1900 Great-Grandmother Sarah Bright'S Laundry Soap - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. good, clean grease (free from water)
1 can lye
1/4 c. kerosene
1/4 c. amonnia
2 Tbsp. powdered Borax
10 cents worth sassafras

Preparation

Dissolve the lye well in 5 cups cold water.
Melt the grease and strain through an old stocking into the lye, stirring all the time.
Mix the kerosene, amonnia and Borax together and then add the oil of sassafras.
Add the grease and mix well.