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Chapter 2. Hogwash: Bacon Soap

By Tim King, PhD

I wanted to see if it was possible to make soap from bacon fat. The bonus challenge: to make the soap look like bacon.

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Chapter 2. Hogwash: Bacon Soap

Figure 2-1. How to make bacon soap, from actual bacon!

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