On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 9:39:59 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 6:25:14 AM UTC-5, Bruze wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 03:23:34 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 3:38:32 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> > >> "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Nothing idiot about the article if you had read it. The article was
> > >> meant to draw attention and then educate.
> > >> But I will tell you about stale bread. It is a chemical process not
> > >> simply a process of drying out. Read up on "bread staling."
> > >>
> > >> ===
> > >>
> > >> About the baking soda (baking powder) I have a big one I have been
> > >> using
> > >> for a long time.
> > >>
> > >> To check it is still good, I sprinkle a little onto some water, and if
> > >> it
> > >> fizzes, it's ok
> > >
> > >In the U.S., baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) and baking powder (bicarb
> > >plus some acid salt.
> > ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baking_powder>
> > >
> > >I'd only expect baking soda to fizz if the pH of my water were pretty
> > >low.
> >
> > Does your tap water smell of chlorine?
>
> Not that I notice, but someone used to well water might. 0.77 ppm
> free residual chlorine, according to my water authority. pH of 7.52.
>
> We had a well. It stank of sulfur, so we went on municipal water
> at our earliest opportunity. A contributing factor was that our
> leach field was 60 years old, and the soil here won't perc, so we
> would have had to install an engineered field even if we wanted to
> install a water treatment system. It cost a ton of money to
> hook up to municipal water and sewer, and it costs a wheelbarrow-full
> every month to buy water and flushing rights, but every time the power
> goes out, one of us says, "Hey. We can flush!"
>
> Cindy Hamilton
> ==
>
> I don't know what our ph is, but if it helps, our water up here is very
> soft, whereas down south it is very hard! Can you make anything out of
> that?

It would be pure guesswork on my part, so no.

Cindy Hamilton