Hello, Gerry!
You wrote on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:54:53 -0600:

GA> After reading another message on here I read the article on
GA> Wilkopedia and was rather shocked to discover what is in
GA> baking powder. I dont know about you, but this stuff
GA> sounds pretty toxic to us. The aluminum and cream of
GA> tarter particularly. I sure the hell dont want to eat
GA> stuff like that. Baking soda is ok, (I think). I'd prefer
GA> to find something much less toxic. We try to eat natural
GA> foods as much as we can. I guess I never gave it much
GA> thought, figuring it was just some sort of yeast. This
GA> stuff sounds nasty, in fact I am going to toss what we
GA> have. What else can be used? Something natural please.

You can get baking powder without aluminum, tho' you'll have to
look for it but cream of tartar is a pretty natural substance
occurring in wines. It is sodium bitartrate (sodium hydrogen
tartrate). I was told by Wazza in uk.food+drink.indian that the
Indians, in days gone by, used to use dried cuttlefish bone
(that's calcium carbonate actually).

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:

> Hello, Gerry!
> You wrote on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:54:53 -0600:
>
> GA> After reading another message on here I read the article on
> GA> Wilkopedia and was rather shocked to discover what is in
> GA> baking powder. I dont know about you, but this stuff
> GA> sounds pretty toxic to us. The aluminum and cream of
> GA> tarter particularly. I sure the hell dont want to eat
> GA> stuff like that. Baking soda is ok, (I think). I'd prefer
> GA> to find something much less toxic. We try to eat natural
> GA> foods as much as we can. I guess I never gave it much
> GA> thought, figuring it was just some sort of yeast. This
> GA> stuff sounds nasty, in fact I am going to toss what we
> GA> have. What else can be used? Something natural please.
>
> You can get baking powder without aluminum, tho' you'll have to
> look for it but cream of tartar is a pretty natural substance
> occurring in wines. It is sodium bitartrate (sodium hydrogen
> tartrate). I was told by Wazza in uk.food+drink.indian that the
> Indians, in days gone by, used to use dried cuttlefish bone
> (that's calcium carbonate actually).
>
> James Silverton

Mom and dad avoided baking powder like the plague due to the aluminates
in it. Same for salt with sodium silica aluminate.

Mom and dad taught me over 30 years ago to use 1 part baking soda to 2
parts cream of tartar in place of baking powder.

Worked 100% of the time in any quick bread recipes including pancakes
and waffles.
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James Silverton wrote:
>
> I was told by Wazza in uk.food+drink.indian that the
> Indians, in days gone by, used to use dried cuttlefish bone
> (that's calcium carbonate actually).

You can buy cuttlefish bone where pet supplies
are sold. They're used with some types of birds
to give them something to gnaw on.