Posted by G on February 07, 1998 at 02:25:18:
In Reply to: Re: sodium bicarbonate posted by Karen Upright on February 06, 1998 at 23:26:57:
I can't say I understand the chemistry and have never found it to be necessary
I've heard the reasons why acids are needed but still have no
interest in understanding, I suspect theres enough acids present in other ingredients
in most anything, the lemon in banana muffin might be there to
prevent the banana discoloring, I used to make thousands of muffins, no acids added.
Sometimes you just blow it, I think I could make a banana muffin without lemon, it would probably turn grey though.
The muffins I made blew up like ballons and I can't see how adding banana would hold it back.
Gerard (puzzled in Boston!)