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Hard Soap with Soda, Lime and Accumulating Grease, etc.
Mrs. C W. Phillips, of Glencoe, Minn., informs us through the Blade, how to use the accumulating grease, by making a "hard soap which is excellent and economical. " She says:
" Nearly every family accumulates, through the winter, drippings from beef, mutton, ham, etc. These can all be utilized by boiling the grease in water, allowing it to cool, then removing it from the water, and boiling by itself again till all the water is expelled. Of course, the whiter the grease, the nicer will be the soap. "
Then take 6 lbs. of this grease, 6 lbs. of sal-soda, and 31/2 lbs. of newly burned or good stone-lime, with 4 gals, of soft water, and 1/2 lb. of borax; or in these proportions. Put soda, lime and water into an iron kettle and boil;,
stir till the soda is dissolved, and the lime is all slacked; then, when it is well settled; pour off the clear liquid; wash out the kettle and put in the liquid, grease and borax, and boil till it comes to soap, and pour into a well-soaked tub to cool, and when sufficiently hard, cut into bars and put on boards to dry. It is very nice, even for washing white flannels and calicoes; and, if a little perfume is put in it is nice enough for the toilet.
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