Kansas Farm Girl
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I was just at a pioneer type amusement park that had a soap booth. All the soap was tightly wrapped in plastic stretch wrap. When I picked up a bar it was soft, like half melted butter. I picked up several more, the same thing. When she finally had a moment I asked her about the soap being so soft and was told that it is because she is making HP soap. She did have a large iron caldron that I could see something cooking in, or at least I assumed it was cooking. She told me that you need to take the soap home, unwrap it and let it sit for a few days to harden up. She unmolds, cuts and wraps it when it's less than 24 hours old. I mentioned that I do CP and let it cure for 4-6 weeks before using and her response was "Oh, yeah, you let it sit to lower the pH." Right then someone walked up and she was much more interested in talking to them.
She said her soap was a 100% lard soap, although the label only contained the minimum info, weight & address. When I have made HP in the crock pot it was not soft like this. I remember, just barely but I do remember, Grandma making soap out in a large pot in the yard, but I do not remember it ever being soft after she poured it into the molds. Should this type of HP soap be so soft?
She said her soap was a 100% lard soap, although the label only contained the minimum info, weight & address. When I have made HP in the crock pot it was not soft like this. I remember, just barely but I do remember, Grandma making soap out in a large pot in the yard, but I do not remember it ever being soft after she poured it into the molds. Should this type of HP soap be so soft?