Guest guest Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Well I replied to another question before I read this on. Like I said, I use HP with this soap Tried it CP, but the aroma of the yucca didn't come through like it did doing HP, plus the yucca didn't " gel " . Use about 3/4 to 1 cup of chopped/grated yucca to every 5 or 6 lbs. of soap oils. Put the yucca in at trace before cooking. I haven't tried putting the yucca in the lye water yet...maybe I need to try that and then do CP. Will try it, even though I might get a gelled glob of lye water<G>! Now for cooked yucca for eating...How do you cook it? At one of the grocery stores I saw " tapioca " under the yucca sign. Is it? Hmm, more research here... Anita >I do use ground fresh ginger in a bar, and also yucca root [Dave:] Now this is interesting to me, as I have thought of using yucca root in a shampoo, but not tried it. Would you be willing to expand on your experience with this? BTW yucca root is one of our favorite vegetables, and we prefer it to potatoes. -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release 6/16/2006 -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.1/369 - Release 6/19/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Now for cooked yucca for eating...How do you cook it? At one of the grocery stores I saw " tapioca " under the yucca sign. Is it? Hmm, more research here... [Dave:] Take the yucca root and cut away the bark and the outer fibrous portions, about the outside quarter-inch, leaving the white inner root. A big one will be the size of 2 or 3 potatoes. Cut it in pieces and cook as you would potato. You can mash it, bake it, or boil it. Leftover mashed yucca root makes wonderful pancakes. It tastes great enough to make it worth picking out the occasional fibers out as you eat it, and it’s much higher in nutrition than potatoes. As far as I know, tapioca and yucca are two separate plants. The reason I have been interested in yucca in soap is that it is used as shampoo by the Native Americans. Pound a yucca root in water and it produces suds. I think I may have tried it in a batch of CP a few years ago before I was keeping notes on each and every batch. I don’t remember being impressed with the results – but then again, maybe I was just thinking of it and didn’t actually do it. -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release 6/20/2006 -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release 6/20/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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