“Isn’t it always just the way… you begin a recipe knowing that your staples in the pantry are all where they should be, and when you go to reach for something the jar is empty due to some teenage girl making cookies and spilling the remaining amount of baking powder and not telling you.
Add the fact that it’s December 23rd at 6 PM and the thought of running out to the store along with the rest of the shopping world is about as appealing as visiting the penguins in the Antarctic, and one learns to get crafty.
Who knew that adding NaHCO3 to KHC4H4O6 in a recipe would give the reaction KNaC4H4O6 + H2O +CO2 thereby making a mad dash to the store unnecessary? If that makes no sense to you, you are not alone. As my chemistry days in 11th grade earned me the lowest grade in my entire school history, the only thing making sense to me is adding the H2O…”
