📚 noun • entry_id 59900
tequesquite
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tequesquite
A natural mineral salt containing compounds of sodium chlorate and sodium carbonate, used by the Aztecs and later Mexicans as a food seasoning and leavening agent.
Tequesquite is a type of mineral salt that combines chloride and sodium carbonate. It forms in a thin, brittle gray crust over the land around the edges of the highland lakes in ce…
The old-fashioned way is to use tequesquite, the naturally occurring form of sodium bicarbonate (sold in many Mexican markets). Because tamales don't contain strongly acidic ingred…
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