Introducing Milkmaiden Soap...

It's not that I spazz out with excess creative energy, really, it's just that I have a very healthy appreciation for natural things. I have always been fascinated by soap making in all of it's beauty and I have also been disconcerted by the lowest of the low quality of commercial soap. Combine this with my research on goat milk with all of it's health benefits and WA LAA...you have my newest endeaver....Milkmaiden Soap (the milkmaiden in the scenerio would be me). It's made entirely of coconut oil, olive oil, and goat milk (that's it)! It took me a long time, a lot of research and a whole bunch of failed attempts before I made the perfect recipe for the most amazing of soaps. Don't panic....it's organic. Anyway, thought I would show you a picture of the finished product. Thank you I-Shuan for your mad graphic designing skills. Can I be you when I grow up?

You can visit the blog at.....

milkmaidensoap.blogspot.com

So for friends and family, they cost $4/bar or 3/$10 dollars. Basically, if you find out about the soap through this blog....that means you. At the farm, in the stores around town, they are $5/bar. They weigh between 7-8 oz. each. which is double the size of commerical soap bar...so it really is a deal.

Anyway, just thought I would share. Not that I like to toot my own horn, mostly because there is a disagreeable quacking sound when I do, but I am pretty thrilled to be proud of a highest caliber product made from my own hands.

A jamstress...

Once upon a time there was a lovely, slightly plump jamstress who wanted to make the world's greatest raspberry jam, a family favorite.

This jamstress was also semi-adventerous and went wake boarding on her magical Kingdom's birthday, even July the 4th, with her prince. Whilst her children were outsourced to darling babysitter they adore.

And she rocks!

Anyway, back to the tale at hand. She wanted to make the world's greatest jam. But the kingdom said "In order to have a successful jam, one must add an obscene amount of sugar in order for it to work." The jamstress, in an effort to actually taste the fruit in the jam rather then the sugar, sought out the wisdom of "Oh-wise berry lady" on top of ole' yonder hill in the berry patch. "Oh wise berry lady" directed the Jamstress to a wonderful thing called Pomegrante Pectin which reacts with the Calcium in the fruit rather then the sugar and said, "Cook it, little Padawan." So the Jamstress, cooked her jam (this is the secret) and added only a cup of sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice.

And the Jam gods, smiled down with favor upon the young, adventurous jamstress with a jamming success. And all the children of the land, young and old, lived happily ever after (for the rest of the day.)

With smiling faces too!

THE END