Julie Howlin<p>An old fashioned word for baking soda is Saleratus ("aerated Salt"). Rudyard Kipling mentions it in his novel Captains Courageous - fishermen used it to stop their catch from spoiling.</p><p>10 things you might not know about bicarbonate of soda:</p><p><a href="https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/12/30-december-bicarbonate-of-soda-day.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/</span><span class="invisible">12/30-december-bicarbonate-of-soda-day.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bicarbonateofsoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicarbonateofsoda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bakingsoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bakingsoda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooking</span></a></p>