A piece of Sulawesi in South Africa?

[David]

Originally Posted by kronckew

is this the same place where victorian hair oil came from -ie. macassar oil? the fad for greasy hair caused wives to oplace washable lace decorated covers on the headrest area of lounge chairs to keep the oil off the upholstery. they are known as anti-macassars.

Macassar oil is apparently so named because certain ingredients for it were procured from Makassar, Sulawesi. It has nothing to do with the place of the same name in South Africa though.

[ariel]

Originally Posted by David

Macassar oil is apparently so named because certain ingredients for it were procured from Makassar, Sulawesi. It has nothing to do with the place of the same name in South Africa though.

I thought that was exactly what Kronckew had in mind.

[Jean]

Originally Posted by David

Macassar oil is apparently so named because certain ingredients for it were procured from Makassar, Sulawesi. It has nothing to do with the place of the same name in South Africa though.

Yeah, check on Wikipedia, it was apparently made from coconut oil & ylang-ylang, 2 products from Indonesia...

[kronckew]

we are treasure troves of highly useful information.

i use coconut oil to soften my beard. no ylang^2 tho.

[Johan van Zyl]

The current bringer of this particular little "treasure trove of highly useful information" (moi) did not know about anti-macassar, himself! Once again I have learned something!