Show winter meat scraps may alay be converted into hard soap during the past winter many of 0 the frugal housewives have saved scraps of 0 bacon rinds rinda and refuse grease with a little extra effort these savings may be converted into a useable product following Is a recipe which Is recommended by the extension service of the utah state agricultural college into an iron kettle pour two gallons ot of water then empty three cans of 0 lye into it let cool tor for an hour or longer place on the stove and add fifteen pounds of meat scraps doil boil this mixture until all ot of the meat particles are dissolved during this process add about two gallons of water from time to time to keep the material from boiling over after the meat is dissolved set the vessel aside to cool until the next day As the liquid cools a white crust and a brown jellylike jelly like substance will form on oil the surface skim this off leaving the sediment in the bottom throw the sediment away wash the vessel then place the material back into the kettle and boll for two hours add hot or boiling water until the soap becomes the consistency of thick honey when dropped from a stick be careful not to add too much water tho the soap to la now ready to pour into moulds or boxes covering it while cooling adds to its quality the soap may also bo be left to cool in the vessel in which it was made after solidifying it may bo be cut into desirable sizes do not use aluminum utensils an iron kettle is preferable as a strong lye solution will attack copper zinc and tin to a certain extent the extension service warns U S A C extension service |