NOUN
- a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
How To Use saleratus In A Sentence
- I say, Kink, don't forget the saleratus on the corner shelf back of the stove. Too Much Gold
- I suppose you call saleratus bread and salt pork and flapjacks SIMPLE?" said the doctor, coolly; "they are COMMON enough, and if you were working with your muscles instead of your nerves in that frame of yours they might not hurt you; but you are suffering as much from eating more than you can digest as the veriest gourmand. Selected Stories of Bret Harte
- Because biological yeast was unreliable, most bakers supplemented their sourdough starter with saleratus, an alkali bicarbonate of soda that replaced the colonial-era pearl ash or potash potassium carbonate derived from leaching wood or plant ashes. One Big Table
- There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
- Wouldn't it take the saleratus out your dough, now?" said Kink Too Much Gold
- I found a new diversion today while Googling for "saleratus"--the nineteenth-century name for baking powder. Archive 2005-09-01
- If there is bath crock in the home, now and then bubble bath, put two spoon saleratus , you can discover dripping wet of him kubla khan after 10 minutes, it is a poisonous tweak.
- By 1850, baking powder—combining sodium bicarbonate with cream of tartar—replaced saleratus, making a greater range of baked goods, such as scones, biscuits, and fruit and nut breads, all quick and easy to prepare. One Big Table
- I've just got Saleratus Bill for scragging Franklin. The Rules of the Game