LOST ARTS: 19TH CENTURY SOAP MAKING

Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
November 04, 2024 9:00 am - November 26, 2024 12:00 pm
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November 4th, 2024 09:00AM - November 4th, 2024 12:00PM
November 12th, 2024 09:00AM - November 12th, 2024 12:00PM
November 20th, 2024 09:00AM - November 20th, 2024 12:00PM
November 26th, 2024 09:00AM - November 26th, 2024 12:00PM

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This is a recurring event taking place on November 4th, 12th, 20th, and 26th, 2024, from 9 AM to 12 PM.

A demonstration of the Lost Art of 19th Century Soap Making.  The demonstration will be featured in Rosedown's Old Kitchen outbuilding and will show the procedures and processes that were used in past eras to produce blocks of soap down-hearth.  The living history presenter will discuss the history of soap making and the various stages of the soap-making process, from measuring and mixing of ingredients, to heating over the fire and pouring the hot liquid into molds to form blocks of soap.