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HARD SOAP

11 ingredients 5 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

310
Calories
26g
Protein
15g
Fat
16g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Tallow not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • six pounds soda
  • four pounds lime
  • four gallons water
  • half pounds of grease
  • half pounds will be enough
  • seven pints of warm water
  • six pints liquid grease
  • a pint of salt fifteen minutes before the miscellaneous recipes
  • a small piece of beef tallow added will make it finer
  • one box lye over night in seven pints of warm water
  • one way

Directions

1

Six pounds soda, four pounds lime, four gallons water. Mix in the pot till quite hot, but do not let it boil. Let this settle. Put in seven and a half pounds of grease, and let it simmer till soft. Then add the soda, lime, and water, and let it boil two hours, not longer. While boiling feed with soda water. Put in half a pint of salt fifteen minutes before the

2

MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 289

3

boiling is done. It must be stirred all the time while boiling. If the lime is very strong two and a half pounds will be enough. The sediment of the soda and lime will do for whitewash.

4

HARD SOAP (without Boiling).

5

Dissolve one box lye over night in seven pints of warm water, and in the morning add six pints liquid grease. Stir for three-quarters of an hour, all one way. Pour it into moulds, and cut it out the next day. A small piece of beef tallow added will make it finer.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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