Right now we’re trying to keep up with the milking by freezing what’s left of the last batch before we milk again (this keeps the fresh milk in the fridge for general consumption). To freeze the older milk we’re pouring it into ice cube trays to freeze and then transferring the cubes into freezer bags until we’re ready to actually make soap.
Are there any tips or tricks we should know before we try our first batch of soap? Any tried and true recipes you’d be willing to share? Favorite scents or additions that are simple and/or foolproof? Is there such a thing as foolproof when you’re trying something for the very first time??? I’d love to hear your thoughts, experiences and funny stories!
xoxo,
M
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hold on a min! you have a goat? how did i miss that!!! or are you looking after someone elses? either way thats so cool! I’d go all out making cheese with all that milk, i loooove goats cheese and it keeps for ages 🙂 interested about the soap tho, haven’t heard of that before xx
Ha! No, no goats in the yard for us…we ran out of room!!! 😉 We’re doing a goat’s milk share with a woman we found on craigslist! We milk her goat twice a week to give her time to do other things and we get to keep the milk! Pretty cool, ha? It’s given us experience, perspective and loads of milk! Win, win!!!
The ice cubes are actually perfect for making soap. The milk soaps have to be watched carefully in the process of adding the lye so the milk doesn’t curdle–so freezing the milk in to ice cubes and slowly alternating lye and milk cubes is what people recommend, though I haven’t tried it yet.
Thanks, Jeanette! I’ll let you know how it turns out! Sounds perfect to me 🙂