Castile Soap (COLD)

26 ounces of Olive Oil (any type)
60 ounces of Lard
11 ounces of Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)
32 ounces of COLD Water
1.6 ounces of Soap Crafters Cold Process
Soap Fragrance

Tracing happens in about an hour or so.
If you stir for an hour and a half and
it still hasn't traced, just put it into
your plastic lined box mold.
It should be fine.

This would be in the hard category
of soap. It is quite white and resembles
the color of cream cheese.
When I was making my first
batches of soap I used this recipe.
When ever company came over
and saw my bars of soap drying in
the living room, they asked if it was
cheese and they kinda wanted to eat it.
But I wouldn't let them.
Castile is a word that really doesn't
mean anything anymore in soap making.
It used to mean soap which was made
using olive oil from the Castilian
region of Spain. These days I see
soap for sale marked 'Castile"
which is made from 100% coconut oil!
Soap makers have pretty much settled
on the meaning that the soap contains
mostly olive oil. I suppose it is the snooty
soap maker's compromise. I am most
assuredly a soap making snob!