Ingredients
- three gallons of water
- half pounds soap fat
- half pint of salt
- a gallon of hot water
- one box of saponifier into three gallons of water
- salt
Directions
1
Put one box of saponifier into three gallons of water; knock off the end, and let the box boil until it empties itself; add four and a half pounds soap fat, and let it boil two hours and ten minutes. Then add a small half pint of salt, and let it continue boiling thirty-five minutes longer. Then add half a gallon of hot water, and let it come to a boil. Take the tub in which the soap is to be put, and pour a tumblerful of cold water round the sides and bottom of it to keep the soap from sticking. Let it stand all night, and cut it out in the morning.
By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." ·
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