Recent content by tatumhills

Thank you. Well here we have proven once again that it is all about perception. After a year I still consider myself a beginner as I understand there is still a lot I can learn but to you a beginner seems to mean one who's only made 1 or 2 batches. Oh well, glad we've clarified that. I guess I...

Thank you to those who took the time to explain. As I have said earlier I had NO IDEA that people would be protective of their recipes. On all the other online forum I am a member of people share their knowledge freely so I had no idea my request would be so shocking to you all. What got me...

First of all, I never said I was demonstrating to farmers and in fact I am demonstrating to a group of city people with an interest in sustainability, who would likely be vegetarian or inclined that way anyway. I am actually the farmer here and I don't believe I started the attitude but I am...

Right, not sure who's attitude we are talking about here. Anyway, I didn't realise people were protective of their recipes... Thanks for clarifying. Maybe they should have just said :) I added castor oil to improve the bubbles but we'll see how it comes out. All the recipes I have used so far...

Yes, that's a good list, but I am not claiming anything. The audience are home gardeners and farmers market costumers so I was just thinking of recipes that they can make with what's on hand either in their backyard or at the local market.

Thank you! That's lovely. I will try it out ahead of time to see how it works for me :)

Overlooking the fact that the demo is in September and I have plenty of time to find a suitable recipe AND that sadly this does not seem as friendly an online community are most others are, I am just looking for a lard/tallow-free recipe which features easy to find ingredients. I realise lard is...

Well maybe I should have said garden ingredients rather than farm as many farms and gardens have bees around here, few have pigs. Pls I am vegetarian so would rather not use lard. The beeswax experiment wasn't a disaster as I was able to still pour it, I just won't mix it as much next time :) I...

I have made a few batches of soap so far and loving it. Now I have agreed to do a demo at a small community event and would like to show a recipe that can be made from mostly ingredients one may already have or can find locally. I tried olive oil, honey, beeswax, milk, coconut oil castor oil...