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Hokey pokey (honeycomb) contains honey in the recipe, which is mildly acidic. Some recipes also have some vinegar or lemon juice in, to enhance the acidity. Baking soda is alkali. Mixing the acid and alkali creates a neutralisation reaction, releasing CO2 and causing the aeration in the honeycomb.
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What does the word Hokier mean?
The adjective hokier is a form of hokie or hokey, which comes from hocus-pocus (1620s), then hokey-pokey (1847) and became hokum in 1917. Hokey came into usage in 1927.The first definition is corny, overly sentimental, or mushy.The second definition is being phony (the plots are tricky but not hokey). There are many different ways to say this word, hokey is the main form, hokier and hokiest are other forms.You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out;You put your left foot in and you shake it all aboutYou're doin' The Hokey Pokey; that's what it's all about! (sic)Don't take that "Hokier than thou" attitude with me!His contrived past gets hokier every time he tells it.See the Related Links listed below for more information:
What is gases form in baking?
THE GASES FORM IN BKING IS WHEN IT IS BAKING AND THE HEAT IS RISING FROM WHAT EVER YOU ARE BAKING
What process uses yeast?
Baking breads, brewing beer, and making wine. All rely on some form of yeast.
Why does baking soda react with lemon juice?
The acid (C6H8O6) reacts with baking soda (NaHCO3) to form sodium salt of acid (C6H7O6Na), water and carbon dioxide.
In baking cookies what can you sustitute for baking soda?
you can substatute by using any form of yeast.
Does baking powder and vinegar produce a solid?
Vinegar and baking soda react to form carbon dioxide (a gas), water (a liquid), and sodium acetate which is solid in is pure form, but when formed by the vinegar-baking soda reaction is dissolved in water.
What will happen if I put baking soda vinegar and tin foil together?
The baking soda and vinegar will react making a salt called sodium acetate and the gas carbon dioxide (which will form bubbles) and water. The tin foil will not react with anything and will remain tin foil.
What rock does baking soda come from?
Baking soda comes from a mineral that in its natural form is called nahcolite.
Can you use baking powder to make gravy instead of flour?
No. Baking powder doen't work anything like flour when it comes to gravy. You might be able to use other thickeners but if you're making gravy by making a roux and then adding liquid, you pretty much have to use flour.
What make cake rise?
Baking powder ( NaHCO3) contains CO2 (carbon dioxide). Single Acting baking powder releases the gas when it gets wet. Double acting releases both when wet and when heated. When baking cake, the bubbles begin to form when making the batter and continue to expand as the cake batter bakes. I am not quit sure that is true.
What is happening to the air molecules during baking?
Air released anf form voids in the material during baking.
Can baking soda dissolved in water conduct electricity?
Yes. In aqueous form, baking soda conducts electricity, but not as a solid.
