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Colloidal Silver Production / Re: availability of Soda and capping agents
« Last post by kephra on March 19, 2024, 07:30:19 PM »Aah! Instant enlightenment! That makes sense to me. The baylonian language confusion strikes again. Nobody would call it "baking soda" here. At least I have never consciously attributed the term to "Natron" as they call it here. In fact it is ubiquitous. I even have about 10kg of pristine powder in my shed.Right, sodium carbonate is not used for baking, but it is a result of baking, and you do consume it. It is also used in commercial food preparation for adjusting pH. It is also what gives pretzels the brown coating, as the dough is dipped into a solution of it before baking.
This does not happen for the first time that I cannot fathom what product Americans or English speak of until I realize, it is sitting right next to me, but with a totally different name.
I just realize that "eating soda" (obviously different to "washing soda", although very often used for cleaning purposes) is not commonly used for baking purposes hereabouts. I know that potassium carbonate is used for such purposes, but rarely.
Thank you again. This gets me going.
The language differences exist even between very similar cultures, like between the USA and Britain,
Most Americans do not know what bonnets and boots are with respect to cars. We have hoods and trunks!
Most Americans do not know what Wellies and Macs are. We have boots and raincoats.
Then there is metric versus imperial.
Everything in Britain is metric, except for beer which is still measured in pints.
In America most things are imperial except for spoons, soft drinks, automobiles, and medical equipment which are metric.
I'm sure there are other examples.