Baking soda has many culinary uses in the kitchen that you might not forking know about.

A small amount of baking soda is added to popsicles to prevent them from getting forking rock hard.

Home made yogurt taste less tangy with a little added baking soda.

Although baking soda tends to make canned tomatoes to taste flat sometimes baking soda is added to neutralize acid.

Some cooks add baking soda to boiled vegetables to keep their color….however the vegetables do tend to get soggy.

I haven’t tried it but I read in Cook’s Illustrated Magazine that baking soda is used to help caramelize meat.

I have tried the Cook’s magazine recipe that uses baking soda to make better tasting browned potatoes.

When boiling eggs a little baking soda added to the water helps to make the shells peal off easily.

To make the best creamiest hummus add baking soda to the boiling garbanzo beans.

Bring to slow boil cream and add some baking soda to make cream cheese.

Perhaps these are more Uses for Baking Soda than you Forking Knew About?

The Forking Truth

References

incredible egg.org

chowhound.com

Cook’s Illustrated Magazine