"tequesquite" meaning in English

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          "text": "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 ingredients, tequesquite's leavening is gentle, producing a lovely but less fluffy texture.",
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          "ref": "2013, Diana Kennedy, My Mexico: A Culinary Odyssey with Recipes, page 213:",
          "text": "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 central Mexico, particularly around Texcoco and the salt meadows of Puebla.",
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        "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."
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