Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques.

Here's an interesting piece about Colonial Soap Making. I think it's fascenating to see the historic point of view on thinkgs like soap making.

This booklet will provide persons interested in the ways of early American life some information about soap and soap making. Soap making is a homestead skill often forgotten in discussions of colonial days. Soap was of great value in keeping the household a far better place to live and work. The manufacture of soap by the hard-working colonists from wood ashes and waste fats give testimony to early American self-sufficiency and resourcefulness. Soap, an easy item for us to obtain, was produced by boiling wood ash lye and fats together. Soap's desirability and procurement wrote its own pages in the history of early America.

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Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques

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