The fossil record tells us: - That there lived different types of lifeforms in the past than today. - That life changes over time. - That life shows diverging progressioâ¦ns of morphological traits over deep time. - That past life adhered to the same nested hierarchies we also find in extant life.
If you are beating eggs whites and don't have cream of tartar, you can substitute white vinegar (in the same ratio as cream of tartar, generally 1/8 teaspoon per egg white). It is a little more problematic to find a substitute for cream of tartar in baking projects.
A reader recently emailed the Food Explainer to ask for a primer on cream of tartar, a white powder that is called for in many baking recipes. âDo you happen to know of anything that is a proven substitute?â the reader continued. âOr is cream of tartar one of those ingredients that simply has no substitute?â