Leah Androski [email protected] Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is normally used when baking. However, baking ...

Baking soda is one of capsaicin's natural enemies. Let's say you've sliced a pack of peppers; so many, in fact, that all that exposure is giving your fingers a little more than a tingle.

In a demonstration, students see that baking powder reacts with water to produce a gas but baking soda does not. Students are told that baking powder is a mixture of three ingredients (baking soda, ...