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## <center>Now that I know it is possible, I definitely want to give it a try!</center>

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For a while now, there has been a strange-looking bar of soap in the bathroom. I often wondered by it looked so strange, but I never really investigated it too much. I also never asked @mama-pepper about it, so until yesterday, it remained a mystery. Now, though, the mystery is solved and an incredible concept has been revealed unto me.

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## <center>LUFFA SOAP?</center>
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I finally was able to put the pieces of this puzzle together once the bar of soap was almost completely gone. It had always seemed strange and had some weird kind of fiber in it. As it turns out, the bar soap was made with a cross-section of a luffa gourd in the middle. The luffa gourd is a type of vining gourd that dries with a tough fiber on the inside, commonly used for shower scrubs or other lightly abrasive uses.

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Now that the rest of the soap has been used up, only this piece of luffa is left behind. By making the soap around the luffa, once the first layer is worn off, the abrasiveness of the luffa helps to get things clean when combined with the lather from the soap. When I realized what they had done, I though that it was genius!

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Although we have never made soap or grown luffa gourds yet, they are both on our to do list. We have started growing some useful gourds like scoop, dipper, and birdhouse gourds. Also, we know at least a few people who have made soap, and look forward to hopefully one day learning that skill for ourselves. I think that when we do give it a try, we will try putting some luffa inside it too. I think that it would sell well if we tried to market it, partially because of the novelty of it but also because of the practical usefulness.

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Interestingly enough, it looks like we will finally be growing our own luffa sponges this year... **thanks to steemit!** Specifically, thanks to @em3 who blessed me earlier this year by sending me some in the mail along with some other incredible stuff. Here is the video where I get to open a package from @em3 and another one from @goldmatters too!

https://youtu.be/qBcpPiGFht0

Anyway, this seemed like such a bizarre and yet practical idea, not only am I inspired to try it myself one day, I figured that I should share it with all of you too. So, have any of you ever made soap before? Have you ever grown your own luffas? Have you seen soap like this before? It was my first time. Do you think that this is a good idea? I really liked it!

https://i.imgur.com/9qd6eqf.jpg


## As always, I'm @papa-pepper and *here's the proof:*
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proofa-of-luffa

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