French way.. bergamoe, always have.

THANK YOU!

 

[Misschief]

I made soap today! I used one of my new molds; lining it was a little bit (just a little bit) of a challenge because it's a lot longer a mold than I'm used to. I learned that I can make my recipe a little smaller. The batch I made filled the mold and all 6 cavities in the cavity mold. This is Goat's Milk & Lavender soap, one of my best sellers.

 

[Meena]

Tempted to HP a batch today, not sure why, but that's the current itch. Just picked up some cocoa butter to beef up the mango butter, in the absence of my much-loved o/s palm, but the angel on my right shoulder is whispering that I better search the forum to make sure HP & cocoa/mango butters are a good match.

 

[shunt2011]

I got 6 more batches in the mold and to bed under towels. Tried several new fragrances to me and so far am really pleased with how they smell so far. All behaved well fro the most part.

 

[MGM]

I say it the French way.. bergamoe, always have.

Except that was a joke. In French, it's bergamote, "e" on the end definitely means you pronounce the "t". From Italian bergamotta, from Turkish bey armudu ("prince's pear") We just are NOT getting away from that "t", people.
While we're here, coup de grâce has a silent p, but a pronounced "ss".

 

[MGM]

So... results of my after-the-fact (about 26 hours)

The top 3 (as you look at the pic) were the ones that took a trip to the oven.

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Beautiful! Can we get a side view when it's ready?

 

[Misschief]

Except that was a joke. In French, it's bergamote, "e" on the end definitely means you pronounce the "t". From Italian bergamotta, from Turkish bey armudu ("prince's pear") We just are NOT getting away from that "t", people.
While we're here, coup de grâce has a silent p, but a pronounced "ss".

Then, I stand corrected.

 

[Marilyn Norgart]

I got 6 more batches in the mold and to bed under towels. Tried several new fragrances to me and so far am really pleased with how they smell so far. All behaved well fro the most part.

well aren't you ambitious I fought it off all day and was gonna do 2 batches tomorrow but decided to do a HP tonight and a CP tomorrow and tomorrow I am going to try making bath bombs--my son got me a kit for xmas but I have been holding off cuz I read they need to be used fairly quick after making and I still have a few

 

[Meena]

Except that was a joke. In French, it's bergamote, "e" on the end definitely means you pronounce the "t". From Italian bergamotta, from Turkish bey armudu ("prince's pear") We just are NOT getting away from that "t", people.
While we're here, coup de grâce has a silent p, but a pronounced "ss".

LOL -- not getting away from that 't'

However, we ARE in agreement on how to pronounce the blow of mercy.

 

[Hendejm]

So I took a break from watching Luther on Netflix and made soap. I was attempting an ombre soap that I saw on YouTube where you put a wood block in the middle of the mold and pour the different colors over it. Well I didn’t have a block so I used an empty tall(ish) lotion stick tube and all was going well until it floated up and over on its side. Hahaha! I took it out and continued my pour(s) and it kinda looked like a hot mess so I did some swirls in it. God only knows what it’s gonna look like! Maybe it will be beautiful or a maybe a pile of cat poop! Tomorrow shall behold the wonder or the disaster. This may be my chance to rebatch! Stay tuned!

 

[MGM]

Then, I stand corrected.

It's ok Misschief. I won't hold it against you. I was going to say I don't hold your balmy weather against you but it's colder where you are than where I am. And I was going to say I don't begrudge that it's so much sunnier in Kelowna, but then it turns out we have the same sunniness, and then I remembered I hadn't yet I heard your vote on the Great Butter Tart Controversy.....coconut or no???

 

[MGM]

This is Goat's Milk & Lavender soap, one of my best sellers.

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So creamy looking! I bet it's just divine.

 

[Meena]

Beautiful! Can we get a side view when it's ready?

Pour votre plaisir, mon ami

 

[Meena]

It's ok Misschief. I won't hold it against you. I was going to say I don't hold your balmy weather against you but it's colder where you are than where I am. And I was going to say I don't begrudge that it's so much sunnier in Kelowna, but then it turns out we have the same sunniness, and then I remembered I hadn't yet I heard your vote on the Great Butter Tart Controversy.....coconut or no???

 

[MGM]

Pour votre plaisir, mon ami

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Nice!
And what's the fragrance? And you'll make sure you keep your samples separate so you can test them post-cure?

 

[Misschief]

It's ok Misschief. I won't hold it against you. I was going to say I don't hold your balmy weather against you but it's colder where you are than where I am. And I was going to say I don't begrudge that it's so much sunnier in Kelowna, but then it turns out we have the same sunniness, and then I remembered I hadn't yet I heard your vote on the Great Butter Tart Controversy.....coconut or no???

Where in Canada are you, MGM?

Coconut in Butter Tarts??? That's just wrong! Raisins or currants, yes, but NOT Coconut!