Recipes

RANCHER'S TOILET AND LAUNDRY SOAP
  • Ingredients
  • This soap was made by almost every ranchman's wife.
  • 15 quarts of soft water
  • 9 pounds of beef tallow or other grease
  • 2 cans concentrated lye
  • 1-1/2 pounds of rosin
  • 1/2 pound Borax
Directions
  1. Mix these ingredients together and boil about 3/4 hour, or longer if necessary
  2. After it cools just a little, pour into a wooden box, cut into bars when set
  3. For toilet soap: Make the same way, but only use beef tallow
  4. When it cools a little, add some peppermint oil for odor
  5. You can beat it for a short time with an egg beater to make a lightweight toilet soap.


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