Old Fashioned Lye Soap - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 can lye
3 Tbsp. Borax
3 gal. water
4 1/2 lb. cracklings
1/4 c. household ammonia
1 oz. oil of sassafras

Preparation

Bring lye and water to a boil in iron kettle.
Add cracklings and boil 2 hours.
When the mixture looks like syrup and all cracklings heat up, add Borax and ammonia.
If you add oil of sassafras, it will have a nice scent.