Today is Sunday and we are trying to learn the process of making soap. I figure if my 92 year old aunt can make it so can I. The first batch we made came out pretty good and needs to cure one more week. The only thing we learned from our mistakes last week is don't use an agate canner with chips in it because when you add color the color changes.Today we used a stainless steel pot and made a smaller batch. The color is beautiful . We used lavender scent and purple shaved crayon for the color.The color is fabulous. It smells like my Grandma's bathroom when I was little. .Jon was a mad scientist in the kitchen mixing the shortening water and lye. We did a cold process method. When we get better at this I would like to try goats milk. We are making this for our church fair in September and for Christmas presents.
Well its a work day so I will add more tomorrow.H and J
Well now that Heidi has started I guess that it's time for me to chime in from "The Other Side". When Heidi says MAD scientist she didn't know how accurate she was! Mad in many ways. How can someone not pay attention when I tell her this can be dangerous? And the book we got to explain all of this says VERY specifically to NOT dump the remainder of the product down the drain as it will make a nasty clog. Guess what, we got lucky and I caught it before it could clog.
ReplyDeleteOh well I guess if that is the worst that can happen I can confirm how lucky I am to have her around! I should have known better because I know her better than that, just I have to pay attention too.
I have to pick Heidi up from work at 8:00pm. She has these coupons for McDonald's Frappe mocha's. The are great but the only problem is BRAIN FREEZE!! Tastes so good, then the freeze hits and it owww owww owwww! It goes away in a couple minutes and it's like you have lost your mind cause you do it all over again!! goooood -- owww owwwww owwwwwwww! Then Gooood . . . .
all I'm going to say is, blogs are not for telling other people that your significant other doesn't listen, also McDonald's Frappe + diabetes = death.
ReplyDeleteall this blog is going to do is make me nervous.