Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Sep 25, 2026, 10:52 PMSodium Citrate is the secret ingredient to make any cheese into smooth, creamy nacho cheese sauce.
Coincidentally, Sodium Citrate's chemical formula is ...
Na₃C₆H₅O₇
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Pseudo Nympseudonym@mastodon.onlineSep 25, 2026, 10:57 PMBig fan of the chesse sauce power of sodium citrate.
Is that really the chemical formula? Awesome.
- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtSep 25, 2026, 11:10 PM
@pseudonym
It really is (not a chemist though) 
muddle 🥣muddle@infosec.exchangeSep 25, 2026, 11:29 PM@Natasha_Jay a cheese-related anecdote... I think I accidentally discovered how to make Mozzarella cheese a short while back while following an igNobel-prize winning recipe for "cheese and pepper" (I don't know the proper Italian name for it).
Tom 'Kieren Rhys' 🛩️ 🛫Friesenloewe@mastodon.socialSep 26, 2026, 12:23 AMIs it? 🤣
- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtSep 26, 2026, 12:27 AM
- Tom 'Kieren Rhys' 🛩️ 🛫Friesenloewe@mastodon.socialSep 26, 2026, 12:38 PM
Why is it so often I get hungry as soon as I read your beautiful and smart posts? 🙄
RyeNCode 🇨🇦RyeNCode@mstdn.caSep 26, 2026, 1:42 AM@Natasha_Jay
This is enough to convince this atheist that there might be a god (or more) an that they are chemists 🙌🧀
Wayne Wernerketmorco@fosstodon.orgSep 26, 2026, 4:53 AM@Natasha_Jay i learned this from Jeopardy!
$8TrollLittlebobbytables@mstdn.socialSep 26, 2026, 4:55 AMCleans your radiator too.
Carlcarl@chaos.socialSep 26, 2026, 6:11 AM@Natasha_Jay 🎖️
Sep 26, 2026, 9:08 AM@Natasha_Jay lol, i had to check that was real, so amusing it is true 😂
- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtSep 26, 2026, 7:48 PM
@jenf
I had to check it too, after posting and then updated with a link. 
ZenHeathen 🇨🇦 🎃ZenHeathen@beige.partySep 26, 2026, 2:24 PM@Natasha_Jay This is the information I had sought for at least ten years, and finally found on my own only about six months ago. Sadly, this *could* have helped me... 😉
On a more practical level, I even more recently found it. That is, I'd been looking for it as a kitchen ingredient for a while with no luck, but just came across a recipe video which includes *making it*. Lime juice in a pot, about 2Tbsp, then a pinch of baking soda. Warm and stir, and the bubbling is the chemical reaction which turns that into sodium citrate! Then just add some cream and your cheese a bit at a time, still stirring as it melts. Done. 😀
David W. Jonesdancingtreefrog@mastodon.socialSep 26, 2026, 10:41 PM@Natasha_Jay
Safer to eat than trisodium polyphosphate!
Michael PorterMichaelPorter@ottawa.placeSep 28, 2026, 7:17 PM@dancingtreefrog @Natasha_Jay Stay away from Cheerios, then 😉
- David W. Jonesdancingtreefrog@mastodon.socialSep 28, 2026, 10:03 PM
@MichaelPorter @Natasha_Jay Haven't had any for years. My only uses of TSP were for cleaning things like greasy engines!
- Michael PorterMichaelPorter@ottawa.placeSep 29, 2026, 2:22 AM
@dancingtreefrog @Natasha_Jay It's used in very small amounts to adjust pH during their manufacture (no idea what is pH sensitive in Cheerios). Your body uses all those ions anyway, so it's no big whoop. That didn't stop a bunch of people from claiming that the caustic chemicals in Cheerios would harm your child. 🙄
Sheesh, Cheerios are the perfect baby food - get mushy pretty quickly, can’t choke you, good for practicing manipulative skills, moderately nutritious…
- David W. Jonesdancingtreefrog@mastodon.socialSep 29, 2026, 2:46 AM
@MichaelPorter
Agreed about them as baby food - perfect finger food for babies!US Navy used to use concentrated TSP solution to strip paint from ships. Strong stuff!
@Natasha_Jay 
PhrackerPhracker2Art@mstdn.socialSep 29, 2026, 11:18 PM@Natasha_Jay
I had to double check to see if that was actually real, or if you just made it up to make that joke.- Nαtαshα :mastodon:Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbtSep 30, 2026, 12:03 AM
@Phracker2Art
Don't worry, I had to check it was real too 😅