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Rant: My cousin keeps telling people to add baking soda to my grandma's chili recipe
She swears it 'cuts the acid' and adds a pinch every time, but it totally messes up the flavor and makes it taste flat. I found out because my aunt made a batch for a family thing and asked why it tasted so weird. How do you politely tell someone to stop fixing a recipe that isn't broken?
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dakotacraig6mo ago
Consider the chemistry she's messing with. Baking soda neutralizes acid, but that acid brightens the other flavors. You lose that spark and get a muddy taste instead. Maybe explain it ruins the balance she doesn't even notice is gone.
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