Assertion: ammonium carbonate | /r/ObjectUse | used as a leavening agent
Facets:
value: in the early to mid-19th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: in traditional recipes
type: LOCATION
value: in crackers
type: LOCATION
value: for baking
type: PURPOSE
value: in cookies
type: LOCATION
value: in flat biscuits
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as a leavening agent and also as smelling salt.
text: Ammonium carbonate is used for leavening in cookies, flat biscuits, or crackers.
text: Before baking powder was available, ammonium carbonate was the commonly used leavening agent for baking.
text: Ammonium carbonate may be used as a leavening agent in traditional recipes, particularly those from northern Europe and Scandinavia (e.g. Speculoos, Tunnbröd or Lebkuchen).
text: Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as a leavening agent and also as smelling salt.
text: Ammonium carbonate also goes by “baker’s ammonia,” due to the fact that it was used as a leavening agent prior to the popularity of baking soda or powder in the early to mid-19th century.
text: Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as a leavening agent and also as smelling salt.
text: Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as a leavening agent and also as smelling salt.