Any Home Bakers Here?

Aria said:

Why so much SALT? Aria

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ronott1 said:

Some places have very hard water and water softeners use a lot of salt so my guess is for a water softener?

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blackandtan said:

Nope it’s for mixing tanning solutions

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ronott1 said:

I see!

Tanning with salt sounds like a good way to do it. When I was in 4-H I preserved a snake skin. It was so long ago that I do not remember all of the details but it seemed I used some type of powdered laundry soap. That was in the 1970s though and laundry soap was much harsher back then

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R2elk said:

Most likely Borax.

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ronott1 said:

Most likely!

It was in the Wildlife manual from 4-H

I entered it into the Tehama County Fair and it won best of show and a picture in the newspaper

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R2elk said:

It used to be an arsenic paste but that was outlawed a very long time ago.

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ronott1 said:

We could likely get arsenic from the Farm Bureau back in the 70s to use as a poison. My Dad did get cyanide granules to kill bees

I did not use arsenic to tan the snake skin!

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R2elk said:

What a waste to use cyanide on bees. Bees can be very easily killed by spraying them with soapy water. It causes them to suffocate.

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DigMyChicks said:

Soup is done, husband won’t try it. He asked if it was like the canned stuff. I said yes but this is good.
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