Chembake wrote:


> Yes you better keep away from inorganic acids such as sulfuric and
> specially nitric acid. If you combine them in proper proportion and
> add to the sugar you might end with sugar polynitrates which are
> powerful explosives!
> You are making a bomb instead of your desired confections!
> Then ATF and FBI will be watching you every time you make candies with
> those acid Nitric /sulfuric acid blends< LOL>
> Besides the nitrate ion can be reduced in the gut to nitrite which will
> pickle your customers innards into cured sausage casings <LO,L>
> Another things nitric acid might combine with your stomach hydrochloric
> acid which can form a dilute aqua regia used for cleaning jewelry<LOL>
>
>
> Meanwhile muriatic acid in dilute quantities is found in the stomach(
> as mentioned earlier) so its not a poison in dilute concentrations..
> In fact its used in the manufacture of glucose syrups as well as large
> scale manufacture of invert syrups.
> The main fault of the dilute hydrochloric acid is it has non appetizing
> taste.



WOW! Awesome answer.
Learned more than I probably
need to know in the kitchen.