saleratus
Example Sentences
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It is the greatest possible quandary to be in, to be set down with flour, water, and a tin of saleratus or baking-powder, and to have to make the bread or go without.
From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis
Hot milk, a little fried pork, two of the eggs, and a loaf of saleratus bread were all she had to offer, but it was very welcome to the hungry travellers.
From A Round Dozen by Coolidge, Susan
If saleratus is used in bread where no acidity is present, it is a medicine; or, if you please, a poison both to the stomach and intestines.
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)
It's only spring, yet they are thicker round here already than lumps of saleratus in those biscuit we've been talkin' about.
From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.
Dissolve a couple of tea spoonsful of saleratus, in a tea cup of milk, sour is the best.
