Someone told me that if I put a tbl.spoon of baking soda in w/ chili beans, the chili wouldnt give gas?

Question

How true is this? I was always under the impression that to ingest baking soda,,,, you would blow up your stomach.... Although I have heard that some people make a mixture of water / baking soda and drink it for a stomach ache..... so whats the deal?

Answer 1

its true depending on the beans,,,pintos and butter beans baking soda is also an antacid..yes it bubbes but it dilutes the acid in your stomach,,too much can make you sick .....
I got the lowdown on using baking soda as a deodorant! Here's how, from a reader:
Mix a cup of baking soda and 2 T. of cornstarch and put it in a plastic container with a short-handled blush brush. Then after your shower you just brush on your deodorant. Since you're still a little moist, it doesn't have a problem sticking.
(The reader says, 'My husband says he got better results out of that than the natural herbal deodorants we use now.')
Another reader says: I recently discovered using baking soda as a deodorant works better than anything ever has. I just sprinkle a little bit on. I don't mix anything.
And then another reader wrote with this recipe:
1/4 cup baking soda (for odor)
1/4 cup baby powder (for pleasant scent)
1/16 cup corn starch ( for dryness)
Mix and put in old baby powder container to just sprinkle on (can pop the top of the container off and on easily)
Toothpaste - as a mildly abrasive tooth cleaner and mouthwash in one. ('Dentist approved')
Potscrubber - make it into a paste and scrub stainless steel, iron or copper pots with it.
Clean porcelain sinks and tubs.
The old one - put an opened box in the refrigerator to absorb odors.
Use instead of powder in your shoes to absorb moisture and odors
Neutralize battery acid quickly in case of spills.
Use gently as an exfoliating facial scrub.
Soothe bee stings, and other insect bites by spreading a paste of baking soda and vinegar on it.
Use in bath water to relieve irritated skin. (Good for baby, too)
Anti-acid, mix 1/2 teaspoon in about 4 ounces of water, and drink all at one time. It will cause you to 'burp', as it neutralizes stomach acid the same way it does other acids.
Use in diaper pails to keep them fresh.
Also use in garbage cans and wherever odor is a problem.
Test garden soil for acidity by mixing one cup soil with two cups water, then stirring in 1/4 cup of baking soda. If you have a volcano erupting in your container, your soil is very acid. If you just have a little fizz around the edges, you have a minimally acidic soil.
Carpet deodorizer - sprinkle on carpet, and leave overnight, then vacuum in the morning. Offending odors will be gone.
Put a generous amount of baking soda in a dish. After using steel wool, wring out, and store it in the dish of baking soda. Cuts down on rust, and is ready to scour away!
If you have allergies to laundry products, try using baking soda to wash your clothing and especially bedding.
This reader uses baking soda to scrub crayon off of her white no wax floor. It works wonderfully, and best of all is nontoxic so the 2 year old scribbler can help clean up his artistic endeavors. No other cleaning product gets the crayon off with such ease! Just wet a sponge and sprinkle baking soda on the area or directly to the sponge and rub the crayon right off! Wipe up the excess baking soda and you are done!
Dump onto acid spills/stains such as vomit (after you've picked up any solid matter). The baking soda will wick the liquid up out of the carpet as well as neutralize the acid. Pick up the wet clumps before vacuuming, though, or it gets gross in the beater bar of your machine.
Put sunburned kids (or yourself) in a cool (not cold) baking soda bath for half an hour. This also works well for chicken pox and mosquito bites.
Use it with warm water to wash the inside of the refrigerator.
Clean stainless steel sinks - a paste made of dishwashing liquid and a generous amount of baking soda takes brown stains out!
Add it to your tooth paste so it won't taste too bad. Put the toothpaste on then simply sprinkle on top.
Another reader wrote this: I found that pouring a little baking soda into my cat's litter box keeps the odors out longer. Also my cat had a little accident on the carpet. Getting rid of the urine smell was awful. Nothing worked until I mixed in Lemon Essential Oil with the Baking Soda. Now you can't even tell. Another reader adds: I have an OLD cat who has taken to urinating on the cement floor in my basement, in one spot only. This can get quite annoying and smelly. I had been sprinkling the area with baking soda hoping to abate the smell. To further clean up the area I decided to apply a splash of vinegar. The foaming action and a little scrubbing cleaned it up quite well

Answer 2

Chopped green pepper [sautee with chopped onions] Garlic cloves chopped up & sauteed with onions & peppers Cumin [most important spice for chili besides the chili powder] Adobo seasoning [the authentic Mexican all-purpose spice] Can of diced green chilis [Ortega makes a good one] My technique involves cooking/sauteeing all the veggies and spices together, then frying out the meat separately and then combining meat and veggie mixtures and simmering a while before adding the beans...if you're cooking the beans from scratch yourself [rather than cheating like me and opening up cans!] then you'll need to cook the beans separately too. This is an All Day Event if done the old-fashioned way, but worth it - and always make a humongous batch and take the rest of the week off! p.s. Don't forget the cumin - that's the authentic tang in good chili!

Answer 3

don't know about chili - but I do add it to soup beans when I'm cooking them, and it does seem to help. BUT don't salt the dish because the baking soda will give it a salty taste.

Answer 4

Not true. Might help with heartburn, but not with gas.
Note: you canNOT cook with Beano - heat destroys its activity. You can add Beano after you take the pot off the stove and it's cooled to eating temperature.

Answer 5

I'm a cook you also can use beano in with your beans as you are cooking them and it really does work.

Answer 6

put it in the water when soaking dry beans and then discard and cook with fresh water. i wouldn't use it on canned beans.

Answer 7

no it is not true