Help!!I was making veggie chili and I put in some hunt's tomato sauce with mushrooms with the whole tomatoes..

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to use it up...then it was toooo sweet...so I added some cider vinegar (little bit) because someone here told someone else that that would take away from the sweetness...then it tasted like vinegar...so I remembered in Chemistry classes bases cancel acids...so I added bicarbonate of soda (a few pinches)...Do you think this will be edible?...guess I shouldn't open a restaurant....none of my family will eat my cooking...only the homeless shelter..and not really sure if they eat it or not...LOL

Answer 1

LOL - well for future refernce, lemon juice can be added to a lot of things to remove sweetness a little.

Having said all of that, the food will be perfectly edible - if not a little unusual perhaps :)

Bicarb is not at all toxic in any way - though it may not compliment your food perfectly either!

Mark

Answer 2

Have you ever wondered why salt go into desserts like cake and brownies?
A pinch of salt goes a long way to make the dessert taste sweet but not too sweet.

The next time something gets too sweet in the kitchen, add a dash of salt.

Answer 3

Salt is the answer, but...take some cooking classes or buy a cookbook, OK?
And for the texan-chile is a sauce made with CHILES-anything else added is per the cook/consumer's preference.

Answer 4

I have never heard of Chili con vegetables. Chili con carne and chili con queso. I don't think us Texans have ever thought of Chili con vegetables. And Wendy's is slop.

Answer 5

Note to self, no dinners at mevlana's house.....