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I also wonder about modern soaps being much better at killing harmless bacteria then traditional animal fat bar soap? Think about all the liquid hand soap, sham
by voidlogic 12y ago
I also wonder about modern soaps being much better at killing harmless bacteria then traditional animal fat bar soap? Think about all the liquid hand soap, shampoo, etc that is everywhere. The purpose of soap used to be more solvent then germ killer.
- graeme 12y agoI use Savon de Marseille at home for this reason. It's a variant of traditional olive oil soap. Aleppo soap or any of the other Mediterranean olive oil soaps should work just as well.
- voidlogic 12y agoIn case anyone is interested here is making soap from animal fat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7rFk7IxT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7rFk7IxT8 You can also make the lye yourself by saving your stove/fireplace ashes and mixing in water.
- freehunter 12y agoHow many people have wood burning stoves or fireplaces (and actually use them)? Most fireplaces I see these days are gas, same with stoves.
- voidlogic 12y agoI can't speak for other places, but its very common in rural Wisconsin/Minnesota; myself and every one of my neighbors have some form of wood heat, usually in addition to propane. We were glad we had it when propane hit $6.50/gal this winter, up from $1.75/gal the previous summer. I get requests from people all the time to harvest dead wood on my land they can see from the road. http://www.greenwoodusa.com/blog/2011/10/wood-the-fastest-growing-heating-fuel-in-the-united-states/ http://www.greenwoodusa.com/blog/2011/10/wood-the-fastest-gr...
- contingencies 12y agoBest soap I've ever used was a herbal thing from Bhutan. Unfortunately, ~zero supply.