salt-rising bread
[ sawlt-rahy-zing ]
noun
a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
Origin of salt-rising bread
1An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Words Nearby salt-rising bread
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How to use salt-rising bread in a sentence
I made three loaves of salt rising bread and they were enormous, but we never got a taste of them.
Old Rail Fence Corners | VariousIf salt-rising bread does not fulfil the whole of this unpleasant description, it certainly does emphatically a part of it.
With a little practice, salt rising bread becomes less work to make than hop yeast bread.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum PerkinsThe experience of some persons is that salt rising bread is less apt to cause acidity in the stomach than hop yeast bread.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum PerkinsOne of the very few practical uses of the gaseous fermentation of carbohydrates is in making salt rising bread.
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