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Saleratus   Listen
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Saleratus  n.  (Old Chem.) Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.






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"Saleratus" Quotes from Famous Books



... couldn't find us; or if they did, we'd just say to them when they tried to come ashore—Never take grown-up folks here, sir! or, we'd treat them to a "second dinner,"—bill of fare, cold potatoes, bad cooking butter, bread full of saleratus, bones without any meat on them, watery soups, and curdled milk—(that is to say, after we had picked our nuts long enough to suit us at dessert!) How do you suppose they'd like to change ...
— Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends • Fanny Fern



Words linked to "Saleratus" :   hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, baking soda, bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate



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