Things Which I Did Not Know Until Just Now, #54329

[kyra_ojosverdes]

If, in an attempt to have ginger soda which actually contains noticeable amounts of ginger, one opens a two-liter bottle of ginger ale and drops in a bit of candied ginger, the ginger ale will foam in a most impressive manner, more than if one had vigorously shaken the bottle. If one happens to not have the bottle of ginger ale over a sink, this will make a rather large mess.

How about that! New knowledge! Whee!

*changes clothing*

ETA: if, on the other hand, one makes sure there's enough room in the bottle (or glass) to allow significant fizzing, this works just fine and tastes very good. Assuming one likes ginger, anyway.

Comments

ah think

[andreas_schaefer]

this is where physics and chemistry meet. CO₂ doews not dissolve well in water ( or watery solitions like beer) so adding something that dissolutes well 'drives' ot the CO₂.
Sugar in carbonated sodas, salt in beer that has gone flat( to bring up a head again - yuck!).
Rem: unlike other substances that dissolve better in water when one heats it CO₂ dissolves less well (IIRC actually with rising heat the chance of the H₂CO₃ breaking up into H₂O and CO₂ increases so that most carbonic acid is driven out. )

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now I must go and find a user-icon appropriate for this kind of comment.

Re: ah think

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

*stares at Evil Chemistry Code Stuff, shakes head to clear cobwebs which instantly appear at the sight of Evil Chemistry Code Stuff*

Re: ah think

[andreas_schaefer]

not very complicated and this is really a mix of physics and chemistry. So it is only half evil. ;-)