"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article .com>,
> "Miki" > wrote:
>
>> Hi i'm from Italy and i would like to use your baking powder for some
>> recipes of my sister.
>> Problem is that here i couldn't find any similar baking powder.
>> Is there any chance to make your own original baking powder starting
>> from cremor tartar that i own ??
>>
>> TY in advance.
>>
>> Miki.
>>
>
> Baking powder is a mix of cream of tartar and baking soda.
>
> You can also substitute yogurt and baking soda, or sour cream and baking
> soda, or buttermilk and baking soda.
>

I thought that b-soda reacted chemically, while b-powder reacted thermally.
Is that so, and does tartar and soda truly act the same as baking powder??
In other words, will the soda/tartar combo only aerate after heat is
applied.