tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331591886946739033.post7922807427335769129..comments2024-03-06T09:08:44.735-07:00Comments on Welcome Home Farm: Making Soap!TJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890037981997328026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331591886946739033.post-71501712882941045182009-09-15T13:25:17.193-06:002009-09-15T13:25:17.193-06:00Your memory is right on! They used to use beef tal...Your memory is right on! They used to use beef tallow in soapmaking. Rendering the fat was a smelly job best done outdoors. I did it a few years ago, just to see if I could do it. <br /><br />After the fat was rendered it was mixed with lye. Long ago they would run water through ashes until an egg floated on top. That is how they knew if there was enough lye in the water to mix with the tallow to form soap.<br /><br />We get to use all kinds of different fats now. And since we have scales and powdered lye--we get a much more consistent product than our Grandmas and Great-Grandmas did.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890037981997328026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331591886946739033.post-67621639191018808242009-09-15T12:02:52.054-06:002009-09-15T12:02:52.054-06:00Sorry i am behind on my reading. I remember making...Sorry i am behind on my reading. I remember making soap with my grandma and Mother in a big black pot over fire out doors .They made enough for winter and to last until next year when they killed beef again. I think they used beef tallow , my memory may be failing me here ,If so correct me .LOLGrandma Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577325242276975191noreply@blogger.com