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Offline Peripatetic Phil

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Re: On the effectiveness of domestic washing soda as a pot restorative
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2015, 02:24 PM »
"Washing soda" = "soda crystals" = sodium carbonate = Na2CO3

"Bicarbonate of soda" = "baking soda" = sodium hydrogen carbonate = E500 = NaHCO3

"Baking powder" = bicarbonate of soda + one or more acid salts.  Typical formulation :  sodium bicarbonate + monocalcium phosphate + sodium aluminium sulphate.

Only the first is of any use for releasing caramelised sweet-and-sour sauce from the base of stainless-steel saucepans !

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Re: On the effectiveness of domestic washing soda as a pot restorative
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2015, 02:48 PM »
And the second   :D
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Re: On the effectiveness of domestic washing soda as a pot restorative
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2015, 03:36 PM »
Quote from: Stephen Lindsay on January 24, 2015, 01:25 PM
no Les it's not the same as baking powder.

My stupid fault SL, I meant to say baking soda, doh,
Oh well, 8/10 for trying. must do better ::)
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Re: On the effectiveness of domestic washing soda as a pot restorative
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2015, 08:27 PM »
Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on January 24, 2015, 02:24 PM
"Washing soda" = "soda crystals" = sodium carbonate = Na2CO3

"Bicarbonate of soda" = "baking soda" = sodium hydrogen carbonate = E500 = NaHCO3

"Baking powder" = bicarbonate of soda + one or more acid salts.  Typical formulation :  sodium bicarbonate + monocalcium phosphate + sodium aluminium sulphate.

Only the first is of any use for releasing caramelised sweet-and-sour sauce from the base of stainless-steel saucepans !

** Phil.

cheers Phil
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Re: On the effectiveness of domestic washing soda as a pot restorative
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2015, 02:03 PM »
I know I
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