[Sca-cooks] baking soda vs. baking powder

[Stefan li Rous]

Maire commented:
> The very first time I ever did a recipe "all by myself" (okay, so I was
> seven) was snickerdoodles.  I put the wrong leavening in (can't 
> remember
> if it was baking soda instead of baking powder or t'other way around).
> They were perfectly shaped, perfectly baked, and perfectly inedible. 
> <g>
Okay you food chemists out there, *why* would one of these work in this 
recipe but the other wouldn't and yet both seemed to give the same rise 
to this food. Maybe this depends upon what "snickerdoodles" are?
Stefan
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