SC - lye, fish, pastry, japanese and horehound

[Par Leijonhuvud]

On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, jeffrey stewart heilveil wrote:

> 2) I know how to _make_ lye, but does anyone happen to know what it is
> chemically?? (if only I had paid better attention in Organic Chem all
> those years ago...)

Supposedly mostly KOH (Potassium hydroxide), IIRC. 

/UlfR

P.S. And that would have been basic inorganic (chem 201, or whatever
they called it in your college).

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