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When the tomatoes are done add a large teaspoonful of salaratus, which will cause a violent effervescence.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
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Three cups of very light dough, three cups sugar, one cup butter, three eggs, one nutmeg, one teaspoonful cinnamon, raisins, a teaspoon of salaratus dissolved in a little hot water.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
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In the beginning he was rather too liberal with his salaratus, but the product gave us the pleasant delusion of having reached a land of gold nuggets.
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Use either baking powder or salaratus and cream of tartar combined, when using sweet milk.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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Sift together three times (through a fine sieve) 8 tablespoonfuls of cream of tartar, 4 tablespoonfuls of baking soda (salaratus), 4 tablespoonfuls of flour.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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In the morning add 1 tablespoon of butter, yolks of 2 eggs and a little salt, 1/2 teaspoon of salaratus (good measure), 3/4 cup of granulated corn meal, to which add a couple of tablespoons of bread flour, enough to fill up the cup.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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The next morning add 1 teaspoonful salaratus, dissolved in a little hot water; 1 tablespoonful of baking molasses and a little warm milk, to thin the batter; or water will answer.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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Use baking powder with sweet milk, 1 heaping teaspoonful of Royal baking powder is equivalent to 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar and 1/2 teaspoonful of salaratus (baking soda) combined.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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Add to the warm honey two generous tablespoonfuls of butter, yolks of four eggs, two ounces of salaratus (baking soda), dissolved in a very small quantity of vinegar, just enough to moisten the salaratus.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
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Place 2 cups of New Orleans molasses and 3/4 cup of brown sugar in a stew-pan on the range and cook; when partly finished cooking (this may be determined by a teaspoonful of the mixture forming a soft ball when dropped in water), add 1 tablespoonful of flour, moistened with a small quantity of water, and cook until a teaspoonful of the mixture becomes brittle when dropped in cold water; at this stage add 1 scant teaspoonful of baking soda (salaratus).
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
sbailey1950 commented on the word salaratus
Should be spelled saleratus. Saleratus is a chemical compound (potassium carbonate) which naturally weeps from the ground as mineral-bearing water evaporates. Coming from Latin roots, sal aeratus means aerated salt, referring to its ability to produce carbon dioxide when mixed with another acidic food element such as vinegar or tartaric acid (cream of tartar). It is used instead of soda to make biscuits. Pioneers on the trail often gathered saleratus when they found it, for example near Independence Rock in Wyoming. It is also reported to occur on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. I believe I have seen some such deposits in the past.
July 15, 2011