Who's ridiculing? I'm simply stating a fact. I don't go out of my way to
make my own washing powder.


"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> they made it out of the depression in one peice by being frugal and saving
> where they could, waste is as big a sin as lazyness or ridicule, Lee
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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>>> Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>>>> Not food, but still recipes, so somewhat OT?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Laundry Detergent:
>>>>
>>>> 1 bar Castile soap (I use Dr. Bronner's baby unscented, but any kind
>>>> will work), grated
>>>> 1 cup washing soda
>>>> 1 cup borax powder
>>>> 5 gallon bucket
>>>
>>> Some of these ingredients are completely unfamiliar to me, e.g., what is
>>> "washing soda", what is "borax powder"? I know I could Google but I'd
>>> appreciate an explanation as to what these are and where one might find
>>> them.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -S-
>>>
>> If you ever saw PBS's 'Frontier House' (or maybe read the Foxfire books)
>> you'd know about things like this. Ranee lives like she's Amish. Heck,
>> maybe she is. I don't have any idea where I could find Borax powder but
>> it was common up until the the 1960's. Maybe she shops exclusively from
>> the Lehman's Non-electric Catalog. I'm surprised she doesn't light her
>> house entirely with candles and oil lamps.
>>
>> I'm not making fun of her, not at all. But I'm sorry... my grandparents
>> and parents made it out of the 1930's Depression for a reason. That
>> reason being to be able to turn on a washing machine. No more washboard,
>> a bucket and 30 Mule Team Borax.
>>
>> Jill
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