Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How to make soap: Mix a fat or oil with a strong base like potassium hydroxide, resulting in an exothermic reaction called saponification.

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Where do you get potassium hydroxide from in the 12th century?

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Soak wood ash in water.

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      • feddup@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thanks! at least I have a plan now, if I were to suddenly appear hundreds of years ago, I’ll probably just die

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh neat, thanks!

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• treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Kind of. All you need is fat and lye. Some experimenting would need to be done but I’m somewhat confident I could figure it out.

  And you could make a living selling it. Assuming you can convince people of its benefits.

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