[Sca-cooks] Seeking Milk-based soap recipes

[Stefan li Rous]

Ardenia asked:
<<< My search sytem won't let me access the search aspect of the  
flori... >>>

Uh oh. The search aspect of the Florilegium is simply a variant of  
Google and uses their database. I'm not sure what you mean by your  
"search system". Can you use Google from their home page? Email me  
offlist and I'll see what we can do to fix this. Anyone else having a  
similar problem?

<<< Does anyone have period recipes for milk-based soaps? >>>

First off, let me verify that you are looking for "soaps" and not  
"soups".

If it is indeed the former, then check this file in the PERSONAL-CARE  
section:
soap-msg          (43K)  6/26/04    Period soap and soapmaking.

These in the CRAFTS section might also be good places to look. I  
don't remember much info about period milk-based soaps, but milk was  
used in paints and glues, so it is possible.
soapmaking-msg    (61K)  7/23/04    Period and modern soapmaking  
techniques.
Soapmakng-CMA-art (24K) 10/ 6/97    "Soapmaking in the Current Middle  
Ages" by
                                        Gillian Fhlaitheamhail (Fraya  
Davis).
Lye-Soap-art      (23K)  8/ 8/97    "The history of and how to make  
soap"
                                        by Baroness Leonora Kathryn  
de Provence.

Okay, I plugged in "milk" and "soap" on the search engine and got a  
larger number of hits (55!) than I expected. Including one on making  
goat's milk soap in the Soapmaking-CMA-art file. I suspect that that  
is modern though and not a period recipe.

There is also a mention of putting the almond remains/chunks from  
almond milk making in soaps as an additive. I thought that was nice  
recycling.

And a file I'd forgotten about:
Hist-of-Soap-art   (9K)  8/31/04    "What no Soap?" by Lord Xaviar the
                                        Eccentric.

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