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Soap is a salt of fatty acid. Soaps are obtained by treating vegetable or animal oils and fats with a strongly alkaline solution, usually lye, promoting a chemical reaction known as saponification. In saponification, the fats are broken down, and the lye is 'reacted out', leaving soap. Handmade soap differs from industrial soap in that, usually, an excess of fat is used to consume the alkali (superfatting), Most traditional soap makers formulate their recipes with a 4-10% deficit of lye so that all of the lye is 'reacted out' and that excess fat is left for skin conditioning benefits. Like lutefisk, It'll probably not win a prize for taste, but yea, properly made soap *can* be safely 'edible'.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf you eat it, yes, very fatal. However washing yourself is not at all.
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Are tallow tree nuts edible?
No but the waxy outer covering is used for soap and candles.
What is the name of a Brazilian palm tree with edible nuts that yield oil used in soap and margarine?
Babassu
Are soap noodles a type of soap?
I think you mean soba noodles, and yes, they are made of soap. ~ Soba noodles are not made of soap. Soba noodles are a Japanese edible noodle made from wheat and resemble spaghetti. Soap noodles however are already soap, which has been shredded or ground and pushed through an extruder dye and cut into "noodles". Crafter will use pre-made soap noodles to make bars of soap, when they may not be interested in making their own soap from scratch. Soap noodles as a base for making bar soap, are generally different from a melt & pour "glycerine" soap base, but both will allow a crafter to get creating and produce soap without the danger of working directly with lye.
How do you make fake food?
There are a variety of materials that can be used, but plastic and styrofoam are the most common. Soap and clay are also used, with varying results. Note: none of these materials are actually edible.
Does mold grow with hand soap?
Whether hand soap would stop the growth of mold on bread is a moot question, since putting any sort of hand soap onto bread would ruin the bread. Hand soap is not edible, so soapy bread could not be eaten.
Are butterflyfish edible?
no it is not edible
What is the smallest edible nut?
Soy is actually the smallest edible nut. The largest edible nut in the entire world that is edible is the cocoa nut.
Is pure hydrogen edible?
No hydrogen is not edible. Because of its freezing tempratures, It can not be edible.
What is the difference between edible and non edible seeds?
The definition of edible is fit to be eaten. The seeds inside blackberries are edible, the seeds of the yew tree is non edible (poisonous).
Is fermium edible?
Fermium is not edible !!
Are cantaloupe sprouts edible?
They are not edible!
Is that dog edible?
No, dogs are not edible
