Traditional Way to Make Candles

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This is how our ancestors did it without fancy containers for homemade candles: 

1. Hollow out holes into turnip, apple or any other root, hard fruit or vegetable.

2. Press a wick into each hole and straighten it with a wooden splinter on top. Fill with melted wax. (Traditionally it was tallow).

3. Wait until hardens.

4. Cut the "container" to remove candles.

No-waste option: clean, wash and eat, prepare in delicious dishes or feed to animals the remains of your candle containers. :) 

Keep the good, wise traditions alive!