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But even thus it was not strong enough for proper soapmaking, so it was boiled, boiled, until it would eat a feather, merely drawn quickly through it. Grease was added then, a little at a time, and stirred well through, changing the black-brown lye into a light-brown, bubbly mass. Whatever the lye would not eat of the grease's components, was skimmed out with the big perforated ladle.
A course in Light Drinks, such as Elderberry Wine. A course in Making Butter. A course in Making Cheese, Curdling, breaking curds in basket, shaping in cheese press, turning and rubbing cheese on cheese ladder. A course in Soapmaking. A course in Making Brooms out of Guinea-wheat Straw. A course in Starch making. A course in Cleaning. A course in Preserving everything that can't be pickled.
It was not in her to "whew round" among tubs and whey, to go slap-dash into soapmaking, or the coarse Monday's washing, when all nicer cares were evaded or forbidden, when chairs were shoved back against each other into corners, table-cloths left crooked, and dragging and crumby, drawing the flies, mantel ornaments of uncouth odds and ends pushed all awry and one side during a dusting, and left so, carpets rough and untidy at the corners; no touch of prettiness or pleasantness, nothing but clear, necessary work anywhere.
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