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The royal baker and pastry cook

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Instead of cream of tartar and soda, or soda and sour milk, the best housekeepers now use Royal Baking Powder. It is almost impos- sible for the housekeeper to procure pure cream of tartar. Professor Chandler, when president of the New York Board of Health, stated in an official report that he found upon investigation that nearly all the cream of tartar sold by grocers was adulterated with white clay, alum, or other hurtful substance. These ingredients are dangerous to health, impoverishing the blood, producing dyspepsia, etc. Professor Chandler strongly recommends the use of a well-known baking powder (like the Royal) in all kinds of baking as more convenient, economical, and healthful. Royal Baking Powder is sold only in securely labeled tin cans. Remember, in all old receipts where cream of tartar and soda or saleratus are called for, you can substitute Royal Baking Powder and get better results. The usual proportions, old way, are : 2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar to 1 of soda or saleratus ; Instead of which use 2 teaspoonfuls op Royal Baking Powder, and mix it with the flour while dry. This powder is so pure and per- fectly combined that one third less will do better work. Never use so-called prepared or self-raising flours. They mostly contain alum, phosphates, or other injurious ingredients. THE OFFICIAL TESTS SHOW ROYAL BAKING POWDER SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS The United States Government, after elaborate tests, reports the Royal Baking PowdOT a pure cream of tartar powder of greater leavening strength than any other. Bulletin 13, U. S. Ag. Dep., p. 599. The Canadian official tests, recently made, show the Royal Baking Powder highest of all in leavening strength. Bulletin 10, Inland Rev. Dep., p. 16. The Royal naving powder is superior to any other powder which I have examined; a baking powder imequaled for purity, strength, and wholesomenees. Willis G. Tucker, M.D., Ph.D., New York State Analyst As the excellence of a baking powder is dependent upon the yield of leavening gas, and upon the wholesomeness and piu'ity of its ingredients, the Royal is unquestionably the best Massachusetts State Analyst The best baking powder made is, as shown by analysis, the RoyaL Cyrus Edson, M.D., Com’r of Health, New York City. I find the Royal Baking Powder superior to all the others in every respect. It is purest and strongest Walter S. Haines, M.D., Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health. Our test shows that Royal Baking Powder has greater leavening power than any other of which we have knowledge. W. B. Rising, State Analyst, California. I have from time to time analyzed the Royal Baking Powder, and have uniformly found it to be high in leavening power and to be composed of pure ingi-edients. H. A. Weber, State Analyst, Ohio. My tests show the Royal Baking Powder of very superior leavening power ; a cream of tartar powder of the highest purity, containing no alum, lime, ammonia, or any unwhole- some material. R. C. Kedzie, late State Analyst, Michigan. Royal Baking Powder is composed of the best and purest ingredients. It is absolutely pure, with perfect keeping qualities, and as strong as such a powder can be made. Royal makes the food much finer, besides assuring its perfect healthfulness. G. N. Failure, Kansas State Chemist