Show Winter Vinter Meat eat Scraps May Be Converted Into made Home-made Soap During the past winter many of the frugal ho housewives have saved scraps of bacon rinds and refuse grease With a little extra effort these savings may be converted into a seasonable product Follow Following Following Following ing is a recipe which is s recommended recommended mended by the extension service of ot the Utah State Agricultural col college college college lege Into an iron kettle pour two gall gallons ns of water Then empty three cans of lye into it Let cool for an hour or longer place on the stove and add fifteen pounds of meat scraps Boil Boll this mL mixture ture until all of the meat particles are dissolved During this process add about two gallons of water from time to time to keep the material material ma ma- from boiling ov over r. r After the meat is set the tho vessel ves ves- vessel sel aside to cool until the next day As the liquid cools a white crust and a brown like jelly-like substance substance sub sub- stance will vill form on the surface Skim this off leaving the sediment sedi sedi- sediment ment In the bottom Throw the tho sediment away wash the vessel then place the material back into the kettle and boll boil for two hours Add hot or boiling boning water until the soap becomes the consistence of thick honey when dropped from a stick Be careful not to add too much water The soap is now ready to pour into moulds or boxes Covering It while cooling adds to its quality The soap may also be left to cool in the vessel vesselin in which it was made After solidifying solidifying sol sol- it may be cut into desirable desirable desir desir- able sizes Do not use aluminum utensils An iron kettle is as a strong lye solution will attack copper zinc and tin to a certain extent according to warning of ot the extension service sion slon service |