Club soda is slightly different. "Seltzer" comes from German: The term seltzer water is a genericized trademark that derives from the German town Selters, which is renowned for its …

The soda has carbonation, which helps with leavening the cake. You can see this effect in recipes for matzo balls, some of which contain seltzer for added leavening (in addition to eggs). Soda …

Mar 19, 2017 · Soda concentrate contains flavors and sugar, all of which hinder the ability of CO2 to dissolve into the the liquid. It takes time for the system to reach equilibrium. If one just …

Dec 13, 2012 · In fact (trivia alert!), the first "soda" was naturally carbonated spring water, which usually contained alkaline sodium compounds, including sodium bicarbonate, a.k.a. baking …

Jan 10, 2012 · Whilst staying with a friend who lives somewhere with very hard water, we got used to making tea with bottled, still, water as the tap water was too hard to make a good cuppa.

May 1, 2012 · So, why does a closed bottle of soda stay sparkling until you open it? Simply because CO2 has only a small room to escape (the small empty space on top of the liquid). All …

Club soda is generally salty, and not just with plain NaCl, but with sodium bicarbonate — baking soda. For most sparkling gelatin dessert applications, what you want is seltzer water, which is …

Jan 28, 2015 · I offered to try to make equivalents at home, which worked out really well, by combining Torani Syrup, fresh ingredients (like Ginger Juice from Centrifugal juicer, or Lemon …

Aug 18, 2014 · Choose recipes that use soda water, club soda or seltzer water, not ginger ale. Ginger ale adds flavor, you want recipes that stand without that flavor. EDIT: Just to be clear; …

Oct 10, 2015 · This is rather simple. The carbon dioxide created by yeast does not generate new air bubbles in the dough - the yeast fills and enlarges existing air bubbles, that are in the …