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We have breaking news out of Europe that underscores how rapidly the European economy is disintegrating.
Rising inflation is also pushing the Fed to keep interest rates high, leading to "nightmare" conditions for the commercial real estate market and the banks that carried the loans.
Meanwhile, Democrats say they will refuse to recognize a Trump victory, even if the voters elect Trump. This is a "pre-insurrection" already under way.
Just more of the same from a tyrannical illegal government. Listen to Mike Adams in the most recent broadcast: https://www.brighteon.com/757e....0925-ecf8-44d6-b9de-
Sen. Ted Cruz expects the Supreme Court to make a ruling that will curtail the Democrats' "abuse of power" through the judiciary
Sen. Ted Cruz expects the Supreme Court to make a ruling that will curtail the Democrats' "abuse of power" through the judiciary
Belle Dill and Nellie Bennett Bowman making homemade lye soap. The little house you see in the back is the summer kitchen. Taken near Idlewild, KY.
Up until the 1900s, many people in the Appalachian hills relied on making their own soaps. Soap making season usually coincides with hog killing season, on account of needing the hogfat, to render into lard, to make the soap. While lard was the main ingredient in traditional Appalachian soaps, lye was also an essential ingredient. Lye was necessary for a chemical process called saponification, or in other words, turning the lard into soap. Lye was usually obtained through a method that called for collecting rainwater in an ash hopper and filtering it through wood ashes, the resulting liquid being lye. The lye, lard, and water would all be boiled together until it thickened, and left to set and form soap that would later be used for everything from personal hygiene, to laundry. Due to isolation and poverty, it was essential in Appalachian culture to learn to respect the land, flora, and fauna by utilizing what the land provides around you, and to not waste any part of the animals you sacrifice. Creating homemade soap from hogfat, rainwater, and wood ashes is a great example of that, and a tradition that is still in practice today. Soap may seem like a simple luxury we don't give a second thought to, today, but it also reminds me of the resilience and determination of our ancestors when I see photos like this one. 🧼🫧
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