Baking soda doesn't go bad, does it?
I think it eventually loses potency. But I don't bake a ton, so I'll have the same can for years.
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Jesse - Jan 23, 2011 2:36:22 pm PST #18466 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Jan 23, 2011 2:37:34 pm PST #18467 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Baking soda doesn't go bad, does it? Because that's possibly part of the leavening issue.
It can lose effectiveness but it takes a long time, iirc. There's a simple test to see if it's still good, if I can remember it or find it again...
sarameg - Jan 23, 2011 2:38:26 pm PST #18468 of 30001
Subbed 1/4c cocoa powder for flour (ran out) when making my scotch(or bourbon or whatever) choc chip cookies and I think I've made chocolate cake donut flavored cookies. They are amazingly delicate in flavor.
tommyrot - Jan 23, 2011 2:38:34 pm PST #18469 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There's a simple test to see if it's still good, if I can remember it or find it again...
Add some to some vinegar?
erin_obscure - Jan 23, 2011 2:42:03 pm PST #18470 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
baking soda loses potency with age (insert joke here). Easy enough to check: just mix a teeny bit with a little vinegar. if it does a volcano impression, there's nothing wrong with the baking soda.
-t - Jan 23, 2011 2:44:30 pm PST #18471 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Add some to some vinegar?
Yeah, that's it. Too simple for me to remember.
That sounds delicious, sarameg. I've had a mild craving for cake donuts for a couple of days now and I don't know where to find any to buy or how to make them. Alas.
sarameg - Jan 23, 2011 3:14:30 pm PST #18472 of 30001
Wasn't what I was expecting, but it works. Can't really taste the scotch unless you know it is in there because the cocoa is so strong, you wouldn't realize the slight smokiness is from the scotch.
Loki's decided something fascinating lives in one of the speakers. He really wants to take the fabric off the front. He's so noodgey tonight and it is too damned cold to take him for a walk (he wouldn't go, anyway. He lasted on the deck for about 10 seconds before wanting in.)
Kat - Jan 23, 2011 3:41:41 pm PST #18473 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I had a craving for Milano cookies. So I actually left the house and went to Target. On a Sunday. I think I grossly overestimated both my energy and my health.
Now I'm back in indoor pants and a sweater. I hate being sick during gorgeous weather.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2011 3:45:57 pm PST #18474 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's nice out? Ah, well.
Sorry to hear you're under the weather (NPI), Kat.
Jesse - Jan 23, 2011 3:57:03 pm PST #18475 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fuck. The only cough suppressant I have is nighttime formula, and I was going to say up for Downton Abbey, but now I'm thinking I'll just take it now and go to bed. But I don't feel that sick! I wish I had gone to the drug store today.