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Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate ... Finding them is easier than you think. Hundreds of recipes call for citrus, vinegar, buttermilk, coffee, and other ingredients with acids.

Luckily, there’s an easy remedy for this problem: Cook faster, more tender ground beef with a sprinkle of baking soda. I have no issues making this claim: This is the best way to cook ground beef.