SC - Substitutions
jeffrey stewart heilveil
heilveil at students.uiuc.edu
Tue Mar 3 22:35:15 PST 1998
Ascorbic Acid is Vitamin C. Citric acid is not strictly ascorbic.
Bogdan
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Alderton, Philippa wrote:
> You're right, Adamantius, sour salt is chrystalized citric acid. The lady
> who wrote, however, said she was allergic to lemons and limes, but not to
> oranges, so I suspect she's not allergic to citric acid. Also, citric acid
> is Vitamin C, and considering how many things we need Vitamin C for our
> daily food processing, anybody allergic to it would not be alive for very
> long- it would be a bit like being allergic to water.
>
> phlip at morganco.net
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
>
> ----------
> : > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:38:47 EST
> : > From: Seton1355 <Seton1355 at aol.com>
> : > Subject: Re: SC - Substitutions
> :
> : > I just thought of anouther thing: Sour salt (look in gormet shops -
> it's
> : > not expensive but I haven't seen it on regular grocery shelves for a
> while)
> : > Anyway. It looks like rock cany except it's sour. Melt some on a cup
> of
> : > boiling water, then add the quantity of "lemon juice" you need.
> : > Good luck, Phillipa Seton
> :
> : I could be wrong, but I believe sour salt is citric acid, and is used in
> : some pickling processes, and also was, at one time, I'm told, used by
> : Jews in cleaning their dairy dishes, at times when soap was primarily
> : made with animal fats.
> :
> : If sour salt is citric acid, though, the possibility exists that people
> : who react badly to lemons may have a similar problem, in some cases.
> :
> : Adamantius
> : troy at asan.com
> :
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