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- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Corncob "soda" A substitute for bicarbonate of soda, used in the South during the blockade. It was discovered that corncob ashes, especially from red cobs, possessed the alkaline needed to raise bread. After they were burned and the ashes collected in jars, water was added. A teaspoonful or tablespoonful of this mixture was then used in bread-making,
From The Language of the Civil War by John D. Wright page 72.
From The Language of the Civil War by John D. Wright page 72.