Stir Soap

Submitted by Dienia B.

"Old time soap that they cleaned with and did laundry with. No amount given so I am guessing . The directions is the exact way recipe reads."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 12 bars

ingredients

• 2 cups lye
• 1 cup borax
• 12 cups water, warm
• 18 cups lard, lukewarm
• 1⁄2 cup ammonia

directions

1. Dissolve 2 cans lye and 1 cup borax in 12 cups warm water.
2. Let stand 1 hour until lukewarm.
3. Pour 18 cups grease melted to lukewarm.
4. Pour lard into lye solution slowly, stirring constantly.
5. Add 1/2 cup ammonia.
6. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
7. Let stand; cut while hard.

Reviews

[Lilly225]

I am going to ask my mom who grew up in the 30's if this recipe is close to what her family made. If so I am going to make a huge batch of it. My Dad always had us wash insect bites and stings with it. He also had us bathe with it after exposure to poison ivy/oak. It worked we wouldn't get as bad of a rash,and the sooner we bathed with it the less rash we had. I am giving 3 stars for now and if it is what I am hoping then I will change it to 5 stars.