Soda Crystals

Cullumpster

Vegetables
For tender vegetables and pulses that retain their colour, simply add a couple of Soda Crystals to soaking and cooking water.

:eek::eek::eek: SURELY NOT

heatherw_01

Cullumpster wrote:

Vegetables
For tender vegetables and pulses that retain their colour, simply add a couple of Soda Crystals to soaking and cooking water.

:eek::eek::eek: SURELY NOT

I saw that!

I definetly wouldn't do it.

Cullumpster

it also says to clean dirty veg with it !! a bit too far i thinks !

Murtle

what is in soda crystals - all I could see was that it was alkaline? why would you want to put it in with veggies?? I can understand salt maybe but soda crystals???

SnowyOwl_2

Hi all


I vaguely remember reading somewhere some time ago that soda crystals are a natural substance which is mined from a lake in Spain. They aren't actually manmade. Things which are natural aren't of course automatically edible, but a lot of things eg salt are eaten. I'll see if I can dig up some more info and will post it later.

snaffler

I have just copy and past all the stuff on the site to a word document free and simple, I never knew it had so many uses either, for me it's a bonus as well being a strict vegan I refuse to buy any un-natural cleaning product or any that has been forced in throats and eyes of animals.

This stuff is tops.

SnowyOwl_2

Hi all

I found this, which is apparently from a bod at soda crystals company:
Soda Crystals are made from dissolving Sodium Carbonate with water and cooling the solution to form the hydrated easily soluble crystals. There environmental fate is good - there is no biodegradability issue. Soda Crystals are not derived from oil - which most detergent based products are. The raw sodium carbonate is either taken from natural lakes in africa or spain or made synthetically from limestone, salt and ammonia. This is quite energy intensive can use limestone from the Peak District.

I trust this answers your questions and you may wish to view to see Borax, Bicarb, and water softener products we produce.

https://www.dripak.co.uk and https://www.eastlancschemical.com

Regards


The web page I found it on is this:

http://www.avop81.dsl.pipex.com/frugal.htm

which actually looks interesting anyway. It's even got the gloop recipe on it (gosh I wonder if that website belongs to one of us in Old Style??!!) though it looks like the lady who owns it isn't updating it any more.

ethansmum

Okay I'm converted! I have just received my microfibre cloths and packet of soda crystals, and thanks to the op I have my leaflet. However I'm going to ask a really stoopid question: I know the instructions say not to be used on aluminium surfaces, but I have no-idea what metal the taps and plug holes in the bathroom are? Is it just stainless steel or aluminium?

Many thanks!
Tracy

whistler-alison

Re putting soda crystals in your veg and pulses - many old recipe books recomend using bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate - which sounds pretty similar to sodium carbinate which the above post says that soda crystals are made out of), especially if your pulses are a bit old and tough. But I have read elsewhere that this does not do the nutritional value of food much good.

Mrs_Poyser

leonie wrote:

Has anyone tried their tip of using a spoon of borax and bicarb as a dishwasher powder?

I have a Denby set that im afraid to use in the dishwasher incase it gets marked but may give it a go if this combination is gentle enough

I haven't used this because I read somewhere that borax is potentially carcinogenic. I use a small spoon of soda crystals plus half the amount of Clearspring dishwasher liquid which is pretty gentle ie because it doesn't contain chlorine bleach it won't get the inside of a teapot clean. I use this on some white Coalport but don't put anything with gold lines in a dishwasher because they do wear off eventually. Also use an eco or lower temperature programme which is not so hard on the china.