cream of tartar - what do you use it for??

Woofles

Fear not you are not alone.:rotfl:

I asked myself the same question the other day, I have a full tub still with its plastic outer seal on dated BB Oct 2003 :eek:

For the life of me I don't know why I bought it.

Thanks for the tip baby_fuzz.

Penelope_Penguin

baby_fuzz wrote: »

wikipedia says:
Potassium bitartrate can be used with white vinegar to make a paste-like cleaning agent. It is a vital ingredient in Play-Doh and gingerbread house icing. This mixture is sometimes mistakenly made with vinegar and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), which actually react to neutralise each other, creating carbon dioxide and a sodium acetate solution.

Thank you :A I've been saying this for ages and no-one believes me

Penny. x

funkymonkey849

Woofles wrote: »

Fear not you are not alone.:rotfl:

I asked myself the same question the other day, I have a full tub still with its plastic outer seal on dated BB Oct 2003 :eek:

For the life of me I don't know why I bought it.

Thanks for the tip baby_fuzz.

Haha I believe mine was bought around 2003 time, how many tubs of cream of tarter are sitting in cupboards around the country with their bemused owners wondering what on earth it's for and why they bought it!

ubamother

baby_fuzz wrote: »

wikipedia says:
Potassium bitartrate can be used with white vinegar to make a paste-like cleaning agent. It is a vital ingredient in Play-Doh and gingerbread house icing. This mixture is sometimes mistakenly made with vinegar and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), which actually react to neutralise each other, creating carbon dioxide and a sodium acetate solution.

Now that's why my gingerbread house suffered badly from subsidence (My scaffolder husband shored it up to the hilarity of all). Never knew to look for an icing recipe specifically - thanks for this.

fluffybunnies

cream of tartar is also useful for making sweets- a recipe book my mum has uses either cream of tartar or powdered glucose in almost all of its sweets as it stops the sweets from drying out as much or something

avstar

funkymonkey849 wrote: »

Haha I believe mine was bought around 2003 time, how many tubs of cream of tarter are sitting in cupboards around the country with their bemused owners wondering what on earth it's for and why they bought it!

Yep I've got one! :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

I use it in gingerbread and other baking recipes

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread so that you can see other suggestions.

PEnny. x

esmf73

Give all the cream of tartare to a local playgroup near you and tell them to make playdough - they'll be thankful!!

NualaBuala

You can also use it to make sour milk/buttermilk substitute - about 1¾ tablespoons to 1 cup of milk.