When is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day? This special day is always observed on December 30
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, also called Baking Soda Day, is today. That’s because bicarbonate of soda and baking soda are the same thing. This December 30 holiday celebrates the many benefits and uses of Bicarbonate of Soda. Bicarbonate of soda has many beneficial uses. Why, after all of the holiday drinking and eating, it helps to ease indigestion and heartburn.
Just how does baking soda work and what, specifically, does it do? It’s quite simple. We will skip the chemistry lesson on what it chemically is, and how it is made. Rather let’s talk about what it is, and what it does. The bicarbonate of soda is a chemical compound – sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate. When heated, it creates carbon dioxide, a gas. The gas aids a variety of bakery products to rise as they cook.
Benefits and Uses of Bicarbonate of Soda
Many people just think of Bicarbonate of Soda as something you use for baking. But, it has so many more uses. Here are just a few of them:
Baking- helps baked goods, like bread, to rise
Relieve stomach indigestion and heartburn when mixed in water
Removing odors in the refrigerator, vents, storage areas, and closets
Removing odor in kitty litter
It is used in fire extinguishers for grease and oil fires
It is often used as a cleaning agent
It can be used as a meat tenderizer
Put it in water with beans to minimize flatulence from eating beans
Polish Silverware
Remove burned food from a pot or a pan
Relieve the itch of insect bites
Ease sunburn pain
Brush your teeth with it
Use as an underarm deodorant
Helps fight chronic kidney disease
And, the list goes on, and on, and……
How to Celebrate National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
Use baking soda in as many ways as possible today.
Take one of the uses you’ve never tried before and try it out.
If you don’t have any in your cupboard, go buy some.
Thought for Today
The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
History and Origin of National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
Despite a whole lot of reference to this day, we found no content to help to identify the origin or the creator of this day.
With so many uses, it would sure make sense for Baking Soda to have a national day of recognition. Informally, it is indeed called a “National” day. However, we found no congressional records or presidential proclamations.
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