"jmcquown" graciously wrote in message
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> Raels wrote:
> > Just passing.......... is baking soda the same things as bi carb. soda?
> >
> > Not that I'm cooking anything with it..... am just browsing websites
looking for alternative / environ. friendly ways to
> >clean things, particularly around the kitchen.


> Yes, it's the same thing. And no reason not to cook with it. I add it to
> soda bread and things like that; it's a rising agent. Also good in a
glass
> of water if you have an upset stomach; sort of a poor-man's Alka-seltzer.
>
> Jill


Bi carb is good for cleaning teeth. As the book says....... "Once you get
used to the taste you'll never use toothpaste again."

Raelene
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