On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:08:03 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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> I've never understood how you soak ground beef in baking soda and
> water?
> Janet US

The Chinese slice beef into thin strips and add baking soda to the meat. They don't soak the meat in any solution nor will they do this to ground or chopped meat. It probably works fine with really awful meat. We don't get really awful meat in America.