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		jessaustin on Jan 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Ramen-ize Dried Pasta and Rice Yeah but sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), which McGee is baking up in his oven, isn't as dangerous to use and have around as sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is.

dagw on Jan 27, 2015 [–]

The stuff sold as "Lye Water" in Asian supermarkets isn't actual lye (NaOH), but rather a dilution of potassium carbonate or a mixture of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate.

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