What is Cream of Tartar and What Can I Substitute for It?

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What is Cream of Tartar and What Can I
Substitute for It?


http://www.eatingwell.com/article/2061554/what-is-cream-of-tartar-and-what-can-i-substitute-for-it/


Richard

 

[clifffaith]

I just looked this up yesterday! Cliff is having skin cancer surgery Monday, and his cheek looks so horrible I'm afraid they will need to go so deep he won't feel like eating Christmas dinner, so I'm planning an Italian one-dish meal that will be easily be put off until the 26th (my parents 66th anniversary) or the 27th (Dad's 87th birthday). Anyway since I was up on a step stool looking to be sure the tin of marjoram could be found, I decided to pull everything out, wipe down the shelves and make a large ziplock of everything we never use and will be dumped when we go to the old folks home. Brand "new" bottle of Cream of Tartar went into that bag. I have never made anything with meringue in my life, so not sure why we have it. But it made me wonder what the heck was in it so I googled it. The bag of rejected spices will need to be our secret -- if Cliff finds out he'll be sure the Chinese Five Spice, Saffron and whole fennel seed, not one bottle younger than 20 years, will have to come with us.

 

[VacationForever]

I use cream of tartar when making chiffon cakes.

 

[Carol C]

Isn't that something that sticks to your teeth? And maybe in this case the creamy kind?

 

[VacationForever]

Isn't that something that sticks to your teeth? And maybe in this case the creamy kind?

No. It is for keeping "peaks" when whipping egg white, so that the finish product is nice and fluffy.

 

[DeniseM]

Cliff is having skin cancer surgery Monday, and his cheek looks so horrible I'm afraid they will need to go so deep he won't feel like eating Christmas dinner

My husband has had this surgery on his face 3 times, and probably not the last time - if your husband has a specialist doing the surgery, you will be amazed at what they can do. First of all, they only take off a sliver of tissue at a time, and then look at it under the microscope to determine if they need to go any deeper, so they only take off the exact amount of skin necessary. Then, they do plastic surgery to repair the incision. It's pretty amazing. It didn't bother my husband at all, except he had to eat soft foods for a few days, because the doctor didn't want any pull on the incisions.

 

[Talent312]

We have some 5 yr old cream of tartar that I'll prolly never use.
If anyone wants it, I'll be happy to fax it to you.
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