Ha! Let me rephrase that for you, Kevin:<grin>

When I do this noble experiment, my plan is to use the same test strips
(not previously used) I customarily use to test the pH of my pool. I
will remove a drop of the orange juice to which I've added a small
amount of sodium bicarbonate (after stirring and letting any CO2
escape), and drip it onto the appropriate area of the test strip,
comparing the color change to the one on the container (of the test
strip and not the orange juice container or the container (printed
cardboard box) of sodium bicarbonate). The resulting color should
indicate the pH of the solution, and should it fall within the range of
~7<pH<8, I will consider the solution (of citrus juice and sodium
bicarbonate) to be sufficiently neutral so that it might not affect the
texture of the chicken meat. One possible concern might be that while
the test strips are designed to test (relatively) clear (non turbid)
water, the color of the citrus juice, such as Orange juice, might skew
the results. Since the citrus juice being under test (Orange juie) has
a light orange color, it would tend to make the (chemically reactive
part) test strip slightly more orange in color. That would skew the
results toward the more alkaline range (pH > 7.6), hence the allowance
of a range of alkalinity as to much as 8 to allow for this anticipated
(not proved by test) color shift in the test strip. I will also check
to be sure that the test strips are within the expiration date (before
and not after) printed on the side of the test strip's bottle. One
other concern you might have is that the test strips might have been
exposed to the moisture in the air, hence rendering their results
progressively less conclusive. In that case, the bottle I propose using
was opened less than a month ago and during that time, there has been no
precipitation here in Henderson (Las Vegas) Nevada. The average
humidity this time of year is about 25%, so I believe any concern of
that nature should be reasonably slight.

I can flesh this idea out a bit more, if it's unclear.

All in fun. . . Nonny

Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:47:11 -0800, Nonnymus >
> wrote:
>
>> When I do this noble experiment, my plan is to use test strips from my
>> pool to get the pH to in the 7's.
>
> You might want to consider making the first batch a bit smaller, maybe
> use a hot tub instead.

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