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[rootofnewt]

so... it's highly possible that i grabbed alum instead of cream of tartar while i was making snickerdoodles. it's a case of brain fog + unlabelled white powders.

if i feed these to people, will we all die?

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Hm.

http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/text2.html

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

aye, but it's used in making some kinds of pickles.

i used two teaspoons of whatever i had after i tasted it--it tasted tart. i think that cream of tartar and alum both taste tart, with alum taking a bit more zingy (metallic).

hrm... now i have to decide whether or not to inflict this on solieri's party crowd. ;)

[cutopia.livejournal.com]

Yikes, what do you have alum for!? It's in most pickles so it generally isn't something that will kill anyone quickly, but I avoid it (and everything else I can that contains aluminum) because I still think aluminum may be related to alzheimer's disease (hence the brain fog that caused you to get the wrong white powder ;).

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

if i *have* alum, it would be for cleaning steel fixtures.

see, i don't think i would put alum in my spice jars. i'm pretty sure i'd keep it separate.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

i should also mention that i make refrigerator pickles and i don't use alum. i'm leering of cooking with it, too.

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[cutopia.livejournal.com]

Wow a fellow fridge-pickle maker! So far I've pickled: daikon, carrots, and ginger. I'm thinking of pickling some burdock soon.

Poisonous

[agentleman.livejournal.com]

Go the murderous Snickerdoodles! Save one for me (Unless you're all dead already!)
>:X

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good science experiment!

[red-frog.livejournal.com]

if i feed these to people, will we all die?

Yes.

Sooner than you might have anyway? Dunno.

;)

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to die of pucker?