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05-18-2010, 10:27 AM #1Registered User
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Lye Water
Whilst browsing the Asian groc store yesterday with my dad, I sauce this in the sauce aisle: LYE WATER (CHEMICAL). What would one use this for??? I was kinda scared b/c it was next to the hot sauces
I found this while doing a quick surf of the interwebz...I am officially scared...why would they use this for cooking/food consumption!?
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It looks like it's used in making Chinese noodles (at least the page I read) and in Chinese desserts. I've eaten lots of both and I could have lived my entire life without knowing this
Seems weird to me!Nancy
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Lye is also used to make lutefisk.
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It is used for a few things in cooking, but usually you wash the product before you process it further. (I am thinking about mesa meal and hominy). I couldn't imagine someone keeping it in the sauce asle though.
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Its also used in the processing of dent corn into corn meals/masa harina. The lye allows the hulls of the corn to be broken down so the inside nutrients can be consumed and absorbed more easily.
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