On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote
(in article ):

Stuart Noble wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

The alkali is neither here nor there, but it seems animal fats were the
norm in Roman times. Odd that they didn't try olives.
Too good to waste on washing.

The Greeks use olive oil soap a lot - it's available everywhere there. I
don't suppose they use the best 'Extra Virgin' though - more likely
chemically recovered stuff from already used pressings.

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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire