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Beheh

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on: Aug 19, 2018

Describe the color of vegetables cooked with baking soda.

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Describe the texture of vegetables cooked with baking soda. Why is this so?

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momtoalll

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Reply #1 on: Aug 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

For most vegetables, the original color intensified when cooked with baking soda.

Answer to Question 2

Most of the vegetables were mushy with the baking soda added because baking soda rapidly breaks down the hemicellulose that is in plant walls.

Beheh

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