re: #34 Decatur Deb

Biodiesel?

At our school we slaughtered a couple cows each year, and the heavy suet was ground and melted in the kitchen. We cast large bars of brown lye soap for heavy cleaning. Our cohort was lucky—earlier generations of kids had to use it for bath soap.

BioWillie was my 1st exposure to that:

en.wikipedia.org
Willie Nelson Biodiesel is an American company started by singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, that produces biofuel under the brand name BioWillie.