Ingredients
- six pounds of grease take six pounds of sal-soda
- three pounds of unslacked lime
- four gallons of water
- a pound of borax
- six pounds of sal-soda
Directions
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MRS. CARPENTER.
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To six pounds of grease take six pounds of sal-soda, three pounds of unslacked lime, four gallons of water and a fourth of a pound of borax. Put the lime and soda into a kettle, then add the wa- ter; as soon as it boils take it off and let it settle, then pour the lye off. Put the grease into an empty kettle and melt; when it is hot add the borax and clear lye, boil it a half hour, dip up a little and if it is as hard as tallow when cool, it is done.
By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [from old catalog] ·
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