Tonya k

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Everytime I tried rebatching it turned out horrid. I didn't put in a

lot of strawberry because I was doing small molds and had all the

bowls with the ingredients sitting by. I love using tallow, but

didn't have time to render any this time. I am in a new area and

haven't been in to see the butchers yet. heh. It's always fun to

weird them out. I have even been able to find some that will put the

beef fat thru the hamburger grinder for me. I combine the tallow with

coconut and olive.

I am trying cucumber the next time, thanks for the tip!!

Zoo

> > are you rebatching when you add the fresh produce are or you

doing

> it

> > from scratch?

> > Zoo

>

> Zoo,

> I 'hate' rebatching with a passion (!) and stay away from it

whenever

> I can! ;-)

> I make my fruit or veggie soaps using my regular CP method. I just

> weigh the amount of fruit I'm adding, subtract that from my water

> that I add the lye to. I combine the lye solution and oils and

blend

> with my stick blender as usual, then at light trace slowly add in

the

> fruit pulp. My strawberry soap turned kinda orange also. I had

hoped

> for a pinkish tone from the color of the strawberries but that

isn't

> what I got! My cucumber and the avocado soaps turned a very, very,

> VERY light green, and the cuc has green specks (didn't bother

peeling

> it) which looks pretty cool! I use coconut oil, olive oil, and

> soybean oils as my base oils.

> I have on my 'to do' list other fruits and veggies to try - just

for

> fun - but haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe after the first of

> the year!

> Tonya K.

> Granny Rose Botanicals