Recipe - Homemade Laundry Soap

11 cup Melted strained fat
5 cup Cold water
1 cn Lye
One half cup Liquid ammonia
One half cup Powdered borax
1/3 cup Sugar
4 teaspoon Oil of sassafras

Put fat in enamel pan or stone jar. Pour water into another stone jar. Add
lye to water, then add ammonia, borax and sugar. With a wooden stick, stir
mixture until it cools to warm. When cool, pour into fat, stirring
constantly while pouring slowly. Add sassafras and stir until thick and
creamy, about 15 minutes. Place in cold place. Let stand 36 hours. Cut into
squares. Let stand 1 week before using.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 238 by "Diane Geary"
diane@keyway.net on Nov 10, 1997