saleratus
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Thousands of wagon loads of pure saleratus and pearlash could be got here.
From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Some use bolted meal; most raise bread by fermentation; many use salt; some saleratus, or carbonate of potash; and, in the country, many use milk instead of water to form the paste.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Old lamp burners should be boiled often in strong saleratus water.
From Cloud City Cook-Book by Nash, Mrs. William H.
I mean, oh, I mean, some ill-bred person has put saleratus in my little bowl.
From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell
When they begin to grow soft, stew them over a hot fire several minutes, with a heaping tea spoonful of saleratus.
