the way you phrased it, was like somehow your parents/grandparents were
better than her frugal ways, now mind i am not saying her way is for
everyone, but it works fo r her, would have been much more straightforward
if you had said, glad it works for you it won't for me... i have to consider
if i can do it or not because of allergies, most laundry items break me out
to the bleeding point so if i make it and it doesn't work i will have to
find an alternative use for it, Lee
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Who's ridiculing? I'm simply stating a fact. I don't go out of my way to
> make my own washing powder.
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> "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:
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>>>>> 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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