Any other ingredients but tallow ?
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It's made with Tallow, water and lye.
I use rainwater because that's all we have. Next batch I'll add a small amount of bees wax as I think it will make the bars a little less soft.
What water to lye ratio did you use?
By weight I used 110g lye and 312g water.
I used the cold process so they still have a few weeks to cure.
That's just a tad more water than I would have personally used, but still perfectly fine. They will harden as they cure. I would definitely give them at least 6 wks. And they need to be in a very low humidity place if possible.
I purchased a small horse breeding property that came with 6 sheep, which turned me into a sheep farmer. When I eventually killed the big ram, he had so much fat on him I went to the Internet to figure out what to do with it. After trying tallow candles (they suck!) I made soap. Ever since that day in 2012 I've only used this soap made from my own organic sheep's tallow and rainwater from the roof. I have 41 sheep today. I actually have far more unused tallow in a bucket in the deep freezer. I purify it by melting it, mixing with water, letting cool, and remove the fat part (scraping off the middle layer of fat+water+gunk. I usually do that twice. I also mix with cheap oil so it's got more lather.
The soap hardens up as the water evaporates during curing.
Tallow soap usually gets pretty hard although I've never made it with leaf fat.
There are ways to get the smell out.
Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsfdjrhvhvspvtf7h7a30qeh7tmmrrdzcllg94gn4zuhd72cjxfgvcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvdhk6tnpw5hs4t340l we are down to the last bar of your tallow soap so it was time for me to learn.
I'll try wet rendering next time to see if it lessens the smell a bit. nostr:nprofile1qqs8v3q3nvvwc444kfmeurgrtem392wkd8dlhedjch693j6kftake9gpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0qj82pr like the beefy soap but Id like it to be a bit more subtle.
Even with wet rendering it has a beefy smell.
I clean the fat by adding it to a pot with water & a little salt. I then simmer for 10-15 mins before returning to the fridge. Discard the salty water & then repeat 2 more times. Finally I evaporate off any water left in the fat before storing or making soap.
I don't mind the smell either but some are turned off by it.
Tip: when melting tallow the pot is always left with a layer of fat that you need to wipe out with a paper towel before washing.
I keep those paper towels folded up in a zip lock bag for starting the charcoal grill or the fire in winter.