In former times pearl-ashes, or saleratus and sour milk, were more extensively used in bread making than at present. Occasionally carbonate of soda was substituted for saleratus. In this process ...
Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.
Take three cups of flour, a cup of milk, a cup and a half of sugar, half a cup of molasses, half cup of butter, and a half pound of chopped raisins, 3 eggs, a teaspoon of saleratus (baking powder ...