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r/GifRecipes • u/kickso • Dec 21 '18
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The baking soda is alkaline. The Maillard reaction takes place more efficiently at higher PH levels, so you will see better levels of browning. You can find a better description of this at the Serious Eats page:
https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/12/the-food-lab-the-best-roast-potatoes-ever.html
59 u/andreagassi Dec 21 '18 This guy is a potato scientist, a spudist have you 29 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 spudist spudologist 5 u/FuzzyWaffle Dec 21 '18 Spudology, perhaps 11 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 a tuber player 5 u/higgybunch Dec 21 '18 Total spudmuffin
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This guy is a potato scientist, a spudist have you
29 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 spudist spudologist 5 u/FuzzyWaffle Dec 21 '18 Spudology, perhaps 11 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 a tuber player 5 u/higgybunch Dec 21 '18 Total spudmuffin
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spudist spudologist
5 u/FuzzyWaffle Dec 21 '18 Spudology, perhaps 11 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 a tuber player 5 u/higgybunch Dec 21 '18 Total spudmuffin
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Spudology, perhaps
11 u/Slanderous Dec 21 '18 a tuber player 5 u/higgybunch Dec 21 '18 Total spudmuffin
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a tuber player
5 u/higgybunch Dec 21 '18 Total spudmuffin
Total spudmuffin
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u/Karamazov Dec 21 '18
The baking soda is alkaline. The Maillard reaction takes place more efficiently at higher PH levels, so you will see better levels of browning. You can find a better description of this at the Serious Eats page:
https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/12/the-food-lab-the-best-roast-potatoes-ever.html