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In Nepal, my parents always warned me before eating at some rest stops because they said the food was doctored with baking soda to make you feel fuller, guess i
by 698969 6mo ago
In Nepal, my parents always warned me before eating at some rest stops because they said the food was doctored with baking soda to make you feel fuller, guess it was true after all and not just an urban legend heh.
- ihaveajob 6mo agoI've heard the same from South Indian friends, so I guess it's pretty widespread.
- valarauko 6mo agoI've sometimes used baking soda to accelerate softening of beans, and I imagine the effect is more appreciable at higher altitudes perhaps? Some of the usage of baking soda could be innocent enough.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6mo agoTry using it on meat. Turns it into pink slurry.
- papercrane 6mo agoYou're using too much! Its commonly used to improve meat texture, especially in Chinese cuisine. It's called "velveting".
- torhorway 6mo agoyou're thinking of corn starch
- Hikikomori 6mo agoBoth are used, for different reasons, but it's a pretty loose term. Can also use enzymes or other alkaline things. With or without a marinade. Pass through oil or water, or just stir fry with a little extra oil.
- MengerSponge 6mo agoNo reasonable person would be confused by use of baking soda as an ingredient in cooked food (reasonable) vs the addition of baking soda after cooking as an adulterant.
- SketchySeaBeast 6mo agoDid we discover a new diet hack?
- scorpionfeet 6mo agoA few thousand years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization
- scorpionfeet 6mo agoAlkalinity softens the husk of legumes. Look up nixtamalization. It’s what the Aztecs invented.
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- streetfighter64 6mo ago"You" don't take antacid after eating unless "you" have problems with your stomach acid or something. Neutralizing your stomach acid isn't generally a smart thing to do, because it's acidic for a reason (digesting food). Some people even recommend not drinking to much water with your meals because it dilutes your stomach acid, though that might be overly cautious. Whether adding baking soda to food makes you feel fuller I wouldn't know, but it certainly won't make you "feel better", unless you have some medical condition.
- scorpionfeet 6mo ago[flagged]