saleratus

I might also mention several other additions, which, like saleratus, it is becoming fashionable to make.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

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

Some people use only a tea spoonful of saleratus, to a pint of molasses, but it is much better with more, appearing in point of lightness like sponge cake.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

A mixture of chalk, saleratus, and soda is often given by farmers; yet they do not afford permanent relief.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

I mean, oh, I mean, some ill-bred person has put saleratus in my little bowl.

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed