On Jul 19, 10:33*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
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> > Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> >> * Not food, but still recipes, so somewhat OT?
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> >> * Anyway.
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> >> * 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
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> > 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.
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> > Thanks.
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> > -S-
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Jill

Come on, Jill. I haven't bought borax in the last 10 years (a box
lasts me a long time) but I saw it not long ago on the shelf as
Stop&Shop. http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

"Jerry Avins" > wrote in message
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> On Jul 19, 10:33 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> "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-
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>> 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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> Come on, Jill. I haven't bought borax in the last 10 years (a box
> lasts me a long time) but I saw it not long ago on the shelf as
> Stop&Shop. http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/
>
> Jerry
> --

Oh, it's 20 mules, not 30. I only have a vague memory of Borax because I
grew up with a washing machine and something called 'Tide"

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Oh, it's 20 mules, not 30. I only have a vague memory of Borax because I
> grew up with a washing machine and something called 'Tide"

There used to be a powdered laundry detergent with "bleach, borax and
brighteners". I want to say Tide but I'm not sure. For all I know it could
still be on the market. I use liquid and always have.

But I have over the years used washing powder, borax and even Fels Naptha
soap for various things.

Now I just use Mrs. Meyers and Method laundry products.

In article >, says...
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> > Oh, it's 20 mules, not 30. I only have a vague memory of Borax because I
> > grew up with a washing machine and something called 'Tide"
>
> There used to be a powdered laundry detergent with "bleach, borax and
> brighteners". I want to say Tide but I'm not sure. For all I know it could
> still be on the market. I use liquid and always have.

I remember the ads, but don't remember the product they were
advertising.

> But I have over the years used washing powder, borax and even Fels Naptha
> soap for various things.
>
> Now I just use Mrs. Meyers and Method laundry products.