Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 > > > So for fat, either fat from meat can be used or vegetable oil, it doesn't > matter. It just has to be fat. I imagine you could even use butter. > My guess would be you might have trouble with butter as it contains other things besides fat. Ghee would probably work better than butter, as it is a true fat. I don't know if the fact that ghee is a shorter chained fat then tallow or vegetable oils would make a difference. If it did work, ghee based soap for the Deities would be an opulent offering. I know for making salves, the pomace olive oil works fine, or even better than then the virgin stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 1999 Report Share Posted July 23, 1999 Nice site with great pix of the soaps (that look almost edible), some of the links I could follow were nice as well, unfortunately for those outside of the US, many of the 'ready-made' ingredients would not be available. I couldn't find anything that we could use here (in Bangladesh), nor anything 'ghee-based' or that used 'wood-ash' as opposed to lye flaks. Any more links, Vijay Prabhu? > >http://www.silverlink.net/~timer/soapallveg.html > >Yours, > >Vijay S. Pai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 >"COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA)" ><Madhava.Gosh.ACBSP (AT) bbt (DOT) se> >Madhava.Gosh.ACBSP (AT) bbt (DOT) se, Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se, >Varnasrama.development (AT) bbt (DOT) se >"COM: Cow (Protection and related issues)" <Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se>, "COM: >Varnasrama development" <Varnasrama.development (AT) bbt (DOT) se> >Re: Soap-making >Thu, 22 Jul 99 08:31 -0400 > >[Text 2496918 from COM] > > > > > > > So for fat, either fat from meat can be used or vegetable oil, it >doesn't > > matter. It just has to be fat. I imagine you could even use butter. > > > >My guess would be you might have trouble with butter as it contains other >things >besides fat. Ghee would probably work better than butter, as it is a true >fat. >I don't know if the fact that ghee is a shorter chained fat then tallow or >vegetable oils would make a difference. When I was in New Zealand, there was a devotee there, making soap from left-over ghee- you know after you've put the pakoras etc. to drain- what collects there in the pot underneath, because of course, you never have to throw out ghee, just so long as you don't burn it.So ghee is definitely OK. - Niscala. > > > > > ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 > > When I was in New Zealand, there was a devotee there, making soap from > left-over ghee- you know after you've put the pakoras etc. to drain- what > collects there in the pot underneath, because of course, you never have to > throw out ghee, just so long as you don't burn it.So ghee is definitely OK. > - Niscala. > > > > Since the cholesterol in ghee starts to oxidize after about 30 minutes at high temperatures, that is probably the best use for ghee that has been used for deep frying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 1999 Report Share Posted August 4, 1999 Haribol. Sorry for not responding for so long. Here's a web page that gives more soap recipes, including a recipe for lye water. This is run by a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, which consists of people who do things in an old-fashioned way just for fun: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/Soapmakng-CMA-art.html Here's some recipes used by Christian missionaries in the Far East: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paul_norman_3/00frames.htm (just click on soap-making in the left-hand frame) The Christian page also has flow charts and detailed instructions and diagrams. Yours, Vijay S. Pai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 >"Vijay Sadananda Pai" <vijaypai (AT) ece (DOT) rice.edu> >vijaypai (AT) ece (DOT) rice.edu, Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se >CC: "COM: Cow (Protection and related issues)" <Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se> >Re: Soap-making >Wed, 4 Aug 99 14:14 -0500 > >[Text 2531490 from COM] > > >Haribol. Sorry for not responding for so long. Here's a web page that >gives more soap recipes, including a recipe for lye water. This is run >by a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism, which consists >of people who do things in an old-fashioned way just for fun: > >http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/Soapmakng-CMA-art.html > >Here's some recipes used by Christian missionaries in the Far East: > >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paul_norman_3/00frames.htm The recipe for soap (on this last website) using wood ash lye DOES NOT WORK (but with adjustments to proportions, it just might) ys, niscala > > ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 1999 Report Share Posted August 6, 1999 > http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/Soapmakng-CMA-art.html > > Here's some recipes used by Christian missionaries in the Far East: > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paul_norman_3/00frames.htm I just tried them out, and printed up all 28 or so pages!. Excellent sources, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 1999 Report Share Posted August 7, 1999 >"COM: Samba (das) SDG (Mauritius)" <Samba.SDG (AT) bbt (DOT) se> >Samba.SDG (AT) bbt (DOT) se, Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se, Practical.Varnasrama (AT) bbt (DOT) se >"Vijay Sadananda Pai" <vijaypai (AT) ece (DOT) rice.edu> >CC: "COM: Cow (Protection and related issues)" <Cow (AT) bbt (DOT) se>, "COM: >Practical Varnasrama" <Practical.Varnasrama (AT) bbt (DOT) se> >Re: Soap-making >Fri, 6 Aug 99 13:16 +0630 > >[Text 2534924 from COM] > > > http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/Soapmakng-CMA-art.html > > > > Here's some recipes used by Christian missionaries in the Far East: > > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paul_norman_3/00frames.htm > > >I just tried them out, and printed up all 28 or so pages!. Excellent >sources, thanks. Did you find an ash-based recipe that works???($60 million question) ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narada priya dd Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Wood ash lye does work (I tried it myself) if you do allow the same water to drip repeatedly until the lye is strong enough. There is much detailed info available on the web in this regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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