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Default Tenderizing Meat with a Baking Soda Solution

On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 18:55:13 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:36:59 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:56:36 -0600, Janet B >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Please don't get your panties in a twist and jump all over me. I
> >> simply heard of this when passing by the TV this morning --maybe Giada
> >> --?? whoever, said that a teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of water
> >> could be used to keep ground beef from getting so hard in a cooked
> >> dish. Whatever. I was curious so I looked this up.
> >> https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how...-soda-solution
> >> Anyone do this or hear of experience with this? Can be applied to
> >> other meats.
> >> This is not velveting as I understand it.
> >> Janet B in the US

> >
> >You soften jeans with baking soda and clean ovens with it too, so I'd
> >proceed with caution. Did you see this article?
> >https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how...owTo_browse_17

>
> I believe that is the article that I provided.
> There is a video by CooksIllustrated that demonstrates the method in
> preparation for making a chili.
> https://www.cooksillustrated.com/rec...und-beef-chili
> Janet US


Sorry for the redundancy.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.