Do-it-yourself recipes

Recipe submitted to the "Saponi e buoi dei paesi tuoi" homemade soap contest. Why does it represent the proverb "Saponi e buoi dei paesi tuoi"? Cedar has been a significant economic resource in the past in almost all the countries along the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria. Now, production has decreased due to rampant construction, but there are still some cedar orchards. It's a fruit as bitter as these places but rich in skin-softening substances. There are also cosmetics made from cedar.