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User tips Part II: Baking Soda
Fri 05 Oct 2007 Post by : invisible
Category : chengdu free style
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a Much-Sung Hero
Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate (or BS for short), is a multi-tasking chemical compound that can provide you and your home with a (possibly much-needed) freshness. It’s also a (mostly) naturally occurring substance, meaning it will likely be less directly implicated in your eventual death than many other things that serve the same functions. Mixed with a little water, the paste can be used as
1)toothpaste
2)underarm deodorant
3)a light abrasive for cleaning porcelain, tile, and stainless steel surfaces such as counters, floors, sinks, etc. Submerged directly into water it can serve as a water softener for
4) bathing or
5) laundry (both protecting the longevity of your clothes and absorbing stains and odors) and
6) an anodyne for heartburn/indigestion. (For this, use ½ tsp. baking soda to ½ cup water; dissolve water completely before drinking.) Boiled in water it will make removing the burnt rice (and other food particles) from
7) your pots and pans a piece o’ cake. An open bag of it left in the refrigerator will also effectively
8) absorb odors so this week’s leftovers don’t reek of last year’s. Mixed with vinegar, it will cause a miniature explosion, which is great for
9) science projects and entertainment as well as
10) bubbling the gunk (which is likely the source of those foul odors in your flat) out of drains. Sprinkled into
11) wastebaskets and
12) shoes it acts as an odor eater. And, oh yeah, if you happen to have an oven you could actually use it to
13) bake something.
The goodness doesn’t stop there. You can get it here, easily, and not only at foreign-goods stores. Locally made baking soda is available at most large supermarkets such as 好又多 (Trust Mart), next to the salt, and probably at your local open market (ask the spice and dried-goods vendor). In Chinese, it goes by the name of 小苏打 (xiǎo sū dǎ).
You know something the rest of us don’t. Come on, we’re all in this together. Don’t be a hoarder: chengdoo@gmail.com (subject line: “usertips”)
The article was first published in chengdoo CITYLIFE issue II
