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Default Baking soda question for Banana Bread recipe



"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> Paco wrote:
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>> Baking soda doesn't absorb odors. That's on of the most successful
>>> marketing lies of the [last] century.

>>
>> (Baking soda does absorb some odors, just not very efficiently; activated
>> charcoal does a much better job of it. Baking soda helps neutralize
>> odors caused by acids forming. The best solution is to dedicate the
>> refrigerator to its primary intended use; keeping beer cold.)

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> To be effective at neutralizing odors (not "absorbing"), baking soda would
> have to placed directly on the odor itself - usually an acidic substance.
> An open box of BS (and that's what it is, pure BS) will do nothing (or
> very little) to eliminate orders.
>
> http://www.pgacon.com/KitchenMyths.htm


Good site. Glad to see you've sobered up.

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