RE: Old Fashioned Lard Soap Recipe
You ever have THAT thing that triggers a memory? This did it for me.
When my mom was a newly wed one of the near neighbors gave mom her recipe for lye soap. I don't remember the whole thing but I DO remember that you cured it in a Crock and it had to be covered with a sheepskin coat. The recipe was written in mixed German/English and it looks like my Grandfather translated the German parts for my mother. The recipe was written on a piece of grocery sack.
Grandma Derr passed before my memory, makes it at least 60 years ago. My mother (who died last June) kept that recipe like an artifact. I just looked, it's not in my collection of mom's cookbooks (Her original Betty Crocker) and recipes. I've already messaged my brother to make sure he has it....
I just can't tell you how much this memory has meant to me. Thank you for it, you'll never know.
@bigtom13 you just made my day. Memories and nostalgia are such a big deal to me. I am glad that this post triggered some good memories for you.
I am so fascinated by your recollections of this recipe. It sounds so interesting. I've never made soap that way but it would be so neat to try it. I'll do some reading, I have an archive of some vintage ebooks that might have some answers. Maybe your brother can make a copy of it for you so that it's forever backed up for your family. That really is a treasure! (as are your mom's cook books!)
So glad you share this with me. You truly made my day.