Just got an email from someone
who read the oven cleaning article
I wrote. Here's the email:
I like your recommendation for cleaning
the oven; mine is extremely dirty
with baked on grease and other stuff.
My question is: can I actually cook
in the oven between sprays? I like
the idea that it's not toxic and and I'm
eager to try this process. Thank you.
Baking soda is quite safe. It does not
emit fumes or anything like that in my
experience.
The only problem comes when you spray
it on to a hot oven surface. You should
never do that. If you do, water turns
to steam and the baking soda goes airborne
to some degree. This has been my experience
in the past.
Taking baking soda internally does not seem
to be a problem. I've known people who have
taken it in quantity to reduce stomach acidity.
Not that I'm recommending this. I'm just saying
that if a little gets in your food it is no big
deal.
In the past, people have also used baking soda
to brush their teeth. Again, not a recommendation,
just a fact.
Currently there are toothpaste products on the
market that contain baking soda. Also, baking
soda is an ingredient is some baking powders
that go into cakes and cornbread recipes. If
you can bake with it, surely you can put it on
the walls of your oven safely and not worry about
it getting into your food.
You should be quite safe if you cook with the
oven between sprays. Just be careful that you
spray when the oven is completely and totally
cooled off.
Ed Abbott
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