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Post  Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 10:37 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top
Post subject: Baking soda

Any tips on where to find baking soda? I have heard that it might be found in specialty shops like City Super, but I was hoping to find it in regular supermarkets (Carrefour, GMS, Lianhua, TESCO).

I have seen lots of cornstarch and MSG but not this...probably because most
people don't have ovens?

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Post  Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 02:48 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

was a post on this a couple of months ago,

i think the decision was 'clabber girl' i think its called, city shop,

also i am pretty sure the supermarket under grand gateway mall has it

baking soda and powder are the same?
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Post  Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 06:14 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

^No they are not.

Both are availible at City Portman.

Just re-stocked last week...

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Post  Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 07:23 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

^yes, and City Shop Pudong too, but they do run out of it or sometimes stock it in different places in the store....you need to check more than once sometimes.
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Post  Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 07:44 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Pines allways has baking soda, sometimes Carrefour JinQiao also has it.

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Post  Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 09:54 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

ooh just googled it, and in Aus we have 'bi carbonate soda' and 'baking powder'. Good to know that 'baking soda' is the same as bi carb soda!
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Post  Posted: Mar 22, 2008 - 09:07 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Baking soda can be found anywhere. I've seen Arm and Hammer baking soda at the "Cai Chang: or wet market.
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Post  Posted: Mar 22, 2008 - 09:26 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Be careful at City Shop that you are getting Arm and Hammer and not Arm and Hatchett. Same yellow box but not 100% bicarbonate soda. Does not work well in baking!
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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 05:51 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

do they not use bicarbonate of soda in china to tenderise red meat?

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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 06:51 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

they use it in China to cut cocaine
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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 06:55 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

maybe thats why loving with some yellow meat is so much more tender

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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 08:59 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

tnmom wrote:
Be careful at City Shop that you are getting Arm and Hammer and not Arm and Hatchett. Same yellow box but not 100% bicarbonate soda. Does not work well in baking!


What Is the Difference Between Baking Soda & Baking Powder?

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemistry/f/blbaking.htm
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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 12:35 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

What about self raising flour? I couldn't find any baking section in Jingqiao Carrefour so got some local self raising floor for steaming Man Tou not for baking. Tried to bake banaba cake with it and it was disaster!
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http://southernfood.about.com/cs/breads/ht/self_rise_flour.htm
http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/glossary/Self-raising-flour-L299.html

look for Clabber Girl Baking Powder in CitiShop, you never know what's in self rising flour. For a lot of western food items, don't expect to find them in the 'normal' places in the store, you have to look around the store. I always find peanut butter next to the pastas and sauces, but not next to the jams and other spreads for breads, for example.
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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 02:03 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Bought that at City Supermarket, good for acid stomach.

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Post  Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 02:32 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

CoffeHawk, excellent piece of info! Now I don't need to throw away the local flour. Just have to look for baking soda.

Many thanks!
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Post  Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 09:56 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

I just found domestic baking soda at my neighborhood HuaLian -- 3.8 kwai for a 500g bag. Look for 食用小苏打.
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Post  Posted: May 11, 2008 - 05:41 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Finally got the Arm and Hammer baking soda for $1.90 in...Siem Reap!
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