saleratus
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You can tell why—his face with all those yellow freckles looks like an old fashioned saleratus biscuit.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Hill, Grace Brooks
Dissolve two tea spoonsful of saleratus in half a tea cup of water, turn it into the cake, together with half a pint of cider, stir in two pounds of flour and a grated nutmeg.
Some housekeepers soak ripe peas over night, in water in which they have dissolved a little saleratus.
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.
Same as Walnut or Hickory-nut; but use no molasses, and when done, set off and stir in one teaspoon saleratus; mark into sticks.
From Frye's Practical Candy Maker Comprising Practical Receipts for the Manufacture of Fine "Hand-Made" Candies by Frye, George V.