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How to make at home handmade soap!

The basic materials for handmade soap:

Olive oil, water and caustic soda. These three simple ingredients form the basis of any recipe for soap. From then on, add the corresponding essential oils or herbs.

The two different manufacturing methods:

If you want to make soap, there are two ways: The “cold” and “hot” method. At first, open the caustic soda in the open air and pour the mixture into a basin of oil, then add the essential oil until it is poured. Place the mixture in molds (optional) and leave it for one day for initial stabilization. After that you can add materials for decoration. Then leave for another four days, remove or cut the soap into the shapes you want and let them mature for at least 4 weeks before using them. The “cold” method is usually preferred because it keeps the soap glycerin, particularly important for hydrating the skin.

 In the hot method, the soap is prepared in a pot with water that has warmed to a warm temperature. To this, the caustic soda is gradually added with continuous stirring. When dissolved, olive oil is added and the mixture is mixed in a low heat until it will be as a cream. Once it is tied, remove it from the fire, leave it for a while and then place it in molds (optional) or solid in a bowl and follow the same procedure (one day rest, enrichment, another four days and then remove from molds and aging 4-6 weeks).

The precautions you need to take:

Special attention :Gloves are always necessary, especially as we have to do with caustic soda. In shaking we need to wear a mask and not inhale the vapors when mixing the soda with water, which should always be done slowly. We do not use glass containers and always do the initial mixing in open space. Stir in a wooden spoon. Make sure the mixture does not come into contact with your skin and do not expose your eyes to vapors. For molds, you can use plastic disposable bowls.

Waiting for maturation is necessary to enable sodium to react with the atmosphere and remove it from the soap (producing the dust that will gradually form on our soap). As long as this procedure has not been performed, the soap remains too acidic for human skin. The soap is quite mature when the yellow color after white has beenwhite.

Note: the basic dosage of the materials is as follows: 500 g olive oil, 64.25 g of caustic soda (NaOH) and 157.80 g of distilled water – the accuracy in the quantities is important, so it is advisable to use precision scales. Knowing the basic recipe we listed above, just add different essential oils and herbs of your choice to make your soap.

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Source: in2life

How do bees make honey?

It takes about 60,000 bees to travel up to 90,000 km to visit more than 2 million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just half a pound of honey!

Once the bees collect the nectar, they store it in their extra stomach where they are mixed with enzymes.  Τhen passes into the mouth of another bee. This process is repeated until the nectar is digested “partially and then deposited in a honeycomb.

Τhe bees flutter the liquid nectar with their wings, helping the water evaporate and create the thick stuff we know as “honey.” This honeycomb is then sealed with a liquid discharge from the bee belly, which hardens and becomes the beeswax known to us all. As reported in Live Science

“Away from air and water, honey can be stored indefinitely, providing bees with the perfect source of food for the cold winter months.”

Light honey, like honey made from orange blossoms, tends to be gentler, while dark honey, like those made from wildflowers, tends to have a stronger flavor!

We prefer cretan honey from cretaneshop.gr!

The beneficial honey!

Honey has a beneficial effect and deserves … to take the place of sugar!

Now that it’s winter, honey suits our beverages to soften our throat, but it’s not the only way we can use it. A tea spoon honey for dressing our salad, chicken, smoothies, yoghurt, always is a sweet and healthy for our body.

The most important benefits

It can benefit in cases of gastroesophageal reflux disease

It can protect you from gastroesophageal reflux by creating a layer on the mucous membrane of the esophagus. It looks like 5ml of honey a day is enough if your heartburn afflicts in your everyday life.

It gives you energy in a natural way

Try to add a little honey to your diet. Its carbohydrate content is what gives this quality and is what you need to add to your breakfast, cereal, milk, tea or yogurt. A good idea is also adding honey to some warm water.

Helps you sleep better

In addition to eliminating negative thoughts and anxiety, you can try to drink a glass of warm milk with a tea spoon honey. Honey in this case acts soothingly in the brain and helps you to relax and fall asleep more easily.

It does good in heart

Frequent consumption of honey may also have a positive effect on factors related to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Soothes the throat

Honey is the natural medicine by itself or in a hot drink with a little salt and a spoonful of lemon juice for more action and relief.

For … hangover

The next time you drink a little more, make sure there is plenty of honey in your kitchen cabinets. A good idea is to consume it in a smoothie, which you can make with honey, yoghurt and orange juice.

Fights bad breath

You can combine honey with a little cinnamon and … freshen your breath in the minute.

A secret: one tablespoon accounts for about 65 calories, so go for honey!

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Raki or tsikoudia

Raki or tsikoudia it is an alcocholic drink, that is a distillate produced from marc Crete strafyla from nipples. Cretan tsikoudia is different drink from Turkish raki, since this is as ouzo. It  has anise and double distillation while tsikoudia not.

Tsikoudia, is the queen of beverages, because it treats and it is pure. No pigments and industrial alcohol (alcohol derived from potatoes or sugar beet, etc.) and secondly provides anxiolytic and relaxing properties therefore gladdens our hearts and minds, to dismiss us from the obsessive thoughts, so we can relax, stimulate appetite, digestion and the warmth of our bodies. Raki warm, even if it is mixed with honey  or cinnamon helps to keep warm while raki cold to cool off. And all this is pure enough to be drunk in moderation and properly. (ie with friends, moderation and good meze).

How made raki – tsikoudia

The cauldron inside throwing  these materials boiling become steam. Passing the horizontal pipe and then refrigerate water and raki-tsikoudia is going out.

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Ρακή ή Τσικουδιά

H ρακή ή αλλιώς τσικουδιά, είναι απόσταγμα που παράγεται από στέμφυλα ή κρητικά στράφυλα. Η κρητική ρακή (με η, η ρακή) είναι διαφορετικό ποτό από το τούρκικο ρακί (με ι, το ρακί), αφού το δεύτερο είναι όπως το ούζο, δηλαδή έχει γλυκάνισο και διπλή απόσταξη, ενώ η τσικουδιά όχι.

Η τσικουδιά λοιπόν , είναι η βασίλισσα των ποτών στην Κρήτη, γιατί εκτός από απολαυστική είναι και εξαιρετικά αγνή, αφού δεν έχει χρωστικές ουσίες και βιομηχανικές αλκοόλες (οινόπνευμα που παράγεται από πατάτες ή ζαχαρότευτλα κ.α.) . Επίσης παρέχει αγχολυτικές και χαλαρωτικές ιδιότητες με συνέπεια να μας ευφραίνει την καρδιά και το πνεύμα,  να  μας απολύει  από τις βασανιστικές σκέψεις,  να διεγείρει  την όρεξη,  τη χώνεψη και τη θέρμη του σώματός μας. Η τσικουδιά ζεστή, μάλιστα αν είναι και ανακατεμένη με μέλι και κανέλα, βοηθά στο  να ζεσταθούμε, ενώ η τσικουδιά παγωμένη βοηθά για να δροσιστούμε.

Όλα αυτά αρκεί να είναι ανόθευτη , να πίνεται με μέτρο και όπως πρέπει (δηλαδή με παρέα, ρέγουλα και καλό μεζέ).

ΠΩΣ ΦΤΙΑΧΝΕΤΑΙ Η ΡΑΚΗ

Στο καζάνι μέσα ρίχνουμε τα υλικά κ αυτά βράζουν, γίνονται ατμός.

Περνάνε από την οριζόντια σωλήνα και από εκεί ψύχεται με νερό κ βγαίνει η ρακή.

ΜΑΝΤΙΝΑΔΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΡΑΚΗ

Ανάθεμά το το  μυαλό που ότι του πεις δεν κάνει,
λίγα ζητάς κι αυτό ξεχνά και τα δικά του πάλι.

Ανάθεμά την τη ρακή, με έχει κουζουλάνει,
βλέπω τα πράματα διπλά, πάτωμα και ταβάνι.

Όταν μεθώ με τσικουδιά ο ύπνος δε με πιάνει
τον ουρανό νομίζω γη τη γη πως ειν’ ταβάνι.

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