HERB - Jasmine's one bar soap recipes

[Chris Peters]

It didnt sound that way to me. It was to the point and informative. Looks like im
doing some shopping this weekend.

Gaylin Walli wrote:

> Good grief that all sounded terribly short and bitchy to my
> own eyes/ears. I apologize if anyone was offended. I'm in the
> middle of one of those huge "hurry up and wait" projects that
> has too many vice president fingers in the pie. My most abject
> apologies for being so quick at the send key.
>
> jasmine
>
> >Chris wrote:
> >
> >>Where did you get your oils for making these. Some do not seem to be off the
> >>shelf shopping mart types.
> >
> >Sure they are, with the exception of pure tallow. Tallow is just rendered
> >beef fat and most meat markets will give you this fat for free or very
> >cheaply. Lard is simply rendered pork fat and is available in rendered
> >form in every grocery store I've ever been in.
> >
> >Canola, olive, safflower/sunflower, and peanut oil are also available
> >in every grocery store I've ever been in. I did mention in a previous
> >note that a few were obtained in my local health food store. These were
> >the coconut and palm oils I use. Coconut is usually available in health
> >food or middle eastern and asian grocery stores. Palm oil is obtained
> >in my local health food store.
> >
> >As for sodium hydroxide, try you local small town supermarket and
> >look for a can in the drain cleaner aisle that says "Red Devil Lye"
> >on it. You don't want regular drain cleaner, just straight lye (things
> >like Draino have other stuff in them). If you can't find this in
> >your local grocery store, try you local small town *hardware* or
> >plumbing supply store. Again, look for Red Devil. Barring that, I've
> >been told that many chemical supply stores exist in larger cites.
> >I've never really looked into buying from them, however, as I don't
> >really need 50# bags of lye. :)
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