Soda Water Powders
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the carbonate of soda in ½ cup of water.
Stir in the tartaric acid.
Drink immediately while effervescing.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Carbonate of soda
- Reacts with the tartaric acid to release carbon dioxide, creating the fizz.
- Tartaric acid
- Acid that reacts with the carbonate of soda, releasing bubbles and giving a tart taste.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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