saleratus-bottle

Updated: June 8, 2025

Now the saleratus-bottle is handed down, and a quantity of the dissolved alkali mixed with the paste, an expedient sometimes making itself too manifest by greenish streaks or small acrid spots in the bread. As the result, we have a beautiful article spoiled, bread without sweetness, if not absolutely sour. In the view of many, lightness is the only property required in this article.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Household Papers and Stories

Now the saleratus-bottle is handed down, and a quantity of the dissolved alkali mixed with the paste an expedient sometimes making itself too manifest by greenish streaks or small acrid spots in the bread. As the result, we have a beautiful article spoiled bread without sweetness, if not absolutely sour. In the view of many, lightness is the only property required in this article.

Catharine Esther Beecher - American Woman's Home