pearl ash
Britishnoun
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In the 1780s, American cooks started adding the chemical leavener pearl ash to their pancake batter.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2013
The remedies are-: Magnesia, soda, pearl ash, or soap dissolved in water, every two minutes; then use the stomach pump, or an emetic.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
Practically the only alkaline products now in use are the various hard and soft soaps, and the carbonates of soda and potash in their various forms of soda ash, soda crystals, potashes, pearl ash, etc.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech
Make a solution of pearl ash and filter it; put gradually to the solution of copper as much as will precipitate the whole of the copper.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
A solution of 2 oz. of pearl ash and 2 oz. of potash mixed in a quart of water makes a good stain.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
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