SC - cream of tartar

[Philip & Susan Troy]

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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