Do-it-yourself recipes

Recipe submitted to the "Saponi e buoi dei paesi tuoi" (Soaps and oxen from your own country) self-production contest. Why does it represent the proverb "Saponi e buoi dei paesi tuoi" (Soaps and oxen from your own country)? Because all the ingredients are typical of the Bergamo region, starting with polenta, a dish that accompanies us in both warm and cold weather, honey, a product that is abundant thanks to the differences that characterize my province... plains, hills, mountains. Extra virgin olive oil, also abundant in the areas of Sarnico, Scanzorosciate, etc... Alfalfa because it can be found in all the fields of the rural areas like those of Martinengo, where I grew up with my grandparents, among herbs like mint and basil... Potatoes are a very typical product of Martinengo... But it was a bit difficult for me to incorporate them into the soap...