How to Use Soap Flakes

The history of soap flakes used in laundry goes back a long way. Our grandmothers likely used homemade natural soap recipes to make their own hand and laundry soaps with old fashioned items, such as lard or beef tallow and lye. Most homemade natural soap recipes for laundry soap contain just a few old fashioned ingredients, such as soap flakes, borax, washing soda and water.

It's getting very popular to make your own recipes for laundry soap. Doing a basic Google search with the search term "homemade laundry soap" in quotes yields about 1,320,000 results. That's a lot of people interested in making laundry soap and sharing information about it! Some people are even making money on eBay by selling laundry soap making kits.

Old fashioned soap flakes are hard to find. Years ago, it was common to find Ivory Soap Flakes on the grocer's shelf. Now they seem to be just a relic on eBay, where you can find plenty of the old soap flake tins that Ivory used to make.

Recently, lots of people have begun using a homemade soap recipe to make their own soaps and laundry soaps, too. People of all ages enjoy making home made soap and laundry detergent. If you do a search for "make your own soap" or "make your own laundry detergent", you will find lots of information on how it's done. You'll also get an idea of how many people are viewing videos on using homemade natural soap.

Actually, good, old-fashioned soap flakes can be used for all kinds of soap making recipes.

But the best soap flakes, are additive free and made from 100% pure cold pressed virgin coconut oil.

Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, providing the added benefit of being able to fight the viruses, bacteria and fungus lurking in every home. The cold process method retains all of the naturally-occurring glycerin and emollients that help moisturize the skin, and doesn't leave your body feeling dry and itchy as commercial soaps often do.

The flakes quickly and easily remove all dirt from your most delicate clothing, without causing any irritation on the skin. They also produce a dense, creamy lather that's good for shaving, too.

Here are just some of the many uses for Coconut Soap Flakes:

You can use them to launder delicate items, including wool, cashmere, and silk. Use to safely clean children's toys. Washing fragile porcelain, crystal & glassware safely is easy, using soap flakes. You can even use them to shampoo pets, show dogs, and horses! Soap flakes may be Used for making crafts, such as soap crayons, decorative soaps, and making frost for holiday trees. Safely wash walls, wallpaper, wood and vinyl flooring - even Wash boats, cars, and motorbikes, with no harm to the environment or your health!

How to Use Soap Flakes

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How to Use Soap Flakes

How to Use Soap Flakes
How to Use Soap Flakes

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Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird

Quail can be prepared and eaten in just every class of restaurant, from the most hidden country cafe, to the most upscale city restaurant. In the southern and southwestern parts of the United States, quail hunting, cooking, and eating is an annual tradition enjoyed by many.

Here is a classic quail recipe that prepares the quail using ingredients and techniques from those regions.

Honey Roasted Quail Recipe

8 quail, plucked, cleaned, and trimmed

Marinade:

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup honey

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

Juice of 2 fresh limes

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 fresh serrano pepper

1 fresh jalapeno pepper

Dressing:

4 cups worth of day-old cornbread (make cornbread from a box if needed)

1/2 stick unsalted butter

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

2 fresh serrano peppers

1 fresh jalapeno pepper

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 1/2 cups unsalted chicken stock

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a sealable, glass container. At about 8 to 12 hours before cooking, pour the marinade over the quail in a glass dish, cover, and refrigerate. Turn quail over occasionally. Remove the quail from the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a large baking dish and the rack of a roasting pan. Crumble the day-old cornbread into a medium bowl.

Melt the butter over medium heat in a heavy skillet. Add the celery, onion, serranos, jalapenos, and garlic. Saute the mix briefly until they become soft. Mix in the chopped pecans, the thyme, and the salt, heating for another minute or so.

Spoon the vegetable mixture over the cornbread, add the egg, and mix lightly. Stir in 1/2 cup of the chicken stock.

Separate out 1 1/2 cups of the dressing to stuff the quail, and reserve it. Add more chicken stock to the rest of the dressing, to the point that it is moist, but not soupy. Spoon this into the baking dish.

Put the dressing in the oven, covered, for 25 minutes, at about 15 to 20 minutes ahead of the quail, so that both are done cooking and can be removed at the same time.

Fill the cavities of each bird with a few tablespoons of the reserved dressing. Do not pack it in. Place the quail on the rack of the roasting pan, and roast for 8 to 10 minutes, until birds are well browned.

Remove the dressing from each quail cavity. Serve two quail per person, with a combination of the dressing that was inside the bird, coupled with that in the baking dish, and serve on the side.

Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird

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Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird

Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird
Stuffed Quail Recipe - Delicious Way to Cook This Low-Flying Wild Game Bird

French Laundry