But adding a little baking soda to the water (McGee recommends 1/2 teaspoon per quart) raises its alkalinity and thus its pH, making it easier to peel the finished product.

Baking soda is the common name for sodium bicarbonate, a substance that got its start 4 million years ago when salt lakes around the world evaporated and formed trona deposits.

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