Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1885 — Ammonia. [ARTICLE]

Ammonia.

Arnoug the recent di-coveries in science anu ch<-nii.s;ry, none is more nn pnrtant than the u-es to which common ammonia can be prop.rly put us a iea veiling agent, and which mdica e that this familiar salt is hereafter to perform an active part in the perparation ot ot our dn.il v food I lie cat donate of ammonia is an exceedingly volatile substorjce. Place a small portion of it upen a knife ami hold jt over a flame, and it will almost immediately be entirely developed into gas and pass ofi into the air. The gas thus formed is a simple composition ot nitrogen and hydrogen. JNo residue is left -from the ammonia. This gives it its superiority as a leavening power over soda aud cream of tartar used alone, and has induced its use : s a supples eni to these art-teles* A small quantity of jini-w i’-ii<i in *he d’High * ift-ctivc in hru .u in. ii v, >j| hter sweeter, and more wholesome than ttm’ risen by any other leavening agent. When sir is acted upon by the heat of baking the leavening gas that rai-e; the dough is liberated, in this act it raises itself u : p, as it were; the ammonia is er tirely diffused, leaving no trace or restaium whatever. The light, fl a ft) flaky .appearance, so desirable in biscuits’ * tc. , and so sought after by professional’ cooks, is said to be imparted to xnun only by the use of this agent-. I lie bakers and baaing powder njunu factur-ers producing tne finest g(*o.is have be- u quick to avail thumseiye# of this u« f.ul «ii.« :ovefy, and die hamfsomesi and he-, hr-mi and cake are now largely nsen bv the aid of ammonij, combined of course with other leavering material.

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