Hi All, The lye came from ashes from the wood fires!! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Molasses &SoapMaking Time > In a message dated 2/21/00 12:25:15 PM EST, [email protected] writes: > > << > The easiest soap I've made is from Crisco or some other brand of shortening. > 3 pounds of Crisco (1 can), 6 oz of lye (you can buy red devil lye in store > next to drano) 12 oz water. >> > > > Enjoyed it BUT...as the person who mentioned here soapmaking and Crisco > first(grin) with respect to my former babysitter, our ancestors got their > Crisco equivalent from fat drippings (right??)...where did the lye come from? > Actually, my I said my mother used Crisco for pie crusts and baking, my > caregiver used the fat drippings from whatever my mom had (stored in old > Crisco or Coffee cans) for soap. > > Janet (Baugh) Hunter >