saleratus
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Dissolve a large table spoonful of saleratus, in half a pint of water, strain and mix it with the rest of the ingredients, together with flour enough to enable you to roll it out easily.
It is 60 like the saleratus which the pioneers used to cast into their barrels of Missouri River water, to precipitate the silt and make it clear.
From The Rustler of Wind River by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
Biscuits were made of flour, using a little corn meal for shortening and saleratus for raising.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
Old lamp burners should be boiled often in strong saleratus water.
From Cloud City Cook-Book by Nash, Mrs. William H.
One pint best yellow corn-meal, 1 pint of butter-milk, 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter, 2 eggs and teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful saleratus; mix well, and bake at a brisk fire.
From Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes by Clayton, H. J.