sodium bicarbonate – Nancy Warner

February 7, 2012

Baking Soda II: America’s First Brand of Baking Soda

Baking Soda, part I: Sodium Bicarbonate Baking Soda, part II: Dwight & Co., America's first brand of baking soda. In 1839 doctor and chemist, Austin Church reasoned that he could profit from finding a way to mass produce saleratus (aerated salt). Church heated soda ash (sodium carbonate) over a wood-burning fire until the sodium carbonate …

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January 24, 2012February 7, 2012

Baking Soda, part I: Sodium Bicarbonate

Sometimes the more mundane things in the kitchen can be overlooked, when really there is so much to say about them. There is as much information on baking soda as there are uses for it. I thought I might break it down for you….. Baking Soda, part I: Sodium Bicarbonate Baking soda, aka; sodium bicarbonate, …

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