SC - Minor irratation-OOP-OT
LrdRas@aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Sun Feb 21 18:34:51 PST 1999
Jennifer Conrad wrote:
>
> Is cream of tartar period?
I haven't seen a reference to it, under either that name or tartaric
acid, in a period source. It may be mentioned in some period source I
haven't seen, of course.
Harold McGee gives no date for a first recorded use or anything like
that. Maybe someone with an OED could see about the first known use of
the term... .
A couple of the late or post-period sources seem to suggest that some
common functions for cream of tartar (i.e. use in egg-white foams and
various sugar-working processes) should not be pursued if there's any
hint of humidity in the air, which _might_ indicate this helpful tool
was unknown.
Adamantius
Østgardr, East
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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