[Sca-cooks] baking soda vs. baking powder

[Sue Clemenger]

No, Stefan, you weren't misinterpreting me at all.
And I don't know why the difference made them taste awful, but it did. 
But then, I tend to pick up a metallic taste in some baked goods made
with cheap baking powder anyway--I switched to the non-aluminum kind,
and like that much better.
I'm also remembering the cookie incident from the perspective of over 35
years of other memories--and I do recall that they tasted bad
(chemical-y), and didn't rise much at all, which makes me suspect that
when I goofed I used baking soda, which didn't have an acid amongst the
other cookie ingredients to react with.
--maire

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> Bear replied to me with:
> > Double action baking powder (most modern bp's are) aerates first while
> > the
> > batter is being mixed then again at around 140 degrees F.  Single
> > action
> > baking powder and baking soda only aerate during the mixing.  The
> > second
> > aeration makes the cookie lighter.
> Yes, I remember discussions on these before. However Maire said that
> the ones with the wrong leavening rose as much as those done using the
> regular powder. So if either one is making the cookie(?) rise the same,
> why don't they taste the same? I can see where they might not rise the
> same, but would that make them inedible? Maire, am I mis-interpreting
> your statements?
> > > 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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