Soda Water
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the carbonate of soda in the water.
Pour the mixture into bottles, filling each with a tumblerful or half a pint.
Drop half a drachm of tartaric or citric acid into each bottle.
Cork and wire the bottles immediately.
The soda water will be ready for use at any time.
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
- Dissolves in the water and reacts with the acid to release carbon dioxide, which makes the drink fizz.
- Tartaric or citric acid
- Reacts with the carbonate of soda to release carbon dioxide gas and gives the drink a tart flavour.
The step that matters
Cork and wire the bottles immediately. Once the acid is added, carbon dioxide begins to form and escape. Sealing the bottles right away traps the gas, so the water stays fizzy rather than going flat.
“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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