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Lye Soap Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 gallon water
2 cans Lye
2 gallon meat scraps or 2 cans Crisco lard
3 gallon water
box Borax
Directions:
Directions:
Slow cook 1 1/2 hrs. Add 3 gallon water and box borax and stir off and on till cold.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Make this before the moon fulls.
From Mother Lizzy Holder; my great grandmother.

 

 

 

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