Last night I spent a romantic evening by myself at Giant. It is no Wegmans. Note, I have never been to Wegmans. Also I disdain the fancy grocery stores that Eloi frequent. But anyway, I noticed something odd: Giant doesn’t carry double-acting baking powder (except in Giant brand, in about a 5-year supply size). What the eff?
Why do I care? I was looking because I destroyed a batch of pancakes a few weeks ago, and among the mistakes was preparing the batter too far in advance. Baking powder is the thing that makes bubbles; it’s basically a dehydrated vinegar-and-baking soda volcano experiment. Double-acting powder adds another acid that reacts with the sodium bicarbonate at a higher temperature, so more bubbles are created when you cook it. With only single acting, it is important to cook your pancakes/biscuits/cornbread/etc as soon as possible after combining liquid and dry ingredients or else the mixture will be flat. So I may well be forced to repeat the previous kitchen disaster and it is all Giant’s fault.
Today I’m wearing a suit for the third time this year. Wearing a suit and complaining about the goods at my supermarket: is this progress?
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