The All-Natural Prank: Eating All-Natural Soap Cat Food and Aphrodisiacs

“While visiting my local health food store, I noticed how many non-food products are labeled “All-Natural.” Toothpaste. Dog biscuits. Deodorants. Some of them, like those Carrot-Honey-Ginger soaps, sound good enough to eat. Is it a soap, I found myself asking, or a salad? Recently, I decided to find out….|Grandma’s Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Soap. Oatmeal adds a nice texture to oatmeal cookies and oatmeal bars — would it do the same for oatmeal soap? To find out, I took a giant bite of this crunchy beige bar, chewing thoughtfully. The taste was not entirely unpleasant, with a mild creaminess delicately balanced atop the solid earthy flavor of oatmeal. As the soap interacted with my saliva, however, my mouth began to fill with suds…” John Hargrave —The All-Natural Prank: Eating All-Natural Soap Cat Food and Aphrodisiacs