Victorian Farm Christmas

Gigervamp

Justamum wrote: »

Surely they would have left their soap to mature though - they would have realised that caustic soda can burn your skin? She was using her fresh made soap straight away :eek:

I'd have thought so too. Although even after curing, soap in those days was notoriously harsh. Good for doing the laundry with though.

Gigervamp

debtdesperado wrote: »

I thought the soap segment was really interesting - on Kirstie's homemade christmas she talked about letting the hand soap mature for 6 weeks to get rid of all the caustic soda,

Actually, most of the 6 week curing time is simply to allow the soap to dry out as it will be a harder bar and last longer. The soap should be completely saponified and therefore not caustic after a couple of days. That's when you would then cut it into bars and soapmakers will often try a little bit then to see how well it lathers and what it feels like.

red_devil

excellent programme. Should be on at prime time instead of Eastenders. If more people watched these type of progs instead of screaming shouting and sleeping aound etc the world would be a better place.

Red_Cat

I agree, much more enjoyable than most tosh on telly right now.

Raksha

My kids love this, and Coal House at War.

Me? Alex, Peter or Clumper, I'd be hard pushed to choose... LOL!

Boodle

Caterina wrote: »

I think PETER is gorgeous!

I heartily agree

We didn't get around to watching it on Sunday but luckily recorded it, and plan on watching it later this afternoon with DD. Hopefully she will enjoy the full-length program as much as the activity segments on the website (which someone has kindly posted the link for )

Winged_one

Am I imagining things or are there 2 more progs in the Vic Farm Christmas series? Are they also going to be on Fridays at 9pm this week and Christmas night?

And will that then be a head to head clash with Jamie's family Christmas on Channel 4 (or am I mixing up the progs even more than usual)? I can only record one at a time, and we can't get any iPlayer repeats (as "outside the jurisdiction").

Justamum

Winged_one wrote: »

Am I imagining things or are there 2 more progs in the Vic Farm Christmas series? Are they also going to be on Fridays at 9pm this week and Christmas night?

And will that then be a head to head clash with Jamie's family Christmas on Channel 4 (or am I mixing up the progs even more than usual)? I can only record one at a time, and we can't get any iPlayer repeats (as "outside the jurisdiction").

Part 2 is on Friday 18th December at 9pm, repeated on Monday 21st at 7pm, and part 3 is on Christmas Eve at 8pm, repeated on Boxing Day at 8.10pm.

kat79

So its not just me that likes Peter and Alex then??

kat79

and as for Edwardian Farm, can I just say "Yay!"