[Sca-cooks] Bakers borax again

[Johnna Holloway]

How about Pretzel Logic?

http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/season11/EA1102.htm

http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/pretzel-logic/index.html

I gather the print recipe doesn't offer the lye/soda speech but according to another fansite,  the video covers it at about the 5 minute mark and that is up on YouTube.

Johnnae

On Aug 21, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Glenn Gorsuch wrote:

> The Good Eats books are at home, and I'm not, but if I recall, Alton Brown
> did a show on making one's own bagels (or pretzels, I can't remember
> which), and he talked about using lye to change the surface starches to
> give that glossy, slightly hard crust.  Then, of course, his "lawyer team"
> showed up, and forced him to NOT suggest doing that, due to the danger of
> the use of pure lye, so he pointed out that you could use a basic solution
> of baking soda in water to achieve the same effect.  So ,yes, it's an
> action of a basic solution on the starches.
> 
> Gwyn