[MR] Soap Making Help

[rmhowe]

Assuming I'm not censored again, perhaps this will go through.

One of the Newer books in the Lindsay Books Catalog I got 
yesterday is:

The Soapmaker's Companion - a Comprehensive Guide with
Recipes, Techniques & Know-how by Susan Cavitch;
"Next time you fry up a lard burger and wolf it down, save
the quart of grease in the frying pan. Mix it with lye,
and you can make soap. It's an ancient art, but a mysterious one.
  This is a book about making soap from vegetable oils with
fancy perfumes and stuff. That's not exactly for me, but there 
is more practical chemistry, tips and know-how than I've seen
in most soap books. You not only get recipes for  off-the-wall
varieties of soap, but loads of practical troubleshooting info
and ideas. 8 x 8 softcover, 282 pages, no. 6106 $18.95."
Quoting Lindsay, I suppose. Lindsay is an odd card.
I buy a couple hundred dollars worth of books from them each
year, usually the really obscure technological stuff.
They have stuff for jewelers, radio, computers, tesla fans,
brewing and vinting, metalwork and metalworking machines,
woodworking (within limits), and a whole lotta really strange
stuff - embalming for example.

Lindsay Publications Inc.
P.O. Box 538,
Bradley IL 60915
Mornings - they don't pick up in the afternoon - trust me on this,
they are small staffed and wrapping book packages later.
(815) 935-5353
http://www.lindsaybks.com/
Service is quite fast.

Magnus  

"Terry L. Neill" wrote:
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I'm going to try an experiment at soap making this weekend.  If it works,
> I'm going to do it again at Camp Fenby in front of people.
> 
> I can't find anyone in the Baltimore phone book that sells tallow.  So I've
> ordered some suet and will be trying an experiment in rendering tallow as
> well. (Pray for me, my brethren.)
> 
> Here are my questions:
> 
> Is the tallow made from suet softer than the tallow made from regualr beef
> fat?  And if it is, will the soap be softer as well?  And if so, what, if
> anything, do I do about it to make it harder?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
>   - Anarra the intrepid explorer