saleratus
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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 your yeast appears to be sour, put a little saleratus in just before you put it into your bread; if it does not foam well, it is too stale to use.
I have been raised on too much saleratus in the bread, and I know it.”
From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell
Ignorance, not wilfulness, may be at the causal bottom of a batch of bread which is half saleratus, and a stew of venerable hens which is one-third feathers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
Where saleratus is used, it should be thoroughly dissolved and strained.