"Civil War Era Honey Soap | Tutorial | How To" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2020 3:56 p.m. PST |
"Honey soap was a popular soap before and after the war. It was known for and its supposed "skin whitening" properties. This recipe contains honey but at the time, writings suggest that some honey soaps didn't contain honey at all. I found this recipe in The Confederate Receipt Book; however, the recipe was printed almost verbatim from The New Household Receipt Book, (1853) by Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Godey's Lady's Book. I am always interested in the ingenuity of humans in reduced circumstances and was curious if this recipe made a decent soap or was a war-time, makeshift recipe…."
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| John the Greater | 21 Oct 2020 6:48 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 21 Oct 2020 12:54 p.m. PST |
Sorry…
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adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
