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Cream of Tartar
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What does Cream of Tartar mean?
noun
- Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.
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It is composed of one part of well washed chloride of silver, five parts of cream of tartar, and four parts of table salt.
Cream of tartar with sulphur is an excellent derivative, being both diuretic and diaphoretic, but it must not be given in doses large enough to purge.
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“Take a glass of boiled water and put a pinch of cream of tartar,” and he indicated with his delicate fingers what he meant by a pinch.