What is your favorite use for baking soda?

[rvwnsd]

Mine is to clean the garbage disposal.

[Guest]

Baking...

Oh yeah, and odor absorption in the refrigerator

[+ azdr0710]

let it sit empty and unopen in the pantry for months (bought it because it's supposed to be on hand, right??).....then put it opened in the refrigerator.......after I pour some down the disposal

 

[RandyVue]

Cleaning

[samhexum]

Selling kilos of it as cocaine and building my criminal empire.

[MikeBiDude]

Cooking and baking, cleaning up small battery acid damage.

 

I used to LOVE this use...for various health reasons I haven’t had to use it this way for well over ten years....the burp was SUCH a relief:

 

The baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and stomach acid (hydrochloric acid) create a chemical reaction in your stomach. The result of this reaction is carbon dioxide gas, which causes burping. So a burp within three minutes of drinking the baking sodasolution may indicate an adequate level of stomach acid.

[Guest]

Cooking and baking, cleaning up small battery acid damage.

 

I used to LOVE this use...for various health reasons I haven’t had to use it this way for well over ten years....the burp was SUCH a relief:

 

The baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and stomach acid (hydrochloric acid) create a chemical reaction in your stomach. The result of this reaction is carbon dioxide gas, which causes burping. So a burp within three minutes of drinking the baking sodasolution may indicate an adequate level of stomach acid.

Wait! What?

[liubit]

The baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and stomach acid (hydrochloric acid) create a chemical reaction in your stomach. The result of this reaction is carbon dioxide gas, which causes burping. So a burp within three minutes of drinking the baking sodasolution may indicate an adequate level of stomach acid.

To create a similar reaction, you can add baking soda to a mixture of water and lemon juice. There is like a big volcano eruption with lots of foam, which you swallow very quickly. The burp that follows brings great relief to an upset stomach, indeed.

[+ easygoingpal]

Use it with vinegar to clean toilet tanks...

[+ poolboy48220]

Use it with vinegar to clean toilet tanks...

...and the shower drain. Pour 1/4 cup of baking soda over the drain, then pour vinegar over it until it stops bubbling.