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baking powder

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baking powder [′bāk·iŋ ‚pau̇d·ər]
(food engineering)
A yeast substitute of sodium bicarbonate plus potassium tartrate, tartaric acid, anhydrous sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, or any combination of these acids so formulated as to release carbon dioxide from the sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) when moistened.


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Hiram Sloane told me the other day that a big envelope addressed to the Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company of Montreal had been dropped into the post office box a month ago, and she suspicioned that somebody was trying for the prize they'd offered for the best story that introduced the name of their baking powder.
I don't like to be suspicious or talk scandal, but sometimes I think the Jumbles have too much baking powder in them.
 
 
 
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