Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
A number of plants have saponins that lather and are very good soaps, such as yucca, soaproot, and soapweed.
Everyone used to make a lye-type soap from "soup" of wood ash and water - often scented and made more mild by adding pine or flowers. I think some folks added rendered fat or sheep lanolin to make the soap more mild.
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