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ANSWER Peggy Miller of Leesport has a surplus of
goat milk and wanted recipes, formulas, and any other ideas
for using the excess milk. Thanks to Linda Martin, Utitz, who
sent this recipe and also several food recipes for using
excess milk. Look for the food recipes in the “Cook’s Ques
tion" section.
Goat Milk Soap
3 pints cold goat milk
1 can lye
5 pounds lard
4 tablespoons Borax
1 dram scented oil without alcohol
2 cups ground oatmeal
2 ounces glycerine
Mix lye into milk by sprinkling slowly over a 30-minute
time period. Have bowl on a pot holder as the mixture will
become very hot. The mixture will turn orange. Cool to 85
degrees.
Warm lard to 85 degrees. Mix lard and all other ingre
dients gradually, stirring slowly.
Oatmeal can be ground in a blender until powdered.
Separate with a flour sifter and measure.
Pour soap into a lined box. Allow to set 24 hours before
cutting into bars. Keep soap covered with a doth. The soap
must cure three weeks before wrapping. Aging is very
important.
Soon after the soap is made, there is still free lye in it, so
be careful when handling. When lye and fat are brought
together under the right conditions, they react to make soap.
This process is called saponification.
Be sure to use only stainless steel or glass bowls and a
wooden spoon when making the soap.
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ANSWER Bette Ann Bleam, Green Lane, wanted
directions for making wreaths from rope-style baling twine.
Thanks to Brenda Oberholtzer, Nottingham, for sending the
following instructions.
Large Braid: Cut 12 lengths of 92-inch twine. Tie ends
together on one end with a twister. Repeat 2 more times so
that you have three groups of 12. Put three groups together
and tie one end with an 8-inch piece of twine and braid them
together (not too tightly). Tie other end. Lay a brick on end to
hold while braiding.
Small braid: Do exactly the same as the large braid
except cut 82-inch lengths.
Small wrapping braid: Cut 9 lengths of 60-inch twine. Tie
one end together with a 6-inch piece of twine and braid tight
ly. Tie other end together with a 6-inch piece of twine. Lay
large braid on outside of 15-inch wire frame, overlapping at
bottom.
Lay small braid on inside of frame, overlapping ends at
bottom.
Take smdll wrapping braid and wrap completely around
both braids and wire at the bottom tucking ends in back.
Turn wreath over and with a 2-yard piece of jute or heavy
string and a large-eye needle, sew both braids to the wire
frame taking large stitches. Remove holding ties and
unravel ends of braids and trim to about 8-inches.
Add dried materials desired, gluing them into the twine.
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