I see many posts about hard water and issues it brings up with lathering. There are random recommendations in those threads about which products work best with the hard water but no one place to read what others have found out what works best.

If you had to use hard water because you live where it doesn't rain and you can't afford a softener or RO system. Meanwhile your truck broke down and your beard would be 2 inches long by the time you walked to town to buy some.

What cream or soap have you found works best with hard water?