HERB - A soap question Fw: [SCA-Caid]Medieval Weights and Measures Question

[sunshinegirl]

I've forwarded this to the herb list because there are several soap makers
on the list, and I'm curious about the answer.
The original question was what weight is a "strike"?
Melandra
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> From: Michael D. Manning <darke at inetworld.net>
>     The recipe is for soap and comes from Thomas Dawson's "The Second
Part of the Good Huswifes jewell," Printed in London, 1606. Here is a
little more of the recipe:
>     "To make sope. First you must take halfe a strike of Ashen ashes, and
a quart of Lime, then you must mingle both these together..."
>     I have recieved a few replies privately (with refrences) that list a
strike at between 16 and 18 english gallons. Does 8-9 gallons of ash to a
quart of lime seem a bit out of proportion for making soap?
> 
> Michael
> darke at inetworld.net      _^..^_
> http://www.inetworld.net/darke
> "Veni, Coqui, Bibimus"


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