Re: Potassium & wood ashes
Gene,
Right after I posted the info on "ancient cultures", I went to
www.AskJeeves.com and asked How is soap made? One of the links was to a
woman, born in 1912, who as a child regularly took part in the process
of soap-making, starting with rendering the fat trimmed from meat.
I know that some people make soap as a hobby and saw a number of
recipes that call for specific brands of lye. Does the fact that several
companies still sell lye mean that a *lot* of people still make soap?
Lye is used in soap and drain cleaner, but I don't know of any other
common uses.
I wonder if people returned to homemade soap during the depression?
Janet
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