May his rest be long and placid, he poured the water in the acid
Same goes for pouring baking soda into pickle to neutralize. Always
pour acid SLOWLY into the pickle.
Technically, the acid is so hungry that the molecules fight each
other to get at the new liquid. Start with more liquid and add the
acid then they don’t fight (explode) quite so much.
Ginger Smietana
Great reply, Agnes! That’s scary about the teacher who died, though,
but it just shows that sometimes apprehension is a good thing.
baking soda is a base, not an acid.
Barbara, on the edge of what could be the snowstorm of the season
with hurricane force winds.
I meant to say, “slowly into the baking soda mix” as the acid is the
pickle. Sorry for the confusion.
Ginger Smietana