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    German Pretzels (Bretzeln) [moved from Int'l board]

    Perhaps you can use a potassium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate solution sold in Chinese food markets. It’s also known as lye water. See picture in article link: http://starbulletin.com/2003/05/21/features/story1.html...

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    Gelato Classico IN the city?

    and sugar. Here’s what is in the dulce de leche gelato base (milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup solids, non fat dry milk, whey, dextrose, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan), Dulce De Leche Swirl (milk, sugar, corn syrup,...

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    making nut brittle - what does baking soda do?

    is calcium carbonate, when it is sodium bicarbonate. Link: http://homepages.skylink.net/~skaarup/pages_candy/candy_11_brittles.html

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    Using A Fire Extinguisher

    Oddly, the pizza box forgotten in the oven is precisely what I just went through last night. I’m wondering, though, whether your extinguisher was based on mono ammonium phosphate or sodium bicarbonate? The links I’ve...

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    Removing label stickers

    Not exactly. Washing Soda is Sodium Carbonate. Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate. Washing soda has a pH of 11 and Baking Soda 8.1. Washing Soda should be used with gloves as it is caustic.

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    Baking soda tenderizer discovery

    Check the sodium content of Baking Soda (bicarbonate of Sodium) before adding such a large amount to a dish.

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    Food Scientist alert: What does baking soda do in this recipe?

    to force this reaction to release CO2. The baking soda is the carbonate actually sodium bicarbonate (Na2CO3), so depending what acid gets used will influence what “salt” gets produced, though it will be some...

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    Ramen cookbooks?

    less of the carbonates, or using something like sodium hydroxide. By the way, I tried baking soda (sodium bicarbonate; suggested by one recipe) and that tasted horrible. Flour. All purpose flour failed. The noodles were too soft...

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    Bottled water

    Yeah, you’re probably right. And, it does just have chemicals in it. Calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium bicarbonate. And, I thought it woud replace the salt! I don’t see the work sodium on their list....

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    cast iron - now what?

    scrubbers and acidic foods and nothing seems to affect them, nor the non-slippiness. I don’t advise others to do the same. Just saying it works for me. A little sodium bicarbonate in tomato sauce will reduce its acidity, but...

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    Malted Milk Question for Old Timers

    Product Ingredients WHEAT FLOUR AND MALTED BARLEY EXTRACTS, DRY WHOLE MILK, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE. MADE ON EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES SOY The above is from the Nestle website. There is no added sugar. It says to use milk, 2...

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    Replicating Zen Bakery Fiber cakes

    Hi. I too am looking for a recipe for the Zen Bakery apple cranberry fiber cakes. I really like them and the ingredient list is bran, water, white grape, ww flour, apple, cranberries, sodium bicarbonate, cinnamon, salt. I read...

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    Is it possible to make a low salt biscuit?

    Baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and something else, usually cream of tartar. Exactly what the exact sodium content is, I don’t know – I went looking for my baking powder and couldn’t find it,...

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    Need Help w/ Boeuf Bourgignon ASAP

    Adding 1 or two TBS of baking soda adds so much sodium to the dish, the equivalent of the same amount of salt, that it would be inedible, and extremely unhealthy. Sodium content of Baking Soda (bicarbonate of Soda) is 1 teaspoon...

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    Fizzies

    , but I don’t know the name of the company. There was a similar candy in the 70’s or 80’s. I think it was called “Pop Rocks” and it was a hard sucking candy with sodium bicarbonate inside so it would...

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