kottke.org: The Cheese-Making Magic of Alka-Seltzer, Explained. You can make a creamy nacho cheese sauce at home using Alka-Seltzer — its ingredients react to form an emulsifying agent. Plop, plop, Cheez Whiz, oh what a trick this is… [seriouseats.com]

The Cheese-Making Magic of Alka-Seltzer, Explained. You can make a creamy nacho cheese sauce at home using Alka-Seltzer — its ingredients react to form an emulsifying agent. Plop, plop, Cheez Whiz, oh what a trick this is… [seriouseats.com]

The Genius Ingredient for Perfect Gooey Cheese Saucewww.seriouseats.com Alka-Seltzer contains two key ingredients—baking soda and citric acid—that react to form sodium citrate, the emulsifying salt that is the secret to all processed cheese sauces. This recipe leverages that salt to give you the smoothest, creamiest cheese sauce in under 5 minutes.

@rningscissors.bsky.social you see this?

Whaaaat?!?!

I might actually try it.

Please let me know if you do!

The last part of the resulting chemistry is too perfect. NaCHO!

📌

That’s more expensive than just buying nacho cheese sauce 😂

But worth it to have it come out the way you like it! And other cheese sauces too.

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